On Tuesday, November 15, 2022 at 5:41:51 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2013-03-11,
> 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 6, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Years in Canadian History
>
> In this round you will be given three events in Canadian history
> that occurred in the same year. (Some of them took place outside
> Canada, but have strong Canadian connections.) For each set of
> three, you are to give the *exact year*.
>
> 1. [1] A Liberal policy convention organized by former Prime
> Minister Laurier turned into Canada's first party
> leadership convention when Laurier died before the
> convention was held. (Before this time federal party
> leaders had been chosen at party caucus meetings.)
>
> [2] Pierre Elliot Trudeau was born.
>
> [3] The Stanley Cup finals between the Seattle Metropolitans
> and the Montreal Canadiens were halted because of illness.

1919

> 2. [1] Alouette I, Canada's first satellite, was launched.
>
> [2] The Fog Bowl Grey Cup was played. The game was stopped
> because of very poor visibility, and the last 9 minutes
> were played the following day, Sunday.
>
> [3] The Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake had its first
> season.

1962

> 3. [1] Anne of Green Gables was first published.
>
> [2] Prince Edward Island banned all motorized cars from
> the province.
>
> [3] Oshawa carriage builder R. Samuel McLaughlin signed a
> deal with Buick giving him rights to Buick-built engines
> for 15 years.

1908

> 4. [1] First Nations people on reserves got the right to vote
> in Federal elections.
>
> [2] Anne Heggtveit became the first Canadian to win an Olympic
> gold medal in skiing.
>
> [3] The Montreal Canadiens won their 5th *consecutive*
> Stanley Cup.

1960

> 5. [1] "O Canada" officially became the Canadian national anthem.
>
> [2] Marshall McLuhan died.
>
> [3] Terry Fox's "Marathon of Hope" was stopped near Thunder
> Bay because of the return of his cancer.

1980

> 6. [1] 22,000,000 people visited a World's Fair in Vancouver.
>
> [2] John Polanyi of the University of Toronto shared the
> Nobel Prize for chemistry.
>
> [3] One of the strongest tornadoes in Canadian history
> hit Barrie.

1986

> 7. [1] Algonquin Provincial Park was established.
>
> [2] The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association won the first
> Stanley Cup, but refused to accept the award because of
> an alleged slight to the team committee.
>
> [3] A 22,000-pound (10,000 kg) wheel of cheese -- 28 feet
> (8.3 m) in circumference and 6 feet (1.8 m) high -- left
> Perth, Ontario, on a special cheese train to become part
> of an exhibit at the Columbian World's Fair in Chicago.

1893 ; 1894

> 8. [1] The Pickering nuclear power plant was opened after
> 7 years of construction.
>
> [2] The US and Canada signed the Great Lakes Water Quality
> Agreement.
>
> [3] Former Prime Minister Lester Pearson died.

1971 ; 1972

> 9. [1] Marilyn Bell became the first person to swim across
> Lake Ontario.
>
> [2] Roger Bannister and John Landy became the first two men
> to run the same 1-mile race in under 4 minutes, at the
> British Empire and Commonwealth games in Vancouver.
>
> [3] The St. Lawrence Seaway construction project started.

1954

> 10. [1] Louis Riel was hanged.
>
> [2] Construction of the CPR main line was completed.
> (Train service along its full length didn't begin
> until the following year.)
>
> [3] Jumbo the elephant was killed in a collision with a
> freight train in St. Thomas, Ontario.

1885

>
> * Game 6, Round 6 - Sports - Sports Movies
>
> This a round on movies where a specific sport provides the
> framework for the plot. We give you the movie's title, the year
> it was released, and some of the actors; and you name the sport.
> And please don't just say "football" for any answer -- you need
> to be more specific.
>
> 1. "Hoosiers" (1986), Gene Hackman.

basketball

> 2. "Nacho Libre" (2006), Jack Black.

professional wrestling

> 3. "The Natural" (1984), Robert Redford.

baseball

> 4. "The Damned United" (2009), Michael Sheen.

soccer

> 5. "Tin Cup" (1996), Kevin Costner, Rene Russo.

golf

> 6. "Invictus" (2009), Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon.

rugby

> 7. "Seabiscuit" (2003), Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges.

horse racing

> 8. "North Dallas Forty" (1979), Nick Nolte, Mac Davis.

american football

> 9. "The Love Guru" (2008), Mike Myers, Justin Timberlake.

hockey

> 10. "Cinderella Man" (2005), Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger.

boxing

>
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>
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