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These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-04-02,
and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

* Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns

Here <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-04/prairie.png> is a map
of the three prairie provinces. On each question we will provide
you with the name of a city or town, and you give us the number
of the corresponding circle on the map.

1. Edmonton.
2. Winnipeg.
3. Prince Albert.
4. Medicine Hat.
5. Flin Flon.
6. Swift Current.
7. Fort McMurray.
8. Red Deer.
9. Brandon.
10. Lloydminster.

There were, obviously, 14 decoys. Decode the rot13 and give the
numbers for these if you like for fun, but for no points.

11. Calgary.
12. Canmore.
13. Churchill.
14. Dauphin.
15. Fort Chipewyan.
16. Gimli.
17. Grande Prairie.
18. Jasper.
19. La Ronge.
20. Lethbridge.
21. Portage la Prairie.
22. Regina.
23. Saskatoon.
24. Thompson.

* Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions

1. This packaging was invented in 1911 by newspaper editor Joseph
Coyle of Smithers, BC, to solve a dispute between a local farmer
and hotel owner over the accidental breakage of a product being
delivered from the farm to the hotel.

2. This variant of a popular sport (or, to some, a game) was
devised in the early 20th century by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto.
He developed it in response to customers who complained that
the more standard version of the sport was too strenuous.
This variant is still played almost exclusively in Canada.
Be sufficiently specific.

3. While working for Union Carbide in the 1950s, Canadian engineer
Lewis Urry developed this invention, which improved significantly
on the zinc-carbon types (with acid electrolyte) in use at that
time. Be sufficiently specific.

4. This two-player mechanical game was invented in 1932 in Toronto
by Don Munro Sr. It was built out of scrap wood and metal,
and included used coat-hanger wire, butcher's twine, and
clock springs. Don took the game down to the local Eaton's
department store, where it sold quickly, prompting more orders.

5. Arthur Sicard of Ste-Thérèse, QC, is generally credited as the
inventor of the first practical version of this device. By 1927
his invention was being used to remove snow from the roadways
of the town of Outremont, now a borough of Montreal.

6. This oil-producing plant is a cultivar of a naturally occurring
plant. It was developed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur
R. Stefansson in the early 1970s. It contains much less acid
than its predecessor, which makes it much more palatable to
both humans and livestock.

7. Name the Canadian credited with inventing the goalie mask.

8. Name the Canadian corporation that developed the Canadarm.

9. This innovation by George Retzlaff of the CBC made its
debut in 1955 during a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada".

10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
public implementation was in 1995.

--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "I can't see the future -- I don't have
msb@vex.net | 2020 vision." --Ian Walmsley, 2018

My text in this article is in the public domain.

On Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 11:18:23 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns
>
> Here <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-04/prairie.png> is a map
> of the three prairie provinces. On each question we will provide
> you with the name of a city or town, and you give us the number
> of the corresponding circle on the map.
>
> 1. Edmonton.

1; 2

> 2. Winnipeg.

21; 22

> 3. Prince Albert.

13; 23

> 4. Medicine Hat.

> 5. Flin Flon.

14; 24

> 6. Swift Current.

3; 4

> 7. Fort McMurray.

5; 6

> 8. Red Deer.

7; 8

> 9. Brandon.

24; 18

> 10. Lloydminster.

9; 10

> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
>
> 1. This packaging was invented in 1911 by newspaper editor Joseph
> Coyle of Smithers, BC, to solve a dispute between a local farmer
> and hotel owner over the accidental breakage of a product being
> delivered from the farm to the hotel.

egg carton
> 3. While working for Union Carbide in the 1950s, Canadian engineer
> Lewis Urry developed this invention, which improved significantly
> on the zinc-carbon types (with acid electrolyte) in use at that
> time. Be sufficiently specific.

car battery
> 6. This oil-producing plant is a cultivar of a naturally occurring
> plant. It was developed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur
> R. Stefansson in the early 1970s. It contains much less acid
> than its predecessor, which makes it much more palatable to
> both humans and livestock.

canola
> 7. Name the Canadian credited with inventing the goalie mask.

