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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-11-17,
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 Cellar Rats, 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 2026-03-10
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".


* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

This round of questions is on the Governor-General's Awards for
Arts and Literature in Canada.

1. Who was the Governor-General when the GG Literary Awards started
in 1936?

2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Jung cbchyne zlfgrel-fcl abiry,
yngre svyzrq, qvq Wbua Ohpuna jevgr orsber ur jnf ryringrq gb
Ybeq Gjrrqfzhve naq nccbvagrq nf Tbireabe Trareny bs Pnanqn?

3. When Adrienne Clarkson was Governor-General, she established
the tradition of having a copy of every GG Literary Award winner
in the library at Rideau Hall. One of the books acquired for the
vice-regal library was written by her husband, John Ralston Saul,
the winner of the GG Literary Award for English Non-Fiction in
1996. What was the title of the hubby's GG Award-winning book?

4. Which Canadian painter won a GG Literary Award, but never won
a GG Visual Arts Award as a painter?

5. Which writer won three Governor-General's Awards, two for
English translations and one for an original French novel
of hers? Her name also appears in the *titles* of two other
GG Literary Award winners, both of them being biographies.

6. Within one year, in what year did Alice Munro win her first
GG Award?

7. Mordecai Richler won two GG Awards in 1968, one for fiction
and one for non- fiction. Name *either* book.

8. Who has won a GG Literary Award (which was declined), a GG
Performing Arts Award, a Juno Award for Canadian music, *and*
a Genie Award for Canadian cinema?

9. Which Canadian poet, born in the 1800s, won three GG Literary
Awards even though the award was not established until he was
in his 50s?

10. Charles Darwin was long since dead when a book entitled "The
Origin of Species" won a GG Literary Award. Which Canadian
writer wrote this award-winning book that riffs on Darwin's
voyage to the Galapagos?


* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

1. Blaise Pascal.
2. Greta Garbo.
3. Nikola Tesla.
4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.
5. Hannibal.
6. William Saroyan.
7. Isak Dinesen.
8. Victor Hugo.
9. Lord Kelvin.
10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.


And if you like, decode the rot13 and answer for the 6 decoys for fun,
but for no points:

11. Znephf Whyvhf Cuvyvcchf (Ebzna rzcrebe nebhaq 200).
12. Znahry Orytenab.
13. Xvefgra Syntfgnq.
14. Wbua Ubhoyba.
15. Wbina Pivwvp.
16. Uneel Srethfba.
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Toronto | And people are like here weather environment.
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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

1. Blaise Pascal.

B

2. Greta Garbo.

D

3. Nikola Tesla.

L

4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.

O

5. Hannibal.

E

6. William Saroyan.

G

7. Isak Dinesen.

H

8. Victor Hugo.

A

9. Lord Kelvin.

J

10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.

P

12. Znahry Orytenab.

F

13. Xvefgra Syntfgnq.

I

15. Wbina Pivwvp.

L


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Mark Brader wrote:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-11-17,
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 Cellar Rats, 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 2026-03-10
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".

* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

This round of questions is on the Governor-General's Awards for
Arts and Literature in Canada.

1. Who was the Governor-General when the GG Literary Awards started
in 1936?

2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Jung cbchyne zlfgrel-fcl abiry,
yngre svyzrq, qvq Wbua Ohpuna jevgr orsber ur jnf ryringrq gb
Ybeq Gjrrqfzhve naq nccbvagrq nf Tbireabe Trareny bs Pnanqn?

3. When Adrienne Clarkson was Governor-General, she established
the tradition of having a copy of every GG Literary Award winner
in the library at Rideau Hall. One of the books acquired for the
vice-regal library was written by her husband, John Ralston Saul,
the winner of the GG Literary Award for English Non-Fiction in
1996. What was the title of the hubby's GG Award-winning book?

