* Game 7, Round 4 - Canadiana - Quotations
3. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
4. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have
impeccable paranoia credentials."
* Game 7, Round 4 - Canadiana - Quotations
In each case, name the Canadian who said or wrote it -- or who it
is commonly attributed to.
1. "There is a rich man's tuberculosis and a poor man's
tuberculosis. The rich man recovers and the poor man dies."
3. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
4. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have
impeccable paranoia credentials."
10. "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
* Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Canada at the Olympic Games
1. At which summer Olympic Games did Canada have its best medal
count, at 44 medals? Name the *host city*.
2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you are
finished with the first one. "Jnvg!" lbh fnl, "Ybf Natryrf
jnf oblpbggrq ol gur Fbivrg Havba naq vgf nyyvrf!" Jryy gura,
yrg'f nfx gur dhrfgvba ntnva. *Rkpyhqvat gur Y.N. Tnzrf*,
ng juvpu Fhzzre Bylzcvpf qvq Pnanqn unir vgf orfg zrqny pbhag,
ng 24 zrqnyf? Ntnva, anzr gur ubfg pvgl.
7. Which event at which Olympic Games was the most watched broadcast
in Canadian broadcast history -- seen by 16,600,000 people, or
almost half the population? Name the event *and* the city.
10. At which Olympic Games did track star Donovan Bailey win gold
in the 100 m with a 9.84-second time, and another gold in the
4×100 m relay? Name the host city.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-18,
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 7, Round 4 - Canadiana - Quotations
In each case, name the Canadian who said or wrote it -- or who it
is commonly attributed to.
1. "There is a rich man's tuberculosis and a poor man's
tuberculosis. The rich man recovers and the poor man dies."
2. "I myself talk Ontario English; I don't admire it, but it's
all I can do; anything is better than affectation."
3. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
4. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have
impeccable paranoia credentials."
5. "An election is no time to discuss serious issues."
6. "A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe."
7. "If you can't lick 'em in the alley, you can't beat 'em on
the ice."
8. "The air age faces mankind with a sharp choice -- the choice
between Winged Peace or Winged Death."
9. "Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary."
10. "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
* Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Canada at the Olympic Games
1. At which summer Olympic Games did Canada have its best medal
count, at 44 medals? Name the *host city*.
2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you are
finished with the first one. "Jnvg!" lbh fnl, "Ybf Natryrf
jnf oblpbggrq ol gur Fbivrg Havba naq vgf nyyvrf!" Jryy gura,
yrg'f nfx gur dhrfgvba ntnva. *Rkpyhqvat gur Y.N. Tnzrf*,
ng juvpu Fhzzre Bylzcvpf qvq Pnanqn unir vgf orfg zrqny pbhag,
ng 24 zrqnyf? Ntnva, anzr gur ubfg pvgl.
3. Who is Canada's most decorated *summer* Olympian, with 7 medals
-- 4 in Rio, including gold, and 3 more medals in Tokyo?
4. Two Canadian athletes can boast 6 medals that they earned
exclusively in events at *winter* Olympic Games. One is a
man, one is a woman. Both are speed skaters. Name *either*.
5. Canada hosted the summer Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, but
did not win a single gold medal. However, on the last Saturday
of the Games, the nation found some consolation when a Canadian
high jumper won silver in his event. Subsequently, his jump
was shown each night as part of the "O Canada" montage that
CBC-TV played before signing off. Who was this hero?
6. This freestyle skier was the first Canadian to win a gold
medal during a Canadian-hosted Olympic Games. He won the gold
in men's moguls at the Vancouver games and then defended that
title successfully at the Sochi games in 2014. Name him.
7. Which event at which Olympic Games was the most watched broadcast
in Canadian broadcast history -- seen by 16,600,000 people, or
almost half the population? Name the event *and* the city.
8. After winning gold in the giant slalom event at Nagano in 1998,
this snowboarder was disqualified because the level of THC in his
system was higher than the International Ski Federation limit.
