- RQFTCI03 Game 4 Rounds 2-3: names and names - 1 Update
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Dec 09 11:50PM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:dbGdnZMTTIb-EVPCnZ2dnUU7- > 1. The Churchill River was named around the year 1710 for General > John Churchill, who was active at the time fighting against > Louis XIV. How is this victorious general better known? Namesake of city on Hudson Bay; Ancestor of Winston Churchill > 2. An artificial lake, or reservoir, near Saskatoon was named > after a Canadian prime minister. Name this reservoir. Diefenbaker; MacKenzie > 5. What imposing geographical feature was named after the first > director of the Geological Survey of Canada? > 6. Gimli, Manitoba, was named after a place in which country? Norway > 7. In which province can you find a place named Pinchgut Tickle? Ontario; Manitoba > Bay Company? > 9. Edmonton is in Alberta, but one of its suburbs is named Fort > Saskatchewan. Why? The fort was created before Alberta was named > 10. Keewatin, Norman, and Rat Portage were joined in 1905 to make > what Ontario town? Keenorage > 1. A chemist initially developed this line of products in > Massachusetts in 1942. He also created the sociable marketing > scheme still associated with it. Avon > 2. This philosopher, who died in 1662, gave his name to a computer > language. Pascal > 3. The inventor of this modern bathing device originally hoped to > relieve the pain of his son's rheumatoid arthritis. Give the > familiar brand name. Jacuzzi > 4. This singer took her name from a modified version of the name > of the city where she was born, and in turn gave it to a dessert. Melba > 5. Jean Chrétien """suffers""" from the type of palsy named after > this Scottish surgeon. Bell > 6. Although this line of luxury comestibles may not be named after > the famous lady whose name they bear, fans will agree it means > "gift of god". Godiva > 7. This line of automobiles """is""" named after a designer born > in Switzerland on Christmas Day, 1878. Mercedes > 8. This garment takes its name from a French trapeze artist who > wore it but probably did not invent it. Leo > 9. This lady gave her name to a garment designed to be worn by > invalids sitting up in bed. Queen Anne > 10. This saint gave his name to an order of monks and the liqueur > originally produced by them. Francis Pete Gayde |
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