* Game 5, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Origins of City Names
2. What Canadian city has a name meaning "many fish" in the local
indigenous language?
3. What name of a Canadian city is derived from the Algonquin wordOttawa
that means "where the river narrows"?
6. What city name originated from the Scottish Gaelic "Cala
ghearraidh", meaning "beach of the meadow (pasture)"?
10. What Canadian city has a name derived form the Western Cree
word for "muddy waters"?
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Opening Lines
We'll give you the opening lines of a famous novel or poem.
You name the work (not the author).
1. "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or
whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages
must show."
2. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way."
3. "Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within
a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost."
4. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
7. "I sing of arms and a man..."
9. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
a bowl of lather on which a razor and a mirror lay crossed"
10. "Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table... "
* Game 5, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Origins of City Names
1. What city was named after a rear admiral who was in charge of
the naval forces in Canada and frequently had to portage from
Lake Simcoe to Georgian Bay?
6. What city name originated from the Scottish Gaelic "Cala
ghearraidh", meaning "beach of the meadow (pasture)"?
9. What Canada city was named after the second son of King
George III?
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Opening Lines
1. "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or
whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages
must show."
2. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way."
4. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
7. "I sing of arms and a man..."
9. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
a bowl of lather on which a razor and a mirror lay crossed"
10. "Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table... "
* Game 5, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Origins of City Names
1. What city was named after a rear admiral who was in charge of
the naval forces in Canada and frequently had to portage from
Lake Simcoe to Georgian Bay?
2. What Canadian city has a name meaning "many fish" in the localindigenous language?
3. What name of a Canadian city is derived from the Algonquin word
that means "where the river narrows"?
4. What city was renamed in 1916 after the British Secretary of
State for War who drowned earlier that year?
5. What city was named after the first president of Hollinger Mines?
6. What city name originated from the Scottish Gaelic "Cala
ghearraidh", meaning "beach of the meadow (pasture)"?
7. What BC city was named after the first governor of the Hudson
Bay Company?
8. What small Canadian city was named after the consort of King
George III?
9. What Canada city was named after the second son of King
George III?
10. What Canadian city has a name derived form the Western Cree
word for "muddy waters"?
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Opening Lines
We'll give you the opening lines of a famous novel or poem.
You name the work (not the author).
1. "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or
whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages
must show."
2. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way."
3. "Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within
a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost."
4. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
5. "The river flowed both ways."
6. "We slept in what had once been the gymnasium."
7. "I sing of arms and a man..."
8. Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
9. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
a bowl of lather on which a razor and a mirror lay crossed"
10. "Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table... "
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-10,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 5, Round 2 - Canadiana Geography - Origins of City Names
1. What city was named after a rear admiral who was in charge of
the naval forces in Canada and frequently had to portage from
Lake Simcoe to Georgian Bay?
2. What Canadian city has a name meaning "many fish" in the local
indigenous language?
3. What name of a Canadian city is derived from the Algonquin word
that means "where the river narrows"?
4. What city was renamed in 1916 after the British Secretary of
State for War who drowned earlier that year?
5. What city was named after the first president of Hollinger Mines?
6. What city name originated from the Scottish Gaelic "Cala
ghearraidh", meaning "beach of the meadow (pasture)"?
7. What BC city was named after the first governor of the Hudson
Bay Company?
8. What small Canadian city was named after the consort of King
George III?
9. What Canada city was named after the second son of King
George III?
10. What Canadian city has a name derived form the Western Cree
word for "muddy waters"?
* Game 5, Round 3 - Literature - Opening Lines
We'll give you the opening lines of a famous novel or poem.
You name the work (not the author).
1. "Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or
whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages
must show."
2. "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy
in its own way."
3. "Midway upon the journey of our life / I found myself within
a forest dark / For the straightforward pathway had been lost."
4. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in
possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
5. "The river flowed both ways."
6. "We slept in what had once been the gymnasium."
7. "I sing of arms and a man..."
8. Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing
Was the eye of the blackbird.
9. "Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing
a bowl of lather on which a razor and a mirror lay crossed"
10. "Let us go then, you and I,
When the evening is spread out against the sky
Like a patient etherized upon a table... "
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