The medal was returned to him after an appeals court ruled
that cannabis was not a substance banned by the IOC. A skit on
"Saturday Night Live" ensured his fame. Name him.
9. She was the odds-on favorite to win rowing gold at Barcelona.
However, in mid-May of 1992, her leg was ripped apart in
a collision with another boat, requiring 5 operations and a
3-week hospital stay. An example of determination, she was on
the water by late June and won the bronze medal in single sculls
on August 2nd. She carried the flag at the closing ceremonies,
and was named Canadian athlete of the year for 1992. Name her.
10. At which Olympic Games did track star Donovan Bailey win gold
in the 100 m with a 9.84-second time, and another gold in the
4×100 m relay? Name the host city.
These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-03-18,
and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 7, Round 4 - Canadiana - Quotations
In each case, name the Canadian who said or wrote it -- or who it
is commonly attributed to.
1. "There is a rich man's tuberculosis and a poor man's
tuberculosis. The rich man recovers and the poor man dies."
2. "I myself talk Ontario English; I don't admire it, but it's
all I can do; anything is better than affectation."
3. "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation."
4. "Coming from Canada, being a writer and Jewish as well, I have
impeccable paranoia credentials."
5. "An election is no time to discuss serious issues."
6. "A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe."
7. "If you can't lick 'em in the alley, you can't beat 'em on
the ice."
8. "The air age faces mankind with a sharp choice -- the choice
between Winged Peace or Winged Death."
9. "Not necessarily conscription but conscription if necessary."
10. "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in."
* Game 7, Round 6 - Canadiana Sports - Canada at the Olympic Games
1. At which summer Olympic Games did Canada have its best medal
count, at 44 medals? Name the *host city*.
2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you are
finished with the first one. "Wait!" you say, "Los Angeles
was boycotted by the Soviet Union and its allies!" Well then,
let's ask the question again. *Excluding the L.A. Games*,
at which Summer Olympics did Canada have its best medal count,
at 24 medals? Again, name the host city.
3. Who is Canada's most decorated *summer* Olympian, with 7 medals
-- 4 in Rio, including gold, and 3 more medals in Tokyo?
4. Two Canadian athletes can boast 6 medals that they earned
exclusively in events at *winter* Olympic Games. One is a
man, one is a woman. Both are speed skaters. Name *either*.
5. Canada hosted the summer Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976, but
did not win a single gold medal. However, on the last Saturday
of the Games, the nation found some consolation when a Canadian
high jumper won silver in his event. Subsequently, his jump
was shown each night as part of the "O Canada" montage that
CBC-TV played before signing off. Who was this hero?
6. This freestyle skier was the first Canadian to win a gold
medal during a Canadian-hosted Olympic Games. He won the gold
in men's moguls at the Vancouver games and then defended that
title successfully at the Sochi games in 2014. Name him.
7. Which event at which Olympic Games was the most watched broadcast
in Canadian broadcast history -- seen by 16,600,000 people, or
almost half the population? Name the event *and* the city.
8. After winning gold in the giant slalom event at Nagano in 1998,
this snowboarder was disqualified because the level of THC in his
system was higher than the International Ski Federation limit.
The medal was returned to him after an appeals court ruled
that cannabis was not a substance banned by the IOC. A skit on
"Saturday Night Live" ensured his fame. Name him.
9. She was the odds-on favorite to win rowing gold at Barcelona.
However, in mid-May of 1992, her leg was ripped apart in
a collision with another boat, requiring 5 operations and a
3-week hospital stay. An example of determination, she was on
the water by late June and won the bronze medal in single sculls
on August 2nd. She carried the flag at the closing ceremonies,
and was named Canadian athlete of the year for 1992. Name her.
10. At which Olympic Games did track star Donovan Bailey win gold
in the 100 m with a 9.84-second time, and another gold in the
4�100 m relay? Name the host city.
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