Since Premier Ford's has joined in the stampede of governments
into taking *less* action against COVID-19, the resumption of the
Canadian Inquisition seems to be receding farther into the future.

I therefore intend to continue reposting past seasons that I have
previously posted to the newsgroup. The next one will be the second
season of 2012, written jointly by the teams What She Said and Smith
& Guessin', and previously posted here in late 2012 and early 2013.
The Subject line tag for this season will be RQFTCIWSSSG12.

These questions, then, were written to be asked in Toronto on
2012-04-30, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions
were written by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin',
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 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

1. Name the Detroit Tigers player arrested for hate crimes this
week.

2. This product was in the news when a California mom sued its maker
for $3,000,000 after finding out it wasn't a healthy breakfast.
Bad news for the factory in Brantford, Ontario, where all
product sold in the US is manufactured. What is the product?

* Game 1, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Capital Punishment in Canada

Answer these questions about capital punishment in Canada.

1. In contrast with the US, which """has""" six official methods
for capital punishment, Canada had only one. Name it.

2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital
punishment, within 4.

3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,
also within 4.

4. In what institution was that last execution performed?

5. From the time of the British colony in 1749 until <answer 2>,
1,481 people were sentenced to death. Within 50, how many of
them were actually executed?

6. <answer 4> was also the site of a famous double execution.
Both men were part of an infamous crime gang in Toronto,
known for bank robberies, gun fights, beautiful women, and two
successful jailbreaks; the two men were executed for the murder
of Det. Sgt. Edmund in March 1952. Name the *gang*.

7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United
States v. Burns" set in 2001?

8. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with
question #7. Va Abirzore 2007, gur pnfr bs Ebanyq Nyyra Fzvgu,
n Pnanqvna ba qrngu ebj va Zbagnan sbe zheqre, qebir gur
Pnanqvna tbireazrag gb nygre n ybat-fgnaqvat cbyvpl va ertneq
gb Pnanqvna pvgvmraf fragraprq gb pncvgny chavfuzrag noebnq.
Jung arj cbyvpl qvq gurl nqbcg?

9. Canada has had many official executioners, but the most famous
was Arthur B. English. He performed his executions from 1913
until 1935 under a pseudonym. What was his famous pseudonym?
A group of major literary awards in Canada """has been""" named after
him since 1984.

10. Since Confederation, there have only been three offenses which
could result in capital punishment: murder, rape, and treason.
Name the only Canadian ever to be executed for high treason.

* Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books

We name one or more fictitious works and authors; you give the
*real-life author* who wrote the real work where they are mentioned.
For example, if we named "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, the answer would be George
Orwell, who mentions this fictional book in the novel "Nineteen
Eighty-Four". To repeat, in each case name the real-life author.

1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
Beeblebrox.

2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.

3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.

4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan
Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.

5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
"Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.

6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
"The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
by Kilgore Trout.

8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
by Gilderoy Lockhart.

9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.

10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
"Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
by Princess Irulan.

--
Mark Brader | Up until now, you have been told never to use
Toronto | the Goto. I use it. I use a revolver too, but
msb@vex.net | I don't give it to my children. --a Prof. Baird

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

> 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United
> States v. Burns" set in 2001?

people who could possibly be sentenced to death cannot be extradited

> * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books

> 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
> That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
> and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
> Beeblebrox.

Douglas Adams

> 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
> James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.

H. P. Lovecraft

> 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
> and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.

Steven King

> 4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan
> Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.

Margaret Atwood

> 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
> "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.

Orson Scott Card

> 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
> unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
> "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
> Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

J. R. R. Tolkien

> 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
> of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
> by Kilgore Trout.

Kurt Vonnegut

> 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
> Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
> by Gilderoy Lockhart.

J. K. Rowling

> 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.

Isaac Asimov

> 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
> "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
> by Princess Irulan.

