From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 2/15/26 15:05, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 7 - Canadiana Entertainment - Movies   
   >   
   > Oh, Canada -- the home of some really good movies, eh?  In each   
   > case, give the title.   
   >   
   > 1. 1970, directed by Donald Shebib, starring Doug McGrath, Paul   
   >     Bradley, and Jayne Eastwood.  The story of two young men who   
   >     decide to leave the Maritimes, where jobs and fulfilling lives   
   >     are hard to find, for the excitement and perceived riches   
   >     of Toronto.   
   >   
   > 2. 1974, directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Richard Dreyfuss.   
   >     A brash young Jewish Montrealer embarks on a string of   
   >     get-rich-quick schemes in a bid to gain respect.   
   >   
   > 3. 1983, directed by David Cronenberg, starring James Woods,   
   >     Sonja Smits, and Debbie Harry.  Set in Toronto in the early   
   >     1980s, it follows the CEO of a small UHF television station   
   >     who stumbles upon a broadcast signal of snuff movies.  As he   
   >     attempts to uncover its source, he has increasingly intense   
   >     hallucinations that cause him to lose his grasp on reality.   
   >   
   > 4. 1987, directed by Patricia Rozema, starring Sheila McCarthy.   
   >     Polly serves as the narrator for the movie.  There are several   
   >     sequences that portray her whimsical fantasies.  She lives alone,   
   >     and goes on solitary bicycle rides as she pursues her hobby of   
   >     photography.  Polly finds work as a secretary in a private art   
   >     gallery, where she gets involved with its owner and his protege.   
   >   
   > 5. 1997, directed by Atom Egoyan, starring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley,   
   >     Maury Chaykin, and Bruce Greenwood.  The story of a school   
   >     bus accident in a small town that kills 14 children, and the   
   >     ensuing class-action lawsuit.   
   >   
   > 6. 1998, directed by Don McKellar, starring Don McKellar, Sandra   
   >     Oh, and Callum Keith Rennie.  A Canadian apocalyptic black   
   >     comedy-drama movie about how ordinary people would react to an   
   >     unstated imminent global catastrophe.   
   >   
   > 7. 2002, directed by Paul Gross, starring Paul Gross, Leslie   
   >     Nielsen, Peter Outerbridge, Kari Matchett, and Molly Parker.   
   >     The offbeat comedy tells the story of a reunited curling team   
   >     from a small Canadian town as they work through their respective   
   >     life issues and struggle to win the championship for the sake   
   >     of their late coach.   
   >   
   > 8. 2006, directed by Erik Canuel, starring Patrick Huard and   
   >     Colm Feore.  A Canadian black comedy-thriller buddy-cop movie   
   >     about two police officers -- one Ontarian and one Quebecois --   
   >     who reluctantly join forces to solve a murder.   
   >   
   > 9. 2008, directed by Michael McGowan, starring Joshua Jackson.   
   >     A young man has been diagnosed with cancer.  Although he   
   >     requires immediate treatment, he instead decides to take a   
   >     motorcycle trip from Toronto across Canada to Vancouver Island.   
   >     Along the way, he meets several people who help him reevaluate   
   >     his life and his dream of becoming a writer.   
   >   
   > 10. 2010, directed by Edgar Wright, starring Michael Cera.   
   >     A romantic action-comedy movie about a slacker musician who   
   >     is trying to win a competition to get a record deal, while   
   >     also battling the seven evil exes of his new girlfriend Ramona   
   >     Flowers.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10, Round 8 = Science - Serendipity in Science   
   >   
   > In each case name the invention, new product, or scientific discovery.   
   >   
   > 1. In 1945 Percy Spencer, an engineer at Raytheon, was standing   
   >     in front of an active radar set when he noticed the candy bar   
   >     he had in his pocket had melted.  Name the device that was   
   >     developed after this serendipitous event.   
      
   microwave oven   
      
   >   
   > 2. In 1839 while working in his makeshift lab, Charles Goodyear   
   >     accidently spilled a vial of raw rubber, sulfur, and lead on   
   >     a hot stove.  What did he discover?   
      
   vulcanized rubber   
      
   >   
   > 3. In the 1950s, an encounter with cockleburs led the Swiss engineer   
   >     George de Mestral to invent this fastener.  Name it.   
      
   Velcro   
      
   >   
   > 4. In the late 1980s, scientists at the Pfizer European Research   
   >     Centre were working with a new drug they thought might be   
   >     a treatment for high blood pressure and angina.  The drug,   
   >     code-named UK-92480, was found to be ineffective and Pfizer was   
   >     on the verge of abandoning it.  It was only when the researchers   
   >     started reading the trial volunteer comments when they found many   
   >     of them reported experiencing an unusual, but not unwelcome,   
   >     side-effect.  UK-92480 went on to become one of Pfizer's most   
   >     profitable drugs of all time -- know as what?   
      
   Viagra   
      
   >   
   > 5. Swiss chemist Albert Hoffman was working with a compound derived   
   >     from ergot (a mold found on rye) when he unknowingly absorbed   
   >     some through his fingertips and discovered its powerful effects.   
   >     What had he discovered?   
      
   LSD   
      
   >   
   > 6. Talk about boring dreams!  Chemist Friedrich Kekulé dreamt   
   >     about the ring structure of this petroleum distillate chemical   
   >     with formula C6H6.  What is it?   
      
   benzine   
      
   >   
   > 7. DuPont chemist Roy Plunkett was working on a new refrigerant   
   >     in 1938.  Testing different chemical reactions, he accidentally   
   >     discovered a new polymer called polytetrafluoroethylene.   
   >     What is this polymer better known as today?   
      
   Teflon   
      
   >   
   > 8. The invention of this product was partially inspired by an   
   >     accident while transporting nitroglycerin.  A can broke open and   
   >     leaked, but the liquid was absorbed by a rock mixture called   
   >     kieselguhr (no, that's not something from Ikea).  What is the   
   >     resulting product more commonly known as?   
      
   dynamite   
      
   >   
   > 9. In the 1870's, Ira Remsen and C. Fahlberg were experimenting   
   >     with coal-tar derivatives.  One night, Fahlberg returned   
   >     home and found that the dinner rolls were curiously sweet.   
   >     Earlier that day he'd spilled an experimental compound on his   
   >     hands and they were covered in with a mystery chemical that   
   >     made everything taste sweet.  Name the substance.   
      
   saccharin   
      
   >   
   > 10. Sir Alexander Fleming was experimenting with staphylococcus   
   >     bacteria in 1928 when he left for a 2-week vacation.  He returned   
   >     to find that a mold had contaminated his cultures.  But more   
   >     importantly, he found that the bacteria was unable to grow   
   >     anywhere near where the blob of mold was growing.  What had   
   >     he discovered?   
      
   penicillin   
      
      
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