Plante

> 9. This innovation by George Retzlaff of the CBC made its
> debut in 1955 during a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada".

instant replay
> 10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
> in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
> public implementation was in 1995.

Java

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

On 3/29/22 21:18, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns
>
> Here <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-04/prairie.png> is a map
> of the three prairie provinces. On each question we will provide
> you with the name of a city or town, and you give us the number
> of the corresponding circle on the map.
>
> 1. Edmonton.

> 2. Winnipeg.

> 3. Prince Albert.
> 4. Medicine Hat.

> 5. Flin Flon.

> 6. Swift Current.

> 7. Fort McMurray.

> 8. Red Deer.

> 9. Brandon.

> 10. Lloydminster.

>
> There were, obviously, 14 decoys. Decode the rot13 and give the
> numbers for these if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Calgary.

> 12. Canmore.
> 13. Churchill.

> 14. Dauphin.
> 15. Fort Chipewyan.
> 16. Gimli.

> 17. Grande Prairie.

> 18. Jasper.

> 19. La Ronge.
> 20. Lethbridge.
> 21. Portage la Prairie.

> 22. Regina.

> 23. Saskatoon.

> 24. Thompson.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
>
> 1. This packaging was invented in 1911 by newspaper editor Joseph
> Coyle of Smithers, BC, to solve a dispute between a local farmer
> and hotel owner over the accidental breakage of a product being
> delivered from the farm to the hotel.
>
> 2. This variant of a popular sport (or, to some, a game) was
> devised in the early 20th century by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto.
> He developed it in response to customers who complained that
> the more standard version of the sport was too strenuous.
> This variant is still played almost exclusively in Canada.
> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 3. While working for Union Carbide in the 1950s, Canadian engineer
> Lewis Urry developed this invention, which improved significantly
> on the zinc-carbon types (with acid electrolyte) in use at that
> time. Be sufficiently specific.

alkaline battery

>
> 4. This two-player mechanical game was invented in 1932 in Toronto
> by Don Munro Sr. It was built out of scrap wood and metal,
> and included used coat-hanger wire, butcher's twine, and
> clock springs. Don took the game down to the local Eaton's
> department store, where it sold quickly, prompting more orders.
>
> 5. Arthur Sicard of Ste-Thérèse, QC, is generally credited as the
> inventor of the first practical version of this device. By 1927
> his invention was being used to remove snow from the roadways
> of the town of Outremont, now a borough of Montreal.
>
> 6. This oil-producing plant is a cultivar of a naturally occurring
> plant. It was developed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur
> R. Stefansson in the early 1970s. It contains much less acid
> than its predecessor, which makes it much more palatable to
> both humans and livestock.

canola

>
> 7. Name the Canadian credited with inventing the goalie mask.
>
> 8. Name the Canadian corporation that developed the Canadarm.
>
> 9. This innovation by George Retzlaff of the CBC made its
> debut in 1955 during a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada".
>
> 10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
> in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
> public implementation was in 1995.
>

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns

> 1. Edmonton.

4; 2

> 2. Winnipeg.

> 3. Prince Albert.

18; 17

> 4. Medicine Hat.

16; 14

> 5. Flin Flon.

13; 14

> 6. Swift Current.

19; 23

> 7. Fort McMurray.

1; 3

> 8. Red Deer.

6; 8

> 9. Brandon.

9; 24

> 10. Lloydminster.