4. Which Canadian painter won a GG Literary Award, but never won
a GG Visual Arts Award as a painter?

5. Which writer won three Governor-General's Awards, two for
English translations and one for an original French novel
of hers? Her name also appears in the *titles* of two other
GG Literary Award winners, both of them being biographies.

6. Within one year, in what year did Alice Munro win her first
GG Award?

1960; 1963

7. Mordecai Richler won two GG Awards in 1968, one for fiction
and one for non- fiction. Name *either* book.

8. Who has won a GG Literary Award (which was declined), a GG
Performing Arts Award, a Juno Award for Canadian music, *and*
a Genie Award for Canadian cinema?

9. Which Canadian poet, born in the 1800s, won three GG Literary
Awards even though the award was not established until he was
in his 50s?

10. Charles Darwin was long since dead when a book entitled "The
Origin of Species" won a GG Literary Award. Which Canadian
writer wrote this award-winning book that riffs on Darwin's
voyage to the Galapagos?

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

1. Blaise Pascal.

A

2. Greta Garbo.

D

3. Nikola Tesla.

K; L

4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.

O

5. Hannibal.

E; N

6. William Saroyan.

G

7. Isak Dinesen.

H

8. Victor Hugo.

B

9. Lord Kelvin.

J; C

10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.

P; M

And if you like, decode the rot13 and answer for the 6 decoys for fun,
but for no points:

11. Znephf Whyvhf Cuvyvcchf (Ebzna rzcrebe nebhaq 200).
12. Znahry Orytenab.
13. Xvefgra Syntfgnq.
14. Wbua Ubhoyba.
15. Wbina Pivwvp.
16. Uneel Srethfba.

Pete Gayde
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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Jung cbchyne zlfgrel-fcl abiry,
yngre svyzrq, qvq Wbua Ohpuna jevgr orsber ur jnf ryringrq gb
Ybeq Gjrrqfzhve naq nccbvagrq nf Tbireabe Trareny bs Pnanqn?

The Thirty-Nine Steps

7. Mordecai Richler won two GG Awards in 1968, one for fiction
and one for non- fiction. Name *either* book.

The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

1. Blaise Pascal.

B

2. Greta Garbo.

D

3. Nikola Tesla.

K

4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.

O

5. Hannibal.

N

6. William Saroyan.

G

7. Isak Dinesen.

H

8. Victor Hugo.

A

9. Lord Kelvin.

J

10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.

M
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On 7/9/26 06:08, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

This round of questions is on the Governor-General's Awards for
Arts and Literature in Canada.

1. Who was the Governor-General when the GG Literary Awards started
in 1936?

2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Jung cbchyne zlfgrel-fcl abiry,
yngre svyzrq, qvq Wbua Ohpuna jevgr orsber ur jnf ryringrq gb
Ybeq Gjrrqfzhve naq nccbvagrq nf Tbireabe Trareny bs Pnanqn?

3. When Adrienne Clarkson was Governor-General, she established
the tradition of having a copy of every GG Literary Award winner
in the library at Rideau Hall. One of the books acquired for the
vice-regal library was written by her husband, John Ralston Saul,
the winner of the GG Literary Award for English Non-Fiction in
1996. What was the title of the hubby's GG Award-winning book?

4. Which Canadian painter won a GG Literary Award, but never won
a GG Visual Arts Award as a painter?

5. Which writer won three Governor-General's Awards, two for
English translations and one for an original French novel
of hers? Her name also appears in the *titles* of two other
GG Literary Award winners, both of them being biographies.

6. Within one year, in what year did Alice Munro win her first
GG Award?

7. Mordecai Richler won two GG Awards in 1968, one for fiction
and one for non- fiction. Name *either* book.

8. Who has won a GG Literary Award (which was declined), a GG
Performing Arts Award, a Juno Award for Canadian music, *and*
a Genie Award for Canadian cinema?

9. Which Canadian poet, born in the 1800s, won three GG Literary
Awards even though the award was not established until he was
in his 50s?

