| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Jan 26 04:27AM -0800 On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 8:45:04 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)". > * Game 5, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt) > Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points. whee! > 1. Last Friday a coroner opened Australia's fourth inquest into a > notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama: the 1980 death > of a 9-week-old baby. How do the parents explain the death? a dingo ate my baby > 2. Researchers have discovered which new type of planet, which > had a movie with the same name? star wars planet? > late 1960s. She ran for a seat in Parliament twice, losing > both times to David Crombie. In 1984 she was the first > African-Canadian to be appointed to the Senate. Name her. uh oh, this round is coming back to me. normally I would repress such memories or try to kill them off with beer. cools? > federal election, she became the first African-Canadian woman > elected to the Parliament of Canada and subsequently the first > black woman in a federal cabinet. augustine > 3. This Toronto resident """is""" a Member of the Order of Canada > and in 2002 won the Giller Prize for "The Polished Hoe". clarke > 4. This writer was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, studied > creative writing at the University of Victoria, and won the > 2011 Giller prize for the novel "Half Blood Blues." edugyan > sprint, Donovan Bailey also anchored Canada's 4×100 m relay > team to a gold medal. Name any one of his three *teammates*, > all African-Canadians. gilbert > a career that ran from 1996 to 2008. He """is""" perhaps best > known for scoring an overtime goal in the gold-medal game for > Canada at the 2003 World Hockey Championships. carter > 2008 release "Lucky" took home the Juno Award for Vocal Jazz > Album of the Year. Since 2008 she """has been""" a host of > Radio 2's "Morning Weekend". johnson > songwriter, and record producer. His 2002 debut album "Exit" > received much attention both in Canada and internationally. > What """is""" his musical name? k-os ['music' is a bit of a stretch] > winning a seat for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada > and becoming Canada's first black Member of Parliament. He held > the seat for four successive elections. lincoln alexander > in the suburban Toronto riding of Scarborough North. He was > appointed Minister of Housing, the first African-Canadian to > hold a cabinet-level position in Ontario. What was his name? curling? [I think I missed this one last time] > 1. Name the NCAA basketball team that was the first to start > 5 African-American players and then beat the Kentucky Wildcats > in the 1966 championship game. texas western > 2. Which team with Jim Valvano as coach upset the heavily favored > Houston Cougars to win the 1983 NCAA championship? north carolina state > 3. Who was the 45-year heavyweight boxer and griller that came > out of a 20-year retirement to beat Michael Moorer in 1994? george foreman > 4. Buster Douglas won a huge upset victory against what world > heavyweight champion in Japan in 1990? mike tyson > 5. Which National League underdog team miraculously defeated the > pitching-heavy Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series? new york mets [the mets didn't win the national league, the cubs choked] > 6. In 2010, what 8th-place team rode hot goaltending to beat the > Washington Capitals in the first round of the NHL playoffs? montreal canadiens > 7. Appalachian State upset which college football powerhouse at > the Big House for perhaps college football's biggest upset? (the university of) michigan > 8. What formerly undefeated horse did Upset beat in 1919 to help > popularize the term? man o'war > champion Green Bay Packers? The win was the first by an AFC > team in 14 years and the first for this team in five Super > Bowl appearances. denver broncos > 10. Which AFC team upset the St. Louis Rams' "Greatest Show on Turf" > in the 2002 Super Bowl? new england patriots > Mark Brader, Toronto | "Normal caution suffices. In almost 70 years here, > m...@vex.net | I have not been killed even once." --Peter Moylan > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp, who is sick and tired of being sick and tired |
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