Frank Herbert

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

On Wednesday, April 20, 2022 at 11:42:58 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Capital Punishment in Canada
>
> Answer these questions about capital punishment in Canada.
>
> 1. In contrast with the US, which """has""" six official methods
> for capital punishment, Canada had only one. Name it.

lethal injection
> 2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital
> punishment, within 4.

1974; 1965

> 3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,
> also within 4.

1963; 1954

> 5. From the time of the British colony in 1749 until <answer 2>,
> 1,481 people were sentenced to death. Within 50, how many of
> them were actually executed?

250
> 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United
> States v. Burns" set in 2001?

a person who would be subject to the death penalty in the USA cannot be extradited to there
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books
>
> We name one or more fictitious works and authors; you give the
> *real-life author* who wrote the real work where they are mentioned.
> For example, if we named "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
> Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, the answer would be George
> Orwell, who mentions this fictional book in the novel "Nineteen
> Eighty-Four". To repeat, in each case name the real-life author.
>
> 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
> That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
> and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
> Beeblebrox.

Adams

> 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
> James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.

Lovecraft

> 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
> and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.

King

> 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
> "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.

Card
> 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
> unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
> "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
> Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

Tolkien

> 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
> of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
> by Kilgore Trout.

Vonnegut

> 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
> Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
> by Gilderoy Lockhart.

Rowling

> 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.

Heinlein
> 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
> "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
> by Princess Irulan.

Herbert

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books
>
> 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
> That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
> and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
> Beeblebrox.

Ray Bradbury (Seems likely that Farenheit 451 is in here somewhere.)

> 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
> James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.

Ray Bradbury

> 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
> and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.

Ray Bradbury

> 4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan
> Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.

Ray Bradbury

> 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
> "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.

Ray Bradbury

> 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
> unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
> "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
> Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

Ray Bradbury

> 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
> of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
> by Kilgore Trout.

Ray Bradbury

> 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
> Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
> by Gilderoy Lockhart.

Ray Bradbury

> 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.

Isaac Asimov
> 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
> "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
> by Princess Irulan.
Ray Bradbury

Mark Brader wrote:
> Since Premier Ford's has joined in the stampede of governments
> into taking *less* action against COVID-19, the resumption of the
> Canadian Inquisition seems to be receding farther into the future.
>
> I therefore intend to continue reposting past seasons that I have
> previously posted to the newsgroup. The next one will be the second
> season of 2012, written jointly by the teams What She Said and Smith
> & Guessin', and previously posted here in late 2012 and early 2013.
> The Subject line tag for this season will be RQFTCIWSSSG12.
>
> These questions, then, were written to be asked in Toronto on
> 2012-04-30, and should be interpreted accordingly. All questions
> were written by members of What She Said and/or of Smith & Guessin',
> 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 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. Name the Detroit Tigers player arrested for hate crimes this
> week.
>
> 2. This product was in the news when a California mom sued its maker
> for $3,000,000 after finding out it wasn't a healthy breakfast.
> Bad news for the factory in Brantford, Ontario, where all
> product sold in the US is manufactured. What is the product?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Capital Punishment in Canada
>
> Answer these questions about capital punishment in Canada.
>
> 1. In contrast with the US, which """has""" six official methods
> for capital punishment, Canada had only one. Name it.

Hanging; Lethal injection

>
> 2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital
> punishment, within 4.

1990; 1999

>
> 3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,
> also within 4.

1990; 1999

>
> 4. In what institution was that last execution performed?
>
> 5. From the time of the British colony in 1749 until <answer 2>,
> 1,481 people were sentenced to death. Within 50, how many of
> them were actually executed?