5; 22

> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions

> 1. This packaging was invented in 1911 by newspaper editor Joseph
> Coyle of Smithers, BC, to solve a dispute between a local farmer
> and hotel owner over the accidental breakage of a product being
> delivered from the farm to the hotel.

egg carton

> 2. This variant of a popular sport (or, to some, a game) was
> devised in the early 20th century by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto.
> He developed it in response to customers who complained that
> the more standard version of the sport was too strenuous.
> This variant is still played almost exclusively in Canada.
> Be sufficiently specific.

seated darts

> 3. While working for Union Carbide in the 1950s, Canadian engineer
> Lewis Urry developed this invention, which improved significantly
> on the zinc-carbon types (with acid electrolyte) in use at that
> time. Be sufficiently specific.

lithium batteries

> 5. Arthur Sicard of Ste-Th?r?se, QC, is generally credited as the
> inventor of the first practical version of this device. By 1927
> his invention was being used to remove snow from the roadways
> of the town of Outremont, now a borough of Montreal.

snowblower

> 6. This oil-producing plant is a cultivar of a naturally occurring
> plant. It was developed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur
> R. Stefansson in the early 1970s. It contains much less acid
> than its predecessor, which makes it much more palatable to
> both humans and livestock.

rapeseed

> 9. This innovation by George Retzlaff of the CBC made its
> debut in 1955 during a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada".

slow-motion replay

> 10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
> in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
> public implementation was in 1995.

Java

--
_______________________________________________________________________
Dan Blum tool@panix.com
"I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns
>

OK, I give it try, but one condition: don't laugh over all the silly
wrong ones!

> 1. Edmonton.

> 2. Winnipeg.

> 3. Prince Albert.

> 4. Medicine Hat.

> 5. Flin Flon.

> 6. Swift Current.

> 7. Fort McMurray.

> 8. Red Deer.

> 9. Brandon.

> 10. Lloydminster.

> 11. Calgary.

> 13. Churchill.

> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
> 10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
> in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
> public implementation was in 1995.

Java

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-04-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions were written
> by members of Footloose and Firkin Free, 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 2021-07-20 companion posting
> on "Reposted Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns
>
> Here <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-04/prairie.png> is a map
> of the three prairie provinces. On each question we will provide
> you with the name of a city or town, and you give us the number
> of the corresponding circle on the map.
>
> 1. Edmonton.

> 2. Winnipeg.

> 3. Prince Albert.

7; 6

> 4. Medicine Hat.

16; 6

> 5. Flin Flon.

16; 6

> 6. Swift Current.

6; 7

> 7. Fort McMurray.

8; 7

> 8. Red Deer.

17; 18

> 9. Brandon.

12; 11

> 10. Lloydminster.

1; 2

>
> There were, obviously, 14 decoys. Decode the rot13 and give the
> numbers for these if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 11. Calgary.
> 12. Canmore.
> 13. Churchill.
> 14. Dauphin.
> 15. Fort Chipewyan.
> 16. Gimli.
> 17. Grande Prairie.
> 18. Jasper.
> 19. La Ronge.
> 20. Lethbridge.
> 21. Portage la Prairie.
> 22. Regina.
> 23. Saskatoon.
> 24. Thompson.
>
>
> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions
>
> 1. This packaging was invented in 1911 by newspaper editor Joseph
> Coyle of Smithers, BC, to solve a dispute between a local farmer
> and hotel owner over the accidental breakage of a product being
> delivered from the farm to the hotel.

Egg carton

>
> 2. This variant of a popular sport (or, to some, a game) was
> devised in the early 20th century by Thomas F. Ryan in Toronto.
> He developed it in response to customers who complained that
> the more standard version of the sport was too strenuous.
> This variant is still played almost exclusively in Canada.
> Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 3. While working for Union Carbide in the 1950s, Canadian engineer
> Lewis Urry developed this invention, which improved significantly
> on the zinc-carbon types (with acid electrolyte) in use at that
> time. Be sufficiently specific.
>
> 4. This two-player mechanical game was invented in 1932 in Toronto
> by Don Munro Sr. It was built out of scrap wood and metal,
> and included used coat-hanger wire, butcher's twine, and
> clock springs. Don took the game down to the local Eaton's
> department store, where it sold quickly, prompting more orders.

