- Rare Entries DJT03 *** Final Reminder *** - 1 Update
- QFTCI16 Game 3, Rounds 9-10: Cuba, Canchallenge - 4 Updates
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 18 05:09PM -0700 This is the final reminder for this contest. You have one day left. Dan Tilque wrote: -- Dan Tilque |
| bbowler <bbowler@bigelow.org>: Jul 18 01:21PM On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 21:35:55 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > poet, and intellectual, and there's also one in Central Park in New > York. Havana's international airport is named after him. Give his > name. Marti > 2. One of the catalysts for the Spanish-American War was the > sinking of a US battleship in Havana harbor in February 1898. > Do you remember what battleship? Maine > power over the island, making Cuba a de-facto protectorate. The > agreement also established a protective tariff in the US for what > commodity? Tobacco; Sugar > * A. St. John's > A1. How many Canadian *provincial capitals* are farther north > than St. John's, NL? 2;3 > * E. Regina. > E1. What type of disaster devastated large parts of Regina on > June 30, 1912? Flood? |
| Jason Kreitzer <jk71875@gmail.com>: Jul 18 06:55AM -0700 On Saturday, July 16, 2016 at 10:36:00 PM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 2. One of the catalysts for the Spanish-American War was the > sinking of a US battleship in Havana harbor in February 1898. > Do you remember what battleship? Maine > from Mexico to Cuba in 1956, including Fidel and Raúl Castro? > It gave its name to the official newspaper of the Communist > party of Cuba. Hint: Your abuela might answer to this name too. Marti > those days? Hint: This period of time also forms the title of > a book by Robert Kennedy, and a movie starring Bruce Greenwood > as John F. Kennedy. 20 days? > * E. Regina. > E1. What type of disaster devastated large parts of Regina on > June 30, 1912? Earthquake? |
| Marc Dashevsky <usenet@MarcDashevsky.com>: Jul 18 11:50AM -0500 In article <_NidncN7dICWchfKnZ2dnUU7-fvNnZ2d@giganews.com>, msb@vex.net says... > poet, and intellectual, and there's also one in Central Park in > New York. Havana's international airport is named after him. > Give his name. Jose Marti [There is a statue of him a block or two from my house in New Orleans] > 2. One of the catalysts for the Spanish-American War was the > sinking of a US battleship in Havana harbor in February 1898. > Do you remember what battleship? The Maine > great deal of power over the island, making Cuba a de-facto > protectorate. The agreement also established a protective > tariff in the US for what commodity? cane sugar > colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation, > and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to > my country's policies during the Batista regime." JFK > tell us the month and year of this misbegotten adventure that > was an early misstep in Kennedy's presidency. (The invasion, > that is! Tell us when the invasion was.) April 1961 [~one week before my ninth birthday] > those days? Hint: This period of time also forms the title of > a book by Robert Kennedy, and a movie starring Bruce Greenwood > as John F. Kennedy. 13 days > performed a landmark concert in Havana on 2016-03-25. This was > the first big concert by a Western rock band in 52 years. > What was the final song they performed, as part of their encore? You Can't Always Get What You Want > * A. St. John's > A1. How many Canadian *provincial capitals* are farther north > than St. John's, NL? 2 > * E. Regina. > E1. What type of disaster devastated large parts of Regina on > June 30, 1912? forest fire -- Replace "usenet" with "marc" in the e-mail address. |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 18 01:14PM -0700 Mark Brader wrote: > poet, and intellectual, and there's also one in Central Park in > New York. Havana's international airport is named after him. > Give his name. Marti > 2. One of the catalysts for the Spanish-American War was the > sinking of a US battleship in Havana harbor in February 1898. > Do you remember what battleship? USS Maine > great deal of power over the island, making Cuba a de-facto > protectorate. The agreement also established a protective > tariff in the US for what commodity? sugar > colonial domination, where economic colonization, humiliation, > and exploitation were worse than in Cuba, in part owing to > my country's policies during the Batista regime." Castro > tell us the month and year of this misbegotten adventure that > was an early misstep in Kennedy's presidency. (The invasion, > that is! Tell us when the invasion was.) November 1961 > those days? Hint: This period of time also forms the title of > a book by Robert Kennedy, and a movie starring Bruce Greenwood > as John F. Kennedy. 21 days > * A. St. John's > A1. How many Canadian *provincial capitals* are farther north > than St. John's, NL? 4 > Historic Site of Canada. > * C. Iqaluit > C1. What was the previous name of Iqaluit, before 1987? Frobisher Bay > provincial or territorial capital. What was its population > according to the 2011 census, within 25% of the true number > in either direction? 4200 > * E. Regina. > E1. What type of disaster devastated large parts of Regina on > June 30, 1912? fire -- Dan Tilque |
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