1000; 1101

>
> 6. <answer 4> was also the site of a famous double execution.
> Both men were part of an infamous crime gang in Toronto,
> known for bank robberies, gun fights, beautiful women, and two
> successful jailbreaks; the two men were executed for the murder
> of Det. Sgt. Edmund in March 1952. Name the *gang*.
>
> 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United
> States v. Burns" set in 2001?
>
> 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with
> question #7. Va Abirzore 2007, gur pnfr bs Ebanyq Nyyra Fzvgu,
> n Pnanqvna ba qrngu ebj va Zbagnan sbe zheqre, qebir gur
> Pnanqvna tbireazrag gb nygre n ybat-fgnaqvat cbyvpl va ertneq
> gb Pnanqvna pvgvmraf fragraprq gb pncvgny chavfuzrag noebnq.
> Jung arj cbyvpl qvq gurl nqbcg?
>
> 9. Canada has had many official executioners, but the most famous
> was Arthur B. English. He performed his executions from 1913
> until 1935 under a pseudonym. What was his famous pseudonym?
> A group of major literary awards in Canada """has been""" named after
> him since 1984.
>
> 10. Since Confederation, there have only been three offenses which
> could result in capital punishment: murder, rape, and treason.
> Name the only Canadian ever to be executed for high treason.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books
>
> We name one or more fictitious works and authors; you give the
> *real-life author* who wrote the real work where they are mentioned.
> For example, if we named "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
> Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, the answer would be George
> Orwell, who mentions this fictional book in the novel "Nineteen
> Eighty-Four". To repeat, in each case name the real-life author.
>
> 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
> That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
> and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
> Beeblebrox.

Adams

>
> 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
> James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.
>
> 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
> and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.
>
> 4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan
> Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.
>
> 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
> "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.
>
> 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
> unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
> "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
> Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

Tolkien

>
> 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
> of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
> by Kilgore Trout.
>
> 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
> Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
> by Gilderoy Lockhart.

Rowling

>
> 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.
>
> 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
> "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
> by Princess Irulan.
>

Pete Gayde

On 4/20/22 21:42, Mark Brader wrote:
> Since Premier Ford's has joined in the stampede of governments
> into taking *less* action against COVID-19, the resumption of the
> Canadian Inquisition seems to be receding farther into the future.

Unfortunate. The longer it goes on, the more likely it is you'll lose
participation in your league.

>
>
> * Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)
>
> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.
>
> 1. Name the Detroit Tigers player arrested for hate crimes this
> week.
>
> 2. This product was in the news when a California mom sued its maker
> for $3,000,000 after finding out it wasn't a healthy breakfast.
> Bad news for the factory in Brantford, Ontario, where all
> product sold in the US is manufactured. What is the product?
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Capital Punishment in Canada
>
> Answer these questions about capital punishment in Canada.
>
> 1. In contrast with the US, which """has""" six official methods
> for capital punishment, Canada had only one. Name it.
>
> 2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital
> punishment, within 4.
>
> 3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,
> also within 4.
>
> 4. In what institution was that last execution performed?
>
> 5. From the time of the British colony in 1749 until <answer 2>,
> 1,481 people were sentenced to death. Within 50, how many of
> them were actually executed?
>
> 6. <answer 4> was also the site of a famous double execution.
> Both men were part of an infamous crime gang in Toronto,
> known for bank robberies, gun fights, beautiful women, and two
> successful jailbreaks; the two men were executed for the murder
> of Det. Sgt. Edmund in March 1952. Name the *gang*.
>
> 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United
> States v. Burns" set in 2001?
>
> 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with
> question #7. Va Abirzore 2007, gur pnfr bs Ebanyq Nyyra Fzvgu,
> n Pnanqvna ba qrngu ebj va Zbagnan sbe zheqre, qebir gur
> Pnanqvna tbireazrag gb nygre n ybat-fgnaqvat cbyvpl va ertneq
> gb Pnanqvna pvgvmraf fragraprq gb pncvgny chavfuzrag noebnq.
> Jung arj cbyvpl qvq gurl nqbcg?
>
> 9. Canada has had many official executioners, but the most famous
> was Arthur B. English. He performed his executions from 1913
> until 1935 under a pseudonym. What was his famous pseudonym?
> A group of major literary awards in Canada """has been""" named after
> him since 1984.
>
> 10. Since Confederation, there have only been three offenses which
> could result in capital punishment: murder, rape, and treason.
> Name the only Canadian ever to be executed for high treason.
>
>
> * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books
>
> We name one or more fictitious works and authors; you give the
> *real-life author* who wrote the real work where they are mentioned.
> For example, if we named "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
> Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, the answer would be George
> Orwell, who mentions this fictional book in the novel "Nineteen
> Eighty-Four". To repeat, in each case name the real-life author.
>
> 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
> That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
> and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
> Beeblebrox.

