| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 02 12:06AM These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-06-05, and should be interpreted accordingly. On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty. Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your own knowledge. (In your answer posting, quote the questions and place your answer below each one.) I will reveal the correct answers in about 3 days. All questions were written by members of Bloor St. Irregulars and are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 4, Round 2 - Canadiana - "Let's Go to the Mall" You came to the mall for some simple retail therapy only to find yourself transported back some 30-40 years! This mall is full of stores long lost to past economic downturns or the shift to online shopping. Let's explore! In other words, this quiz is about defunct, or nearly defunct, Canadian stores (including store chains, eateries, etc.). In each case, name them. 1. Start at a big discount department store that was founded in 1931 and shut its last store in 2020, although it still lives on as a brand name of the Hudson's Bay Co. Hope you brought your points card -- the best things in life are free! 2. It's not Sam the Record Man (one of those still exists!), but this rival chain founded by Mac and Alice Kenner (and her brother Aaron) in the 1950s. Their flagship store was right next to Sam's until they filed for bankruptcy protection in 1993. 3. A blue-and-white sign hangs over the entry to this store founded in 1957 that seems to have everything. Grab a golf pencil and order form, check the catalog, and hope they've got what you want in the warehouse. Sadly, they filed for bankruptcy in 1996. 4. You come across yet another discount department store founded in 1960 and ironically only one storey high. While you once made them part of your family, now their Sparky the Squirrel mascot is arm in arm with Zeddy the Bear. It must be 1991 when they were absorbed into Zellers. 5. All this shopping has built up an appetite for carbs! Find them in the food court at this purposely misspelled coffee-and-bake shop founded in 1979. Sadly, there's only one now, in the Montreal suburbs. 6. Founded in Etobicoke in the late 1950s, and grown under retail conglomerate Dylex to 249 discount clothing and general merchandise stores across Canada, bankruptcy of this chain would lead to the closure of all their stores in 2001. But while it was open, it made a difference. 7. You've found the mid-to-higher-end department store, now sadly shuttered due to mismanagement and competition in 2002 after over 130 years in business. It lives on in Can-Lit, mostly thanks to a 1946 incident in which the wrong item was shipped to a 10-year-old boy in St-Justine, Quebec. 8. Yet another discount department store, the sign just says "M". You know it had a longer name back when it was founded by the Steinberg's grocery chain in 1961. But it's been shut down since 1992 and would take an act of God for you to remember it. 9. Pull out your grocery list at this boldly named supermarket founded in 1919 and absorbed into Metro in 2008. There was never a need to worry about the quality of produce here, as they liked to say "We're Fresh Obsessed!" 10. You blink your eyes and are transported back to 2023, finding yourself in a Best Buy! You could swear a moment ago you were in that *other* electronics retailer that Best Buy bought out in 2001 and fully closed in 2015. * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains Name the tallest mountain in (or on)... 1. Wales. 2. Canada. 3. Sicily. 4. North America. 5. South America. 6. Washington state. 7. both Italy and France. 8. Pakistan. (It's also the second-tallest mountain in China.) 9. Mars. And... 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*? -- Mark Brader, Toronto | This is Programming as a True Art Form, where style msb@vex.net | is more important than correctness... --Pontus Hedman My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Jul 01 06:22PM -0700 On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 7:07:10 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote: > 1931 and shut its last store in 2020, although it still lives on > as a brand name of the Hudson's Bay Co. Hope you brought your > points card -- the best things in life are free! Zellers > over 130 years in business. It lives on in Can-Lit, mostly > thanks to a 1946 incident in which the wrong item was shipped > to a 10-year-old boy in St-Justine, Quebec. Eaton's > You know it had a longer name back when it was founded by the > Steinberg's grocery chain in 1961. But it's been shut down > since 1992 and would take an act of God for you to remember it. Miracles > yourself in a Best Buy! You could swear a moment ago you were > in that *other* electronics retailer that Best Buy bought out in > 2001 and fully closed in 2015. Circuit City > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)... > 2. Canada. Mt. Logan > 3. Sicily. Mt. Etna > 4. North America. Mt. McKinley > 5. South America. Chimborazo > 6. Washington state. Mt. Rainier > 7. both Italy and France. Mont Blanc > 9. Mars. Mons Olympus > And... > 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*? Newfoundland; Vancouver Island -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Jul 01 06:23PM -0700 On 7/1/23 17:06, Mark Brader wrote: > In other words, this quiz is about defunct, or nearly defunct, > Canadian stores (including store chains, eateries, etc.). In each > case, name them. Shirley, you jest! > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)... > 1. Wales. > 2. Canada. Mount Logan > 3. Sicily. Mount Etna > 4. North America. Denali > 5. South America. > 6. Washington state. Mount Rainier > 7. both Italy and France. Mont Blanc > 8. Pakistan. (It's also the second-tallest mountain in China.) K2 > 9. Mars. Olympus Mons > And... > 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*? Vancouver Island -- Dan Tilque |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jul 02 02:16AM > You know it had a longer name back when it was founded by the > Steinberg's grocery chain in 1961. But it's been shut down > since 1992 and would take an act of God for you to remember it. Miracle > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)... > 1. Wales. Snowdon > 2. Canada. Mt. Logan > 3. Sicily. Mt. Etna > 4. North America. Denali > 5. South America. Aconagua; Chimborazo > 6. Washington state. Mt. Rainier > 7. both Italy and France. Mont Blanc > 9. Mars. Olympus Mons -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Jul 02 11:33AM +0200 > * Game 4, Round 3 - Geography - Tallest Mountains > Name the tallest mountain in (or on)... > 3. Sicily. Etna > 4. North America. McKineley > 5. South America. Aconcagua > 6. Washington state. Rainier > 7. both Italy and France. Mont Blanc > 10. The Cabox is the tallest mountain on *what Canadian island*? Baffin |
| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Jul 02 12:02AM Mark Brader: > and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information > please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the > Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". Game 9 is over and STEPHEN PERRY is the winner. Hearty congratulations, eh? > 1. The name of which country is the name given to three strikes in > a row in 10-pin bowling? (Or, at least, it was until late 2021, > when the country changed its name.) Turkey. (Now officially Türkiye even in English. Bleagh.) 4 for everyone -- Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > name of a country, and these are all current names. > 2. The surname of the man who the NBA's web site describes as the > greatest basketball player of all time. Jordan. (Michael.) 4 for everyone. > 3. A word in the title of a 1963 James Bond movie. Russia. ("From Russia with Love".) 4 for everyone. > 4. A word in the title of a 1979 movie starring Jane Fonda, Jack > Lemmon, and Michael Douglas, about a safety cover-up at a > nuclear power plant. China. ("The China Syndrome".) 4 for everyone. > 5. The first name of the artist, renowned for her paintings of > enlarged flowers and scenes of New Mexico, who is called "the > Mother of American Modernism". Georgia. (O'Keeffe.) 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 6. The first name of the Best Supporting Actor Oscar-winner for > "Jerry Maguire". Cuba. (Gooding Jr.) 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > 7. The surname of the poet, journalist, and novelist who won the > 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature. Hints: His first name is > Anatole, and the country is in Europe. France. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > "hanging" or "dimpled" -- in the US Supreme Court's decision in > Bush v. Gore, the case that effectively decided the presidential > election in the year 2000? Hint: the country is in Africa. Chad. 4 for everyone. (See original pages 105-107, 120, and 134 -- PDF pages 8-10, 23, and 37 -- at http://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/531/98/case.pdf .) > 9. A pre-decimalization coin equal to 21 shillings. Hints: The > country is in Africa, and its name occurs within the names of > three other countries. Guinea. (Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Papua New Guinea.) 4 for everyone. The original idea of the guinea was that it would be a gold coin worth £1, i.e. 20 shillings; but its value was then based on the actual price of gold compared to the silver of other coins, so it varied, reaching 30 shillings at one point. In 1717 King George I proclaimed a maximum value of 21 shillings for the guinea. 100 years later a new £1 gold coin called the sovereign was introduced, and this remained in use until the fiscal stresses of World War I put an end to circulating gold coins. Even today the word "guinea" is occasionally used in the UK to mean £1.05. > 10. A word in the name of a 17th-century palace and a large garden, > both in Paris, located near the Sorbonne and the Pantheon. > Hint: the country is in Europe. Luxembourg. 4 for everyone. > * A. Entertainment > A1. A comedienne and singer, we probably remember this actress > best for her role on "The Dick van Dyke Show". Who? Rose Marie. (Rose Marie Mazzetta.) 4 for Stephen and Joshua. > A2. Loosely based on the life of Janis Joplin, the 1979 film > "The Rose" stars which iconic actress/singer? Bette Midler. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. > B1. "The Romance of the Rose" is the English title of an > allegorical poem written between 1240 and 1275 -- in > what language? (Old) French. 4 for everyone. > B2. The AMORC (Toronto headquarters on Broadview Av.) is a > mystical order better known by what name? Rosicrucians. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > * C. Miscellaneous > C1. The line "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet" > is from Act 2, Scene 2, of which play? "Romeo and Juliet". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > C2. There are numerous songs which share this rosy title, > notably a 2010 single by Kelly Rowland and track #2 from > Blue Rodeo's 1987 album "Outskirts". Which title? "Rose-Colored Glasses". 4 for Stephen. > * D. Science > D1. Often used to make tea, the berry-like fruit of the rose > plant is given what name? Rose hips. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > D2. Rose gold is made by alloying gold with 3% silver and about > 22% of which element? Copper. 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Dan Tilque. > E1. Pete Rose is the all-time Major League leader in hits > (with 4,256) and singles (3,215). Why, then, is he not > in the Baseball Hall of Fame? He's permanently ineligible due to betting on baseball. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > the Rose Bowl is traditionally played on New Year's Day in > which California city? (Specific city, not metropolitan > area.) Pasadena. 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, Joshua, and Dan Tilque. > * F. Literature > F1. The phrase "A rose is a rose is a rose" originates in a > 1913 poem by which author? Gertrude Stein. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. > F2. Kurt Vonnegut's fifth novel was a social satire about a > philanthropist trying to give away his fortune. Name it. "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater". 4 for Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua. Scores, if there are no errors: GAME 3 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST TOPICS-> Sci Spo Can Aud Lit Mis Ent Geo Cha SEVEN Stephen Perry 40 40 24 60 36 40 40 40 44 304 Joshua Kreitzer 36 16 4 60 32 36 40 40 40 284 Dan Blum 40 12 0 34 24 32 36 40 40 246 Dan Tilque 40 4 0 22 8 20 12 36 28 166 Pete Gayde 36 8 0 52 8 -- -- -- -- 104 Erland Sommarskog 32 0 -- -- -- 4 0 32 8 76 -- Mark Brader | "(There's no accounting for taste, I guess.) Toronto | [*You*, not me!]" msb@vex.net | --Steve Summit My text in this article is in the public domain. |
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