These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,
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 Usual Suspects 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*)".

I wrote one of these rounds and most of the other.

** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power

This is the second bonus round. Again, each question will ask for
two facts. If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but
if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus. But if you try for the
bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.

If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.
Please make it explicit how you are answering.

One fact you're asked for on each question is the name of a
president, prime minister, or other leader. The other fact is a
date: either we'll want the year when that man (they are all men)
took the office, or else we'll want the year he left the office.
We will allow leeway on the dates, as detailed on each question.
Again, for the bonus give both the date (near enough) and the name.

1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year
did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal
score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,
answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.

2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
Again, answer one or both questions.

3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
*leave* that office, within 8 years?

4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?

5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
did he take that office, within 3 years?

7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta? What year
did he take that office, within 3 years?

8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec? What year
did he take that office, within 2 years?

9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario? What year
did he take that office, within 2 years?

10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario? What year
did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

* A. Literature: Humor by Adams

A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
First name required.

A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
"The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

* B. Science History: Dialing the Phone

B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
but every call had to be connected manually by the
switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
dial phones first used, within 10?

B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
the public in what year, within 10?

* C. Sports: International Organizations

C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
is regulated internationally by FIDE?

C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
internationally by FINA?

* D. Canadiana Geography: Spelling Place Names

We'll give you a Canadian place name and tell you the province it's
in, and you must spell it correctly -- including any punctuation
marks. You aren't responsible for capitalization or spaces, though.

D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.
D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.

* E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words

E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?
E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?

* F. Miscellaneous: Married Fictional Detectives

F1. In most of the novels by J.D. Robb, police detective
Lt. Eve Dallas is very happily married to the love of
her life. Name him.

F2. In the TV series "Monk", when Adrian Monk was a police
detective, he was very happily married to the love of
his life. But, very sadly, she died. Name her.

--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Logic is logic. That's all I say."
msb@vex.net -- Oliver Wendell Holmes

My text in this article is in the public domain.

Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,
> 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 Usual Suspects 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*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds and most of the other.
>
>
> ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power
>
> This is the second bonus round. Again, each question will ask for
> two facts. If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but
> if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus. But if you try for the
> bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.
>
> If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.
> Please make it explicit how you are answering.
>
> One fact you're asked for on each question is the name of a
> president, prime minister, or other leader. The other fact is a
> date: either we'll want the year when that man (they are all men)
> took the office, or else we'll want the year he left the office.
> We will allow leeway on the dates, as detailed on each question.
> Again, for the bonus give both the date (near enough) and the name.
>
> 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year
> did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal
> score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,
> answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.
>
> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

Lincoln, 1861

>
> 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
> *leave* that office, within 8 years?
>
> 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?
>
> 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?
>
> 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?
>
> 7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?
>
> 8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?
>
> 9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?
>
> 10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?
>
>
> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams
>
> A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
> long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
> year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
> First name required.

Scott Adams

>
> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.
>
>
> * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone
>
> B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
> but every call had to be connected manually by the
> switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
> system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
> which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
> dial phones first used, within 10?
>
> B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
> under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
> the public in what year, within 10?

1960

>
>
> * C. Sports: International Organizations
>
> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?
>
> C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
> internationally by FINA?

Swimming

>
>
> * D. Canadiana Geography: Spelling Place Names
>
> We'll give you a Canadian place name and tell you the province it's
> in, and you must spell it correctly -- including any punctuation
> marks. You aren't responsible for capitalization or spaces, though.
>
> D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.
> D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.
>
>
> * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words
>
> E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?
> E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous: Married Fictional Detectives
>
> F1. In most of the novels by J.D. Robb, police detective
> Lt. Eve Dallas is very happily married to the love of
> her life. Name him.
>
> F2. In the TV series "Monk", when Adrian Monk was a police
> detective, he was very happily married to the love of
> his life. But, very sadly, she died. Name her.
>

Pete Gayde

On 1/25/24 13:48, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power
>
> This is the second bonus round. Again, each question will ask for
> two facts. If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but
> if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus. But if you try for the
> bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.
>
> If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.
> Please make it explicit how you are answering.
>
> One fact you're asked for on each question is the name of a
> president, prime minister, or other leader. The other fact is a
> date: either we'll want the year when that man (they are all men)
> took the office, or else we'll want the year he left the office.
> We will allow leeway on the dates, as detailed on each question.
> Again, for the bonus give both the date (near enough) and the name.
>
> 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year
> did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal
> score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,
> answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.
>
> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

Abraham Lincoln, 1861

>
> 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
> *leave* that office, within 8 years?

Millard Fillmore, 1852

>
> 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?

John Q Adams, 1829

>
> 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?
>
> 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?
>
> 7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?
>
> 8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?
>
> 9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?
>
> 10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?
>
>
> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams
>
> A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
> long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
> year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
> First name required.

Scott Adams

>
> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

Douglas Adams

>
>
> * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone
>
> B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
> but every call had to be connected manually by the
> switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
> system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
> which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
> dial phones first used, within 10?

1931

>
> B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
> under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
> the public in what year, within 10?

