** Final, Round 9 - Canadiana
Or: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-deco/r9.jpg
This was the hardest round in the original game.
* A. Defunct Canadian Department Stores
A1. This department store opened in 1960 at the corner of Midland
and Lawrence. It grew to 50 stores across eastern Canada,
including in Quebec, where it went by the name of Bonimart.
The Bay took over the chain in 1990 to expand its Zellers
brand. What was the name of this store?
Towers.
A2. This catalog store, famous for its showroom and order forms,
was headquartered in Mississauga. From 1957, it grew to a
peak of over 450 outlets across North America. But scandals,
book-cooking, and increased competition led to its demise
in 1996. Name it.
Consumers Distributing.
* B. Provincial Flowers
B1. Which province has the lady's slipper as its official flower?
Prince Edward Island.
B2. What province has the purple violet as its official flower?
New Brunswick.
* C. CBC
C1. The CBC was formally created as a radio service by an act of
Parliament -- the Broadcast Act. Within 5 years, name
the year.
1936 (accepting 1931-41). 2 for Dan Tilque.
C2. When the Anik telecommunications satellites were launched,
they allowed the CBC to send its signal into Canada's remote
North for the first time. This led to the network's first
programs in the Inuktitut language. Within 5 years, what
is the year of the first Anik satellite's launch?
1972 (accepting 1967-77). 4 for Dan Tilque. 3 for Pete.
* D. The Cheapest Option
D1. The illusion of choice is offered by most of Canada's
oligopolies. You can opt for phone service with Rogers,
or choose Fido, which is Rogers' slightly cheaper banner.
But what is the cheapest Rogers banner for phone service?
Chatr.
D2. Empire Co. Ltd. operates grocery stores. Longo's and Farm
Boy are at the higher end, and Sobeys is firmly in the
middle. In Ontario, what is Empire's discount option?
FreshCo.
* E. Ethnicity
E1. Respondents to the 2021 Canadian census were asked to
self-report their "ethnic or cultural origins". According
to this self-reporting, what is the largest ethnic group
in Canada?
Canadian. (15.6%). 4 for Erland. 3 for Joshua.
E2. Please decode the rot13 for this question only after you
have finished with the previous one. After French, English,
Scottish, and Irish, what European ethnicity ranks next
highest?
German. (8.1%.) 3 for Joshua.
** Final, Round 10 - Challenge Round
Or: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-deco/r10.jpg
* A. Toronto Art Deco Architecture
A1. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/A-adeco1.jpg
Give either the original or the current name of this building.
Toronto East (not East York) General Hospital, Michael Garron
Hospital.
A2. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/A-adeco2.jpg
Name this apartment complex or the street it fronts on.
Garden Court, Bayview Av. (At Davisville.)
* B. Dude, Where's My Capital?
This pair has special rules. In the original game, the player
whose question it was and the player eligible to steal were
both invited to step up to the screen and, in that order, point
to the correct position for the city. Then the answer was
revealed and whichever answer was closer to the true position
scored the applicable number of points. (So there was no way
for *no* points to be acored on these questions.)
In this medium, I will award 4 points to whoever is closest to
the true position, 3 points for the next-best try, and so on
down to 1. So if there are 4 or more entrants, 4 of you will
score points. Oh, and instead of pointing to your screen,
you are each asked to give your answers in the style "row 8,
column 4".
B1. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/B-capi1.png
Where is this country's capital? (See instructions above.)
4 for Dan_Blum. 3 for Dan_Tilque. 2 for Erland and 2 for Joshua.
It's Brasilia: See:
https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/B-capi1-a.png
B2. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/B-capi2.png
Where is this country's capital?
It's Moscow: 4 for Dan_Blum. 3 for Dan_Tilque. 2 for Joshua. 1 for Pete. See:
https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/B-capi2-a.png
* C. Canadian Indigenous Art
C1. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/C-art1.jpg
The self-styled "Capital of Inuit Art", and the most artistic
community in Canada, with 22% of its population working in
the arts, this Nunavut village with its artists' cooperatives
has nurtured the work of printmakers and sculptors since
the 1950s. Name the community.
Kinngait. (Accepting the former name, Cape Dorset.)
C2. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/C-art2.jpg
What is the name given to the school of art which is
represented in these paintings? Figures associated with the
style include Carl Ray, Daphne Odjig, and Norval Morrisseau.
The Woodland School.
* D. Local Wildflowers
D1. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/D-wild1.jpg
Give the two-word name of this wildflower. The speckled
leaves could be a clue.
Trout lily.
D2. Please see: https://www.vex.net/~msb/tmp/f-10/D-wild2.jpg
Another two-word name. The first word names a season.
Spring beauty.
* E. Generation-Alpha Slang
Generation Alpha is the cohort of people born from approximately
2010 to 2025 (the generation following Generation Z), though
some researchers use slightly different dates. Here are a pair
of questions about Generation-Alpha slang.
E1. The Oxford English Dictionary named a Generation-Alpha word
as its 2023 word of the year; it's a term for attractiveness
or charisma. What is it?
Rizz. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.
"Jeopardy!" asked for this word on February 23 in a category on
"1920s & 2020s slang". It was a $1,200 question and instead of a plain-language definition, they said "it's what someone has if they
spit fire game to the hunks or the honeys".
E2. The term Gyat [rhymes with "yacht", with a hard "g" and a
firm emphasis on "yat"] is a putdown. What does it mean?
Big butt.
* F. History in Fiction
F1. The action of Timothy Findley's novel "The Wars" takes
place during which conblict?
World War I. 3 for Pete.
F2. George Osborne, a protagonist of William Makepeace
Thackeray's novel "Vanity Fair", is killed in which
19h-century battle?
Waterloo. 4 for Erland. 3 for Dan Blum.
Scores, if there are no errors:
FINAL ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Spo Geo Ent His Sci A&L Can Cha SIX
Joshua Kreitzer 20 40 36 16 28 32 6 4 172
Dan Blum 8 27 24 24 36 32 0 7 151
Pete Gayde 23 31 32 18 8 12 3 3 124
Erland Sommarskog 8 24 4 16 8 12 4 4 72
Dan Tilque -- -- 8 16 28 12 6 0 70
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