* Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Toronto
* Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Curling
When it comes to team sports, in Canada most people think of hockey.
In fact, in international competition, Canadian curlers have
dominated their sport like no others.
1. What is the term for the team member who determines strategy
and directs play for the team?
2. The rings or circles toward which play is directed form the
"house". What is the name given to the circle forming the
"bullseye" at the center of the house?
This, too, I already posted once but it disappeared.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-24,
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 the Night Owls, and are
used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have
been retyped and/or edited by me. The posting and tabulation of current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting
of other rounds. For further information please see my 2024-08-30
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Toronto
For each event, name the year it took place, within 1 year.
1. Toronto beaome incorporated as a city.
2. Elvis Presley performed in Toronto.
3. The first part of tunnel construction began on Line 5, otherwise
known as the Eglinton Crosstown.
4. The Barenaked Ladies were canceled from the traditional New
Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square because the
name of the band was deemed to be indecent.
5. The remains of Hurricane Hazel swept through Toronto and its
suburbs. There were 81 fatalities, still the largest natural
disaster in Canada.
6. The Toronto Industrial Exhibition, which eventually became
known as the CNE, first took place.
7. Deputy mayor Norm Kelly first took over the non-statutory
mayoral powers from the incumbent mayor, for reasons too numerous
to mention.
8. Mayor Mel Lastman called on the Canadian military for assistance
with snow removal.
9. The first tower of the TD Centre was completed. It is
significant because it was largely designed by one of the giants
of global architecture, Mies van der Rohe.
10. Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake
Ontario.
* Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Curling
When it comes to team sports, in Canada most people think of hockey.
In fact, in international competition, Canadian curlers have
dominated their sport like no others. Here are some questions
about curling terminology according to Curling Canada, as well as
some important facts about Canadian curling history.
1. What is the term for the team member who determines strategy
and directs play for the team?
2. The rings or circles toward which play is directed form the
"house". What is the name given to the circle forming the
"bullseye" at the center of the house?
3. The Canadian Men's championship is being held this year from
February 28 to March 9 in Kelowna. There have been many
sponsors over the years. (Currently the sponsor is Montana's
BBQ and Bar.) But most curlers just refer to the tournament
by what simple plant-based term?
4. The Canadian women's curling championship took place this
year from February 14 to 23 in Thunder Bay. It has had only one
sponsor over the years. What is the tournament's official name,
omitting the sponsor?
5. Only two women <answer 1>s have won the <answer 4> 6 times --
both named Jones, though they are not related. Give the first
name of *either one*.
6. Only one male <answer 1> has won six <answer 3>s. Who is he?
7. The Women's World Curling Championship has been held 45 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
8. The Men's World Curling Championship has been held 65 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
9. What is the term used for a stone that just touches the outer
edge of the circle?
10. Most curlers will use the footholds set into the ice at each
end of a sheet to deliver the stone. What is the term used
for these footholds?
* Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Toronto
For each event, name the year it took place, within 1 year.
1. Toronto beaome incorporated as a city.
2. Elvis Presley performed in Toronto.
3. The first part of tunnel construction began on Line 5, otherwise
known as the Eglinton Crosstown.
4. The Barenaked Ladies were canceled from the traditional New
Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square because the
name of the band was deemed to be indecent.
5. The remains of Hurricane Hazel swept through Toronto and its
suburbs. There were 81 fatalities, still the largest natural
disaster in Canada.
6. The Toronto Industrial Exhibition, which eventually became
known as the CNE, first took place.
7. Deputy mayor Norm Kelly first took over the non-statutory
mayoral powers from the incumbent mayor, for reasons too numerous
to mention.
8. Mayor Mel Lastman called on the Canadian military for assistance
with snow removal.
9. The first tower of the TD Centre was completed. It is
significant because it was largely designed by one of the giants
of global architecture, Mies van der Rohe.
10. Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake
Ontario.
* Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Curling
When it comes to team sports, in Canada most people think of hockey.
In fact, in international competition, Canadian curlers have
dominated their sport like no others. Here are some questions
about curling terminology according to Curling Canada, as well as
some important facts about Canadian curling history.
1. What is the term for the team member who determines strategy
and directs play for the team?
7. The Women's World Curling Championship has been held 45 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
8. The Men's World Curling Championship has been held 65 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
* Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Toronto
1. Toronto beaome incorporated as a city.
2. Elvis Presley performed in Toronto.
4. The Barenaked Ladies were canceled from the traditional New
Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square because the
name of the band was deemed to be indecent.
9. The first tower of the TD Centre was completed. It is
significant because it was largely designed by one of the giants
of global architecture, Mies van der Rohe.
* Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Curling
3. The Canadian Men's championship is being held this year from
February 28 to March 9 in Kelowna. There have been many
sponsors over the years. (Currently the sponsor is Montana's
BBQ and Bar.) But most curlers just refer to the tournament
by what simple plant-based term?
7. The Women's World Curling Championship has been held 45 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
8. The Men's World Curling Championship has been held 65 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
This, too, I already posted once but it disappeared.
* Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Toronto
For each event, name the year it took place, within 1 year.
1. Toronto beaome incorporated as a city.
2. Elvis Presley performed in Toronto.
3. The first part of tunnel construction began on Line 5, otherwise
known as the Eglinton Crosstown.
4. The Barenaked Ladies were canceled from the traditional New
Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square because the
name of the band was deemed to be indecent.
5. The remains of Hurricane Hazel swept through Toronto and its
suburbs. There were 81 fatalities, still the largest natural
disaster in Canada.
6. The Toronto Industrial Exhibition, which eventually became
known as the CNE, first took place.
7. Deputy mayor Norm Kelly first took over the non-statutory
mayoral powers from the incumbent mayor, for reasons too numerous
to mention.
8. Mayor Mel Lastman called on the Canadian military for assistance
with snow removal.
9. The first tower of the TD Centre was completed. It is
significant because it was largely designed by one of the giants
of global architecture, Mies van der Rohe.
10. Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake
Ontario.
* Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Curling
When it comes to team sports, in Canada most people think of hockey.
In fact, in international competition, Canadian curlers have
dominated their sport like no others. Here are some questions
about curling terminology according to Curling Canada, as well as
some important facts about Canadian curling history.
1. What is the term for the team member who determines strategy
and directs play for the team?
2. The rings or circles toward which play is directed form the
"house". What is the name given to the circle forming the
"bullseye" at the center of the house?
3. The Canadian Men's championship is being held this year from
February 28 to March 9 in Kelowna. There have been many
sponsors over the years. (Currently the sponsor is Montana's
BBQ and Bar.) But most curlers just refer to the tournament
by what simple plant-based term?
4. The Canadian women's curling championship took place this
year from February 14 to 23 in Thunder Bay. It has had only one
sponsor over the years. What is the tournament's official name,
omitting the sponsor?
5. Only two women <answer 1>s have won the <answer 4> 6 times --
both named Jones, though they are not related. Give the first
name of *either one*.
6. Only one male <answer 1> has won six <answer 3>s. Who is he?
7. The Women's World Curling Championship has been held 45 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
8. The Men's World Curling Championship has been held 65 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
9. What is the term used for a stone that just touches the outer
edge of the circle?
10. Most curlers will use the footholds set into the ice at each
end of a sheet to deliver the stone. What is the term used
for these footholds?
The first one you posted showed up at the same time as this one, even
though you posted it 2 days earlier.
Do you use eternal-september?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-02-24,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Toronto
For each event, name the year it took place, within 1 year.
1. Toronto beaome incorporated as a city.
2. Elvis Presley performed in Toronto.
3. The first part of tunnel construction began on Line 5, otherwise
known as the Eglinton Crosstown.
4. The Barenaked Ladies were canceled from the traditional New
Year's Eve celebration at Nathan Phillips Square because the
name of the band was deemed to be indecent.
5. The remains of Hurricane Hazel swept through Toronto and its
suburbs. There were 81 fatalities, still the largest natural
disaster in Canada.
6. The Toronto Industrial Exhibition, which eventually became
known as the CNE, first took place.
7. Deputy mayor Norm Kelly first took over the non-statutory
mayoral powers from the incumbent mayor, for reasons too numerous
to mention.
8. Mayor Mel Lastman called on the Canadian military for assistance
with snow removal.
9. The first tower of the TD Centre was completed. It is
significant because it was largely designed by one of the giants
of global architecture, Mies van der Rohe.
10. Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across Lake
Ontario.
* Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Curling
When it comes to team sports, in Canada most people think of hockey.
In fact, in international competition, Canadian curlers have
dominated their sport like no others. Here are some questions
about curling terminology according to Curling Canada, as well as
some important facts about Canadian curling history.
1. What is the term for the team member who determines strategy
and directs play for the team?
2. The rings or circles toward which play is directed form the
"house". What is the name given to the circle forming the
"bullseye" at the center of the house?
3. The Canadian Men's championship is being held this year from
February 28 to March 9 in Kelowna. There have been many
sponsors over the years. (Currently the sponsor is Montana's
BBQ and Bar.) But most curlers just refer to the tournament
by what simple plant-based term?
4. The Canadian women's curling championship took place this
year from February 14 to 23 in Thunder Bay. It has had only one
sponsor over the years. What is the tournament's official name,
omitting the sponsor?
5. Only two women <answer 1>s have won the <answer 4> 6 times --
both named Jones, though they are not related. Give the first
name of *either one*.
6. Only one male <answer 1> has won six <answer 3>s. Who is he?
7. The Women's World Curling Championship has been held 45 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
8. The Men's World Curling Championship has been held 65 times.
Within a window of 2 either way, how many times has Canada won?
9. What is the term used for a stone that just touches the outer
edge of the circle?
10. Most curlers will use the footholds set into the ice at each
end of a sheet to deliver the stone. What is the term used
for these footholds?
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