Mark Brader
2024-03-11 02:04:12 UTC
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-02-12,
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 Misplaced Modifiers
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 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 3, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Canadian Openings
Give the year in which the following projects were opened (or
renamed, as indicated), plus or minus 2 years in each case.
1. CN Tower, official opening.
2. Yorkdale Shopping Centre, official opening.
3. Toronto's (new) City Hall, official opening.
4. The Eaton Centre, first phase, official opening.
5. SkyDome, now the Rogers Centre, official opening.
6. The St. Lawrence Seaway project, official opening.
7. The TTC's Yonge subway, official opening of the first section
from Union to Eglinton station.
8. TD Centre's first building, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower,
official opening (despite the building not being completely
finished).
9. Name the year when Toronto's international airport officially
changed its name to honor Lester Pearson.
10. Name the year when Montreal's international airport officially
changed its name to honor Pierre Trudeau.
* Game 3, Round 3 - Sports - Uniform Numbers
We'll name three athletes and tell you what leagues they played in
("MLB" indicates any major baseball league); in each case you give
us the uniform number they all shared.
1. Lou Gehrig (MLB), Brett Favre (NFL), Bobby Orr (NHL).
2. Isaiah Thomas (NBA), Mark Messier (NHL), Yao Ming (NBA).
3. Magic Johnson (NBA), Jim Brown (NFL), O.J. Simpson (NFL).
4. George Mikan (NBA), Dan Hampton (NFL), Wayne Gretzky (NHL).
5. Tom Brady (NFL), Terry Bradshaw (NFL), Roberto Alomar (MLB).
6. Babe Ruth (MLB), Allen Iverson (NBA), Dale Earnhardt (NASCAR).
7. Ted Williams (MLB), Gordie Howe (NHL), "Rocket" Richard (NHL).
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (NBA), Patrick Roy (NHL), Jose Canseco (MLB).
9. Mickey Mantle (MLB), David Beckham (Premier League soccer),
Phil Esposito (NHL).
10. Fran Tarkenton (NFL), Guy LaFleur (NHL), Diego Maradona (various
soccer leagues).
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 Misplaced Modifiers
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 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 3, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Canadian Openings
Give the year in which the following projects were opened (or
renamed, as indicated), plus or minus 2 years in each case.
1. CN Tower, official opening.
2. Yorkdale Shopping Centre, official opening.
3. Toronto's (new) City Hall, official opening.
4. The Eaton Centre, first phase, official opening.
5. SkyDome, now the Rogers Centre, official opening.
6. The St. Lawrence Seaway project, official opening.
7. The TTC's Yonge subway, official opening of the first section
from Union to Eglinton station.
8. TD Centre's first building, the Toronto-Dominion Bank Tower,
official opening (despite the building not being completely
finished).
9. Name the year when Toronto's international airport officially
changed its name to honor Lester Pearson.
10. Name the year when Montreal's international airport officially
changed its name to honor Pierre Trudeau.
* Game 3, Round 3 - Sports - Uniform Numbers
We'll name three athletes and tell you what leagues they played in
("MLB" indicates any major baseball league); in each case you give
us the uniform number they all shared.
1. Lou Gehrig (MLB), Brett Favre (NFL), Bobby Orr (NHL).
2. Isaiah Thomas (NBA), Mark Messier (NHL), Yao Ming (NBA).
3. Magic Johnson (NBA), Jim Brown (NFL), O.J. Simpson (NFL).
4. George Mikan (NBA), Dan Hampton (NFL), Wayne Gretzky (NHL).
5. Tom Brady (NFL), Terry Bradshaw (NFL), Roberto Alomar (MLB).
6. Babe Ruth (MLB), Allen Iverson (NBA), Dale Earnhardt (NASCAR).
7. Ted Williams (MLB), Gordie Howe (NHL), "Rocket" Richard (NHL).
8. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (NBA), Patrick Roy (NHL), Jose Canseco (MLB).
9. Mickey Mantle (MLB), David Beckham (Premier League soccer),
Phil Esposito (NHL).
10. Fran Tarkenton (NFL), Guy LaFleur (NHL), Diego Maradona (various
soccer leagues).
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Mark Brader | ...I'm comfortably ensconced with a warm newsgroup
Toronto | so I'm asking the assembled multitude here...
***@vex.net | --Stephanie Mitchell
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | ...I'm comfortably ensconced with a warm newsgroup
Toronto | so I'm asking the assembled multitude here...
***@vex.net | --Stephanie Mitchell
My text in this article is in the public domain.