Douglas Adams

>
> 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
> James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.

Lovecraft

>
> 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
> and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.
>
> 4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan
> Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.
>
> 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
> "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.

Orson Scott Card

>
> 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
> unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
> "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
> Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

Tolkien

>
> 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
> of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
> by Kilgore Trout.

Vonnegut

>
> 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
> Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
> by Gilderoy Lockhart.
>
> 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.

Isaac Asimov

>
> 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
> "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
> by Princess Irulan.

Frank Herbert

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader:
> > Since Premier Ford's has joined in the stampede of governments
> > into taking *less* action against COVID-19, the resumption of the
> > Canadian Inquisition seems to be receding farther into the future.

Dan Tilque:
> Unfortunate. The longer it goes on, the more likely it is you'll lose
> participation in your league.

Indeed.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, msb@vex.net
"Have you ever heard [my honesty] questioned?"
"I never even heard it mentioned." -- Every Day's a Holiday

Mark Brader:
> These questions, then, were written to be asked in Toronto on
> 2012-04-30, and should be interpreted accordingly... For further
> information... see my 2021-07-20 companion posting on "Reposted
> Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (RQFTCI*)".

> * Game 1, Round 1 - Current Events (excerpt)

> Answer these 2012 questions if you like for fun, but for no points.

> 1. Name the Detroit Tigers player arrested for hate crimes this
> week.

Delmon Young.

> 2. This product was in the news when a California mom sued its maker
> for $3,000,000 after finding out it wasn't a healthy breakfast.
> Bad news for the factory in Brantford, Ontario, where all
> product sold in the US is manufactured. What is the product?

Nutella.

> * Game 1, Round 2 - Canadiana History - Capital Punishment in Canada

> Answer these questions about capital punishment in Canada.

> 1. In contrast with the US, which """has""" six official methods
> for capital punishment, Canada had only one. Name it.

Hanging. 3 for Pete.

I don't know how many methods are currently official in the US.

> 2. Give the year that Canada officially eliminated capital
> punishment, within 4.

1976 (accepting 1972-80). 3 for Joshua.

> 3. Give the year the last execution was performed in Canada,
> also within 4.

1962 (accepting 1958-66). 3 for Joshua.

> 4. In what institution was that last execution performed?

The Don Jail, Toronto, also called the Toronto Jail.

> 5. From the time of the British colony in 1749 until <answer 2>,
> 1,481 people were sentenced to death. Within 50, how many of
> them were actually executed?

710 (accepting 660-760).

> 6. <answer 4> was also the site of a famous double execution.
> Both men were part of an infamous crime gang in Toronto,
> known for bank robberies, gun fights, beautiful women, and two
> successful jailbreaks; the two men were executed for the murder
> of Det. Sgt. Edmund in March 1952. Name the *gang*.

The Boyd Gang.

> 7. What precedent did the Canadian Supreme Court case "United
> States v. Burns" set in 2001?

Canada must not allow anyone to be extradited to a place where
they might be subject to capital punishment. 4 for Dan Blum.
3 for Joshua.

If the crime carries a death penalty, the country requesting
extradition has to guarantee that they will not apply it.

> 8. Please decode the rot13 only after you are finished with
> question #7. In November 2007, the case of Ronald Allen Smith,
> a Canadian on death row in Montana for murder, drove the
> Canadian government to alter a long-standing policy in regard
> to Canadian citizens sentenced to capital punishment abroad.
> What new policy did they adopt?

Canada will no longer automatically request clemency without examining
the situation of each case. (Clemency was not sought for Smith.)