10. Charles Darwin was long since dead when a book entitled "The
Origin of Species" won a GG Literary Award. Which Canadian
writer wrote this award-winning book that riffs on Darwin's
voyage to the Galapagos?

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

1. Blaise Pascal.

C

2. Greta Garbo.

D

3. Nikola Tesla.

L

4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.

O

5. Hannibal.

N

6. William Saroyan.
7. Isak Dinesen.
8. Victor Hugo.

B

9. Lord Kelvin.

J

10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.

And if you like, decode the rot13 and answer for the 6 decoys for fun,
but for no points:

11. Znephf Whyvhf Cuvyvcchf (Ebzna rzcrebe nebhaq 200).
12. Znahry Orytenab.
13. Xvefgra Syntfgnq.
14. Wbua Ubhoyba.
15. Wbina Pivwvp.
16. Uneel Srethfba.

--
Dan Tilque
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On 7/9/2026 8:08 AM, Mark Brader wrote:

* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

This round of questions is on the Governor-General's Awards for
Arts and Literature in Canada.

2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. Jung cbchyne zlfgrel-fcl abiry,
yngre svyzrq, qvq Wbua Ohpuna jevgr orsber ur jnf ryringrq gb
Ybeq Gjrrqfzhve naq nccbvagrq nf Tbireabe Trareny bs Pnanqn?

"The 39 Steps"

6. Within one year, in what year did Alice Munro win her first
GG Award?

1975; 1978

7. Mordecai Richler won two GG Awards in 1968, one for fiction
and one for non- fiction. Name *either* book.

"The Education of Duddy Kravitz"

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

1. Blaise Pascal.

B

2. Greta Garbo.

D

3. Nikola Tesla.

L; K

4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.

O

5. Hannibal.

N; E

6. William Saroyan.

G

7. Isak Dinesen.

H

8. Victor Hugo.

A

9. Lord Kelvin.

J; P

10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.

M

And if you like, decode the rot13 and answer for the 6 decoys for fun,
but for no points:

11. Znephf Whyvhf Cuvyvcchf (Ebzna rzcrebe nebhaq 200).

N

12. Znahry Orytenab.

F

13. Xvefgra Syntfgnq.

I

14. Wbua Ubhoyba.

C

15. Wbina Pivwvp.

K

16. Uneel Srethfba.

P

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com
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Mark Brader:

These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2025-11-17,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2026-03-10 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

* Game 9, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Governor-General's Awards

This round of questions is on the Governor-General's Awards for
Arts and Literature in Canada.

This was the easiest round in the original game.

1. Who was the Governor-General when the GG Literary Awards started
in 1936?

John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir.

2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you have
finished with the previous one. What popular mystery-spy novel,
later filmed, did John Buchan write before he was elevated to
Lord Tweedsmuir and appointed as Governor General of Canada?

"The Thirty-Nine Steps". 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua -- making the
round count for everybody.

3. When Adrienne Clarkson was Governor-General, she established
the tradition of having a copy of every GG Literary Award winner
in the library at Rideau Hall. One of the books acquired for the
vice-regal library was written by her husband, John Ralston Saul,
the winner of the GG Literary Award for English Non-Fiction in
1996. What was the title of the hubby's GG Award-winning book?

"The Unconscious Civilization".

4. Which Canadian painter won a GG Literary Award, but never won
a GG Visual Arts Award as a painter?

Emily Carr. For her memoir "Klee Wick" in 1941, over 50 years before
the Visual Arta Award was established.

5. Which writer won three Governor-General's Awards, two for
English translations and one for an original French novel
of hers? Her name also appears in the *titles* of two other
GG Literary Award winners, both of them being biographies.

Gabrielle Roy.

6. Within one year, in what year did Alice Munro win her first
GG Award?

1968 (accepting 1967-69).

Nobody was within twice the allowed leeway.

7. Mordecai Richler won two GG Awards in 1968, one for fiction
and one for non- fiction. Name *either* book.

"Cocksure", "Hunting Tigers Under Glass" (respectively).