Table Hockey

>
> 5. Arthur Sicard of Ste-Thérèse, QC, is generally credited as the
> inventor of the first practical version of this device. By 1927
> his invention was being used to remove snow from the roadways
> of the town of Outremont, now a borough of Montreal.

Snow plow

>
> 6. This oil-producing plant is a cultivar of a naturally occurring
> plant. It was developed in Canada by Keith Downey and Baldur
> R. Stefansson in the early 1970s. It contains much less acid
> than its predecessor, which makes it much more palatable to
> both humans and livestock.
>
> 7. Name the Canadian credited with inventing the goalie mask.

Jacques Plante

>
> 8. Name the Canadian corporation that developed the Canadarm.
>
> 9. This innovation by George Retzlaff of the CBC made its
> debut in 1955 during a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada".

Replay; Slow motion replay

>
> 10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
> in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
> public implementation was in 1995.

Java

Pete Gayde

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2012-04-02,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information...
> see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted Questions from
> the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 10, Round 4 - Canadiana Geography - Prairie Towns

> Here <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/10-04/prairie.png> is a map
> of the three prairie provinces. On each question we will provide
> you with the name of a city or town, and you give us the number
> of the corresponding circle on the map.

> 1. Edmonton.

#5. 4 for Dan Tilque and Pete.

> 2. Winnipeg.

#22. 4 for Dan Tilque. 2 for Joshua.

> 3. Prince Albert.

#14.

> 4. Medicine Hat.

#4. 4 for Dan Tilque and Erland.

> 5. Flin Flon.

#17. The urban area is mainly in Manitoba with a small part
(whose incorporation status is unclear to me) in Saskatchewan.
4 for Dan Tilque.

> 6. Swift Current.

#12.

> 7. Fort McMurray.

#6. 2 for Joshua.

> 8. Red Deer.

#9. 4 for Dan Tilque.

> 9. Brandon.

#20.

> 10. Lloydminster.

#15. This is a single incorporated municipality extending into both
Alberta and Saskatchewan. 4 for Dan Tilque.

Lloydminster existed in what was then part of the Northwest
Territories before the Alberta-Saskatchewan boundary was routed
through it. At first it was partitioned into separate municipalities
in each province, but eventually they asked for and received
permission to merge, forming the present arrangement.

> There were, obviously, 14 decoys. Decode the rot13 [sic -- oops!]
> and give the numbers for these if you like for fun, but for
> no points.

> 11. Calgary.

#1. Dan Tilque got this.

> 12. Canmore.

#3.

> 13. Churchill.

#19. Dan Tilque and Erland got this.

> 14. Dauphin.

#24.

> 15. Fort Chipewyan.

#7.

> 16. Gimli.

#23. Dan Tilque got this.

> 17. Grande Prairie.

#8. Dan Tilque got this.

> 18. Jasper.

#10. Dan Tilque got this.

> 19. La Ronge.

#16.

> 20. Lethbridge.

#2.

> 21. Portage la Prairie.

#21. Dan Tilque got this.

> 22. Regina.

#11. Dan Tilque got this.

> 23. Saskatoon.

#13. Dan Tilque got this.

> 24. Thompson.

#18.

> * Game 10, Round 6 - Canadiana Science - Canadian Inventions

Egg carton. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, and Pete.

5-pin bowling.

The scoring is different and the ball is smaller:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/139/387046654_a550661ec8.jpg

The same bowling alley may also provide American-style 10-pin bowling:

http://cdn.familyfuncanada.com/calgary/files/2018/06/Lets-Bowl-600x188.jpg
http://cdn.canada247.info/assets/uploads/77378a1e00c5f8be32ac49749843030e_-british-columbia-greater-vancouver-richmond-lucky-9-laneshtml.jpg

(In the first photo the 10-pin lanes are in the middle; in the second
they're on the left. Nobody seems to be wanting to post an image
that clearly shows both types of lanes.)

Alkaline battery. 4 for Dan Tilque.