> 9. Canada has had many official executioners, but the most famous
> was Arthur B. English. He performed his executions from 1913
> until 1935 under a pseudonym. What was his famous pseudonym?
> A group of major literary awards in Canada """has been""" named after
> him since 1984.

Arthur Ellis. (See below.)

According to the Crime Writers of Canada web site, the awards
now encompass "crime, detective, espionage, mystery, suspense,
and thriller writing, as well as fictional or factual accounts of
criminal doings and crime-themed literary works". Apparently they
decided that the refeference to an executioner was in bad taste:
they've now dropped the name Ellis and now just call them the Crime
Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence.

> 10. Since Confederation, there have only been three offenses which
> could result in capital punishment: murder, rape, and treason.
> Name the only Canadian ever to be executed for high treason.

Louis Riel.

His conviction was controversial even an 1885, and today the view that
he was a figure to be celebrated rather than condemned has become
more widely held. In Manitoba in 2007 when they wanted to add a
new annual holiday to the calendar, they picked him to name it after.

> * Game 1, Round 3 - Literature - Fictional Books in Fiction Books

> We name one or more fictitious works and authors; you give the
> *real-life author* who wrote the real work where they are mentioned.
> For example, if we named "The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical
> Collectivism" by Emmanuel Goldstein, the answer would be George
> Orwell, who mentions this fictional book in the novel "Nineteen
> Eighty-Four". To repeat, in each case name the real-life author.

> 1. "Where God Went Wrong", "Who is this God Person Anyway?", "Well,
> That About Wraps it Up for God Then", all by Oolon Colluphid;
> and "How I Survived an Hour With a Sprained Finger" by Zaphod
> Beeblebrox.

Douglas Adams. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 2. "Necronomicon" by Abdul Al-Hazred, "Chronicles Of Nath" by
> James Sheffield, and "Liber-Damnatus" by unknown.

H.P. Lovecraft. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 3. "Misery's Quest", "Misery's Heartbreak", "Misery's Dilemma",
> and "Misery's Child", all by Paul Sheldon.

Stephen King. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.

> 4. "The Blind Assassin" by Laura Chase, "Lady Oracle" by Joan
> Foster, and "Five Ambushes" by Antonia Fremont.

Margaret Atwood. 4 for Dan Blum.

> 5. "The Hive Queen and the Hegemon", "The Story of Human", and
> "Speaker for the Dead", all by Andrew "Ender" Wiggin.

Orson Scott Card. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 6. "The Red Book Of Westmarch" and "The Book Of The Kings", author
> unknown in each case; "Gray Annals" by the Scholars of Doriath;
> "The Reckoning of Years" by Merry Brandybuck; and "The Book of
> Mazarbul" by Balin and other dwarves.

J.R.R. Tolkien. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, Pete, and Dan Tilque.

> 7. "The Book of Bokonon" by Bokonon, "History of the Rosewaters
> of Rhode Island" by Merrihue Rosewater, and "Now It Can Be Told"
> by Kilgore Trout.

Kurt Vonnegut. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

> 8. "Breaking with a Banshee", "Holidays with Hags", "Year with a
> Yeti", "Travels with Trolls", and "Gadding with Ghouls", all
> by Gilderoy Lockhart.

J.K. Rowling. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Pete.

> 9. The "Encyclopedia Galactica", compiled by an entire colony.

Isaac Asimov. 4 for Dan Blum, Erland, and Dan Tilque.

> 10. "In my Father's House", "Analysis: The Arakeen Crisis",
> "Count Fenring: A Profile" and "The Wisdom of Muad'Dib", all
> by Princess Irulan.

Frank Herbert. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 1 ROUNDS-> 2 3 TOTALS
TOPICS-> Can Lit
Dan Blum 4 40 44
Joshua Kreitzer 9 32 41
Dan Tilque 0 28 28
Pete Gayde 3 12 15
Erland Sommarskog 0 4 4

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