* Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare
1. "All the world's a stage."
2. "Beware the Ides of March."
3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
4. "Now is the winter of our discontent."
5. "This above all: to thine own self be true."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths."
7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child!"
8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on
the edition.)
9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
dreamt of in your philosophy."
10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ...
Some are born great... Some achieve greatness...
And some have greatness thrust upon them."
* Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of
a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for
nearly 6,000 years?
8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural.
Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what
archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador?
* Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare
This round is on well-known lines from the plays of Shakespeare.
We give you the line, you name the *play*. Answers may repeat.
1. "All the world's a stage."
2. "Beware the Ides of March."
3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
4. "Now is the winter of our discontent."
5. "This above all: to thine own self be true."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths."
7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child!"
8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on
the edition.)
9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
dreamt of in your philosophy."
10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ...
Some are born great... Some achieve greatness...
And some have greatness thrust upon them."
* Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
"""At present""" there are close to 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage
Sites (hereafter UHWSs), of which """16""" are wholly or partly
in Canada. Here are 10 questions about some of those.
1. Among Canadian UHWSs is this national park which contains
a rare example of oceanic crust and mantle rock that has been
thrust onto land. Subsequent glaciation has left an impressive
landscape of fjords and waterfalls in this area. What is the
name of this national park?
2. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs -- sometimes referred to as the
Galapagos of the Coal Age -- contain some of the world's most
comprehensive collections of terrestrial fossils from the
Pennsylvanian Period, between 303 and 318 million years ago.
In which province are the Joggins Fossil Cliffs?
3. Located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Waterton Lakes
National Park is partnered with what adjacent US national park
to form a single UNESCO "international peace park"?
4. This canal is North America's best-preserved example of
slack-water technology and the only early-19th-century North
American canal to remain operational along its original line with
most its original structure intact. Name this Canadian UWHS.
5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of
a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for
nearly 6,000 years?
6. Dating from 1753, this Canadian UWHS is the best preserved
planned British colonial settlement in North America. This UWHS
is located in what small town? >
7. This UWHS is also a national park and contains the only known
breeding ground of whooping cranes in the world; but the park is
named after another animal. What is this Canadian national park?
8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural.
Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what
archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador?
9. Established in 1978, the first Canadian UWHS belonging to the
natural category, is this national park in the Territories,
famous for a major waterfall and canyons about 1,000 m (3,000
feet) deep. Which park?
10. Another UWHS that is shared by Canada and the US includes four
national or provincial parks: Wrangell - St. Elias and Glacier
Bay in the US, and Tatshenshini-Alsek and what national park
in Canada?
* Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare
This round is on well-known lines from the plays of Shakespeare.
We give you the line, you name the *play*. Answers may repeat.
1. "All the world's a stage."
2. "Beware the Ides of March."
3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
4. "Now is the winter of our discontent."
5. "This above all: to thine own self be true."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths."
7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child!"
8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on
the edition.)
9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
dreamt of in your philosophy."
10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ...
Some are born great... Some achieve greatness...
And some have greatness thrust upon them."
* Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
"""At present""" there are close to 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage
Sites (hereafter UHWSs), of which """16""" are wholly or partly
in Canada. Here are 10 questions about some of those.
3. Located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Waterton Lakes
National Park is partnered with what adjacent US national park
to form a single UNESCO "international peace park"?
8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural.
Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what
archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-01,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of the Night Owls, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. I will reveal the correct
answers in about 3 days.
For further information, including an explanation of the """
notation that may appear in these rounds, see my 2022-09-09
companion posting on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare
This round is on well-known lines from the plays of Shakespeare.
We give you the line, you name the *play*. Answers may repeat.
1. "All the world's a stage."
2. "Beware the Ides of March."
3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
4. "Now is the winter of our discontent."
5. "This above all: to thine own self be true."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths."
7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child!"
8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on
the edition.)
9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
dreamt of in your philosophy."
10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ...
Some are born great... Some achieve greatness...
And some have greatness thrust upon them."
* Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
"""At present""" there are close to 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage
Sites (hereafter UHWSs), of which """16""" are wholly or partly
in Canada. Here are 10 questions about some of those.