> 4. This two-player mechanical game was invented in 1932 in Toronto
> by Don Munro Sr. It was built out of scrap wood and metal,
> and included used coat-hanger wire, butcher's twine, and
> clock springs. Don took the game down to the local Eaton's
> department store, where it sold quickly, prompting more orders.

Table hockey. 4 for Pete.

See <http://lekmer.se/images/193141/external-large.jpg>. Each
"skater" can be moved along its slot by pushing or pulling the
corresponding knob, or rotated in place (to shoot the puck) by
spinning the knob.

> 5. Arthur Sicard of Ste-Thérèse, QC, is generally credited as the
> inventor of the first practical version of this device. By 1927
> his invention was being used to remove snow from the roadways
> of the town of Outremont, now a borough of Montreal.

Snow-blower. 4 for Dan Blum.

Canola, derived from rapeseed (but no points for rapeseed).
The name is an acronym for "Canadian oil, low acid". 4 for Joshua
and Dan Tilque.

> 7. Name the Canadian credited with inventing the goalie mask.

Jacques Plante is the well-known answer and was what was originally
expected, but Clint Benedict also wore a mask, just temporarily, 29
years earlier. I'm accepting either answer. 4 for Joshua and Pete.

Here's Plante's story:

http://web.archive.org/web/20120309065733/http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=383063

Here's Benedict's story:

http://sportsthenandnow.com/2009/10/29/the-hockey-mask-50-years-later-not-required-but-never-without/

Here's a color photo of Plante in his mask, and for further contrast
with both Plante and Benedict, an illustration of what they can look
like these days:

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltscuy48kw1qm9rypo1_1280.jpg

http://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/05/14/sports/14GOALIEMASK1/14GOALIEMASK1-superJumbo.jpg

> 8. Name the Canadian corporation that developed the Canadarm.

Spar Aerospace.

The Canadarm was the remote-manipulator arm on the space shuttles:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/1996_s72_Scott_EVA.jpg
A later version is installed on the international space station.

> 9. This innovation by George Retzlaff of the CBC made its
> debut in 1955 during a broadcast of "Hockey Night in Canada".

The replay. (Accepting "instant replay", but not "slow-motion
replay", which came several years later.) 4 for Joshua. 3 for Pete.

It was not actually an instant replay, as was claimed in the original
game; Retzlaff's process involved a movie camera pointed at a TV,
producing a film called a "kinescope". This was a common method of
recording TV broadcasts, but Retzlaff's innovation was to develop the
film so fast it could be shown a few minutes later. True instant
replay required videotape and -- as mentioned on "Jeopardy!" on
2022-02-02 -- was first used during an American football broadcast
in 1963. See:

http://www.denverpost.com/2013/11/16/a-look-at-tvs-instant-replay-through-the-years/

> 10. This computer language was created by Canada's James Gosling
> in June 1991 while working for Sun Microsystems. Its first
> public implementation was in 1995.

Java. 4 for Joshua, Dan Blum, Erland, and Pete.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 10 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 TOTALS
TOPICS-> His Spo Can Can
Joshua Kreitzer 32 23 4 20 79
Dan Tilque 8 12 24 8 52
Dan Blum 16 4 0 12 32
Pete Gayde -- -- 4 19 23
Erland Sommarskog 8 4 4 4 20

--
Mark Brader | "The race is not always to the swift,
Toronto | nor the battle to the strong --
msb@vex.net | but that is the way to bet it." --Damon Runyon

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Subject	Author
RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: CanGeo, CanInvent	Mark Brader
Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: CanGeo, CanInvent	Joshua Kreitzer
Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: CanGeo, CanInvent	Dan Tilque
Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: CanGeo, CanInvent	Dan Blum
Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: CanGeo, CanInvent	Erland Sommarskog
Re: RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6: CanGeo, CanInvent	Pete Gayde
RQFTCIFFF12 Game 10, Rounds 4,6 answers: CanGeo, CanInvent	Mark Brader