| Bruce Bowler <bruce.bowler@gmail.com>: Jun 21 02:22PM On Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:11:54 -0500, Mark Brader wrote: > and/or edited by me. For further information see my 2019-01-22 > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana History - 10 Days that Changed Toronto Nada > * A. Seconds in Science > A1. What was the second successful lander to reach Mars, > on 1975-09-09? Give the name and number if applicable. Viking 2 > A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a > second in an atomic clock? Cesium > * C. Seconds in Geography > C1. What is the second-deepest lake in the world? > C2. What US state has the second-largest population? New York > D2. This famous comedy troupe started in 1959, and its name > was taken from a 1952 "New Yorker" article by A.J. Liebling about > Chicago. Name it. Second City > F2. This Canadian coffee retailer started in 1975 and now has > 300 locations across the country and franchises in the US, the > UK, and countries throughout the Middle East. Tim Horton's |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Jun 21 02:43PM > ** Game 2, Round 9 - Canadiana History - 10 Days that Changed Toronto > 4. What event, causing 81 deaths, struck Toronto on 1954-10-15? tornado > * A. Seconds in Science > A1. What was the second successful lander to reach Mars, > on 1975-09-09? Give the name and number if applicable. Mariner 10 > A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a > second in an atomic clock? cesium > * B. Second Black Players > B1. In which major-league sport was Mike Marson the second > black player? hockey; basketball > B2. In which major-league sport was Larry Dobie the second > black player? basketball; hockey > * C. Seconds in Geography > C2. What US state has the second-largest population? Texas > * D. Seconds in Entertainment > D1. Which Hollywood star has a band called Thirty Seconds > to Mars? Leto > D2. This famous comedy troupe started in 1959, and its name > was taken from a 1952 "New Yorker" article by A.J. Liebling > about Chicago. Name it. Second City > E1. Name Ernest Hemingway's second novel. It was published in > 1929, more than a decade after the military events it > describes. For Whom the Bell Tolls > E2. Written in 1949, when the author was 38, this is arguably > Simone de Beauvoir's most famous book. Name it. The Second Sex > F1. Canada's largest food charity, it recovers unsold food > from retailers and restaurants and delivers them to the > needy through 373 Ontario social-service agencies. Second Helpings -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Pete Gayde <pagrsg@wowway.com>: Jun 22 02:05AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:P9ednThDUsI3mZHAnZ2dnUU7- > from "Spacing" magazine. > 1. On 1921-09-01 the privately-owned Toronto Railway Co. lost > its function. What replaced it? CN > 4. What event, causing 81 deaths, struck Toronto on 1954-10-15? > 5. With the aid of a Sikorsky helicopter, what record-setting > event happened in Toronto on 1975-04-02? Spire added to the top of the CN Tower > 6. What the Toronto Police infamously dubbed Operation Soap was > carried out on 1981-02-05, poisoning the Force's relationship > with a downtown community. What happened that night? Raid on gay bath houses > * A. Seconds in Science > A1. What was the second successful lander to reach Mars, > on 1975-09-09? Give the name and number if applicable. Discovery > A2. A radioactive isotope of what element is used to define a > second in an atomic clock? Cesium > * B. Second Black Players > B1. In which major-league sport was Mike Marson the second > black player? Hockey; American football > B2. In which major-league sport was Larry Dobie the second > black player? Baseball > * C. Seconds in Geography > C1. What is the second-deepest lake in the world? Baikal; Superior > C2. What US state has the second-largest population? Texas; New York > D2. This famous comedy troupe started in 1959, and its name > was taken from a 1952 "New Yorker" article by A.J. Liebling > about Chicago. Name it. Second City > E1. Name Ernest Hemingway's second novel. It was published in > 1929, more than a decade after the military events it > describes. All Quiet on the Western Front > F2. This Canadian coffee retailer started in 1975 and now has > 300 locations across the country and franchises in the US, > the UK, and countries throughout the Middle East. Tim Hortons Pete Gayde |
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