1. Among Canadian UHWSs is this national park which contains
a rare example of oceanic crust and mantle rock that has been
thrust onto land. Subsequent glaciation has left an impressive
landscape of fjords and waterfalls in this area. What is the
name of this national park?
2. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs -- sometimes referred to as the
Galapagos of the Coal Age -- contain some of the world's most
comprehensive collections of terrestrial fossils from the
Pennsylvanian Period, between 303 and 318 million years ago.
In which province are the Joggins Fossil Cliffs?
3. Located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Waterton Lakes
National Park is partnered with what adjacent US national park
to form a single UNESCO "international peace park"?
4. This canal is North America's best-preserved example of
slack-water technology and the only early-19th-century North
American canal to remain operational along its original line with
most its original structure intact. Name this Canadian UWHS.
5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of
a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for
nearly 6,000 years?
6. Dating from 1753, this Canadian UWHS is the best preserved
planned British colonial settlement in North America. This UWHS
is located in what small town?
7. This UWHS is also a national park and contains the only known
breeding ground of whooping cranes in the world; but the park is
named after another animal. What is this Canadian national park?
8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural.
Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what
archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador?
9. Established in 1978, the first Canadian UWHS belonging to the
natural category, is this national park in the Territories,
famous for a major waterfall and canyons about 1,000 m (3,000
feet) deep. Which park?
10. Another UWHS that is shared by Canada and the US includes four
national or provincial parks: Wrangell - St. Elias and Glacier
Bay in the US, and Tatshenshini-Alsek and what national park
in Canada?
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-04-01,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
see my 2022-09-09 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
* Game 8, Round 7 - Literature - Shakespeare
This round is on well-known lines from the plays of Shakespeare.
We give you the line, you name the *play*. Answers may repeat.
1. "All the world's a stage."
2. "Beware the Ides of March."
3. "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
4. "Now is the winter of our discontent."
5. "This above all: to thine own self be true."
6. "Cowards die many times before their deaths."
7. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless
child!"
8. "A plague on both your houses." (Or "a pox", depending on
the edition.)
9. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are
dreamt of in your philosophy."
10. "'Be not afraid of greatness': 'twas well writ...
Some are born great... Some achieve greatness...
And some have greatness thrust upon them."
* Game 8, Round 8 - Canadiana Geography - UNESCO World Heritage Sites
"""At present""" there are close to 1,000 UNESCO World Heritage
Sites (hereafter UHWSs), of which """16""" are wholly or partly
in Canada. Here are 10 questions about some of those.
1. Among Canadian UHWSs is this national park which contains
a rare example of oceanic crust and mantle rock that has been
thrust onto land. Subsequent glaciation has left an impressive
landscape of fjords and waterfalls in this area. What is the
name of this national park?
2. The Joggins Fossil Cliffs -- sometimes referred to as the
Galapagos of the Coal Age -- contain some of the world's most
comprehensive collections of terrestrial fossils from the
Pennsylvanian Period, between 303 and 318 million years ago.
In which province are the Joggins Fossil Cliffs?
3. Located in the southwest corner of Alberta, Waterton Lakes
National Park is partnered with what adjacent US national park
to form a single UNESCO "international peace park"?
4. This canal is North America's best-preserved example of
slack-water technology and the only early-19th-century North
American canal to remain operational along its original line with
most its original structure intact. Name this Canadian UWHS.
5. What is the name of the UWHS in Alberta that was the site of
a major bison-hunting area, used by First Nations peoples for
nearly 6,000 years?
6. Dating from 1753, this Canadian UWHS is the best preserved
planned British colonial settlement in North America. This UWHS
is located in what small town?
7. This UWHS is also a national park and contains the only known
breeding ground of whooping cranes in the world; but the park is
named after another animal. What is this Canadian national park?
8. There are two categories of UHWSs: cultural and natural.
Established in 1978, the first Canadian cultural UWHS is what
archeological site in Newfoundland and Labrador?
9. Established in 1978, the first Canadian UWHS belonging to the
natural category, is this national park in the Territories,
famous for a major waterfall and canyons about 1,000 m (3,000
feet) deep. Which park?
10. Another UWHS that is shared by Canada and the US includes four
national or provincial parks: Wrangell - St. Elias and Glacier
Bay in the US, and Tatshenshini-Alsek and what national park
in Canada?
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