8. Who has won a GG Literary Award (which was declined), a GG
Performing Arts Award, a Juno Award for Canadian music, *and*
a Genie Award for Canadian cinema?

Leonard Cohen.

9. Which Canadian poet, born in the 1800s, won three GG Literary
Awards even though the award was not established until he was
in his 50s?

E.J. Pratt.

10. Charles Darwin was long since dead when a book entitled "The
Origin of Species" won a GG Literary Award. Which Canadian
writer wrote this award-winning book that riffs on Darwin's
voyage to the Galapagos?

Nino Ricci.

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

And this was the hardest round in the original game.

1. Blaise Pascal.

B. (500 French francs.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

2. Greta Garbo.

D. (100 Swedish kronor.) 4 for everyone -- Erland, Pete, Dan Blum,
Dan Tilque, and Joshua.

3. Nikola Tesla.

K. (1,000 Yugoslavian dinars.) 4 for Dan Blum. 3 for Pete.
2 for Joshua.

4. The Greco-Roman god Apollo.

O. (1,000 Greek drachmas.) 4 for everyone.

5. Hannibal.

N. (5 Tunisian dinars.) 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.
3 for Joshua. 2 for Pete.

6. William Saroyan.

G. (5,000 Armenian dram.) 4 for Erland, Pete, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

7. Isak Dinesen.

H. (50 Danish kroner.) 4 for Erland, Pete, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

8. Victor Hugo.

A. (Again, 500 French francs.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Joshua.

9. Lord Kelvin.

J. (100 British pounds.) 4 for Erland, Dan Blum, and Dan Tilque.
3 for Pete and Joshua.

10. J.M.W. (or William) Turner.

M. (20 British pounds.) 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua. 2 for Pete.

And if you like, decode the rot13 and answer for the 6 decoys for fun,
but for no points:

11. Marcus Julius Philippus (Roman emperor around 200).

E. (100 Syrian pounds.)

12. Manuel Belgrano.

F. (10 Argentinian pesos.) Erland and Joshua got this.

13. Kirsten Flagstad.

I. (100 Norwegian kroner.) Erland and Joshua got this.

14. John Houblon.

C. (50 British pounds.) Joshua got this.

15. Jovan Cvijic.

L. (500 Serbian dinars.) Erland got this.

16. Harry Ferguson.

P. (Again, 20 British pounds.) Joshua got this.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 2 4 5 6 7 8 BEST
TOPICS-> Geo Spo Ent Aud His Can Mis FIVE
Joshua Kreitzer 32 32 28 24 16 4 36 152
Erland Sommarskog 28 36 4 36 8 0 28 136
Pete Gayde 24 32 8 32 20 0 26 134
Dan Blum 28 3 16 12 28 4 40 124
Dan Tilque 28 12 0 8 24 0 16 88
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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

* Game 9, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - People on Paper Currency

As you see, the 2-page handout:

http://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/QFTCI/9-8/cash.pdf

shows paper money from various places. In each case, we name the person depicted and you give the image letter.

And this was the hardest round in the original game.

Really? A lot of the notes actually have the names printed on
them. Maybe those weren't visible in the original game?

Even without the names I thought it was pretty easy. Pascal and Hugo
are on French notes - there are just two of those and it's pretty
clear which is which. Dinesen is on a Danish note, Saroyan on an
Armenian note, etc.
--
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Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."
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Mark Brader:

And this was the hardest round in the original game.

Dan Blum:

Really? A lot of the notes actually have the names printed on
them. Maybe those weren't visible in the original game?

Maybe they weren't. I did have to reconstruct the handout because
the label letters were badly placed in the original, and maybe
I made the quality too good.
--
Mark Brader "Remember, this is Mark we're dealing with.
Toronto Rationality and fact won't work very well." msb@vex.net -- Jeff Scott Franzman

My text in this article is in the public domain.
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