1956

>
>
> * C. Sports: International Organizations
>
> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?

chess

>
> C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
> internationally by FINA?

netball

>
>
> * D. Canadiana Geography: Spelling Place Names
>
> We'll give you a Canadian place name and tell you the province it's
> in, and you must spell it correctly -- including any punctuation
> marks. You aren't responsible for capitalization or spaces, though.
>
> D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.

Baie-des-Paire

> D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.

Surrey

>
>
> * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words
>
> E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?

on a t

> E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?
>
>
> * F. Miscellaneous: Married Fictional Detectives
>
> F1. In most of the novels by J.D. Robb, police detective
> Lt. Eve Dallas is very happily married to the love of
> her life. Name him.
>
> F2. In the TV series "Monk", when Adrian Monk was a police
> detective, he was very happily married to the love of
> his life. But, very sadly, she died. Name her.
>

--
Dan Tilque

Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power

> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

Lincoln and 1861

> 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
> *leave* that office, within 8 years?

1847

> 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?

John Adams and 1801

> 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

Gladstone

> 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?

David Lloyd George

> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams

> A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
> long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
> year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
> First name required.

Scott Adams

> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

Douglas Adams

> * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone

> B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
> but every call had to be connected manually by the
> switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
> system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
> which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
> dial phones first used, within 10?

1912

> B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
> under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
> the public in what year, within 10?

1975

> * C. Sports: International Organizations

> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?

Chess

> * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words

> E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?

over a lowercase "i" or "j"

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

On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 4:49:02 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,
> 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 Usual Suspects 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*)".
>
>
> I wrote one of these rounds and most of the other.
>
>
> ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power
>
> This is the second bonus round. Again, each question will ask for
> two facts. If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but
> if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus. But if you try for the
> bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.
>
> If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.
> Please make it explicit how you are answering.
>
> One fact you're asked for on each question is the name of a
> president, prime minister, or other leader. The other fact is a
> date: either we'll want the year when that man (they are all men)
> took the office, or else we'll want the year he left the office.
> We will allow leeway on the dates, as detailed on each question.
> Again, for the bonus give both the date (near enough) and the name.
>
> 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year
> did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal
> score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,
> answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.

mackenzie, 1873 [macdonald was 1st of course, but he was a liberal-conservative not a straight-up liberal]

> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

lincoln, 1861

> 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
> *leave* that office, within 8 years?

fillmore, 1853

> 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?

john adams, 1801 [wasn't he the only one?]

> 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

david george, 1922

> 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?

macdonald, 1924

> 7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?

bible bill aberhart, 1935

> 8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?

levesque, 1976

> 9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?

bob rae, 1990

> 10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

ernie drury, 1920 [wasn't he the only one?]

>
> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams
>
> A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
> long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
> year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
> First name required.

scott adams [aka @scottadamssays]

> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

douglas adams

>
> * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone
>
> B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
> but every call had to be connected manually by the
> switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
> system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
> which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
> dial phones first used, within 10?

1920

> B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
> under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
> the public in what year, within 10?

1965

>
> * C. Sports: International Organizations
>
> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?

chess

> C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
> internationally by FINA?

water sports

>
> * D. Canadiana Geography: Spelling Place Names
>
> We'll give you a Canadian place name and tell you the province it's
> in, and you must spell it correctly -- including any punctuation
> marks. You aren't responsible for capitalization or spaces, though.

you did this just to keep me from a perfect score, didn't you

> D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.

bay d'espoir

> D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.

souris

> * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words
>
> E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?

when leaving out letters in a word

> E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?

in a grand piano?

> * F. Miscellaneous: Married Fictional Detectives
>
> F1. In most of the novels by J.D. Robb, police detective
> Lt. Eve Dallas is very happily married to the love of
> her life. Name him.

roarke [...in death, my wife loves the series and feels compelled to tell me about it. frequently.]

> F2. In the TV series "Monk", when Adrian Monk was a police
> detective, he was very happily married to the love of
> his life. But, very sadly, she died. Name her.

trudy

> --
> Mark Brader, Toronto "Logic is logic. That's all I say."
> m...@vex.net -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
>
> My text in this article is in the public domain.

swp

Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:
> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

Abraham Lincoln, 1861
> 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

Asquith, 1916
> 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?

1930

> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams
>
> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

Douglas

> * C. Sports: International Organizations
>
> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?

Chess
> C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
> internationally by FINA?

Swimming

On Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 3:49:02 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:
> ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power
>
> This is the second bonus round. Again, each question will ask for
> two facts. If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but
> if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus. But if you try for the
> bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.
>
> If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.
> Please make it explicit how you are answering.
>
> 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year
> did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal
> score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,
> answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.

1875; 1884

> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

(playing for bonus) Abraham Lincoln, 1861

> 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
> *leave* that office, within 8 years?

(playing for bonus) Millard Fillmore, 1853

> 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?

(playing for bonus) John Quincy Adams, 1829

> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round
>
> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams
>
> A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
> long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
> year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
> First name required.

Scott Adams
> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

Douglas Adams

> * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone
>
> B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
> but every call had to be connected manually by the
> switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
> system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
> which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
> dial phones first used, within 10?

1895; 1906

> B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
> under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
> the public in what year, within 10?

1965
> * C. Sports: International Organizations
>
> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?

chess

> C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
> internationally by FINA?

aquatics

> * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words
>
> E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?

crossing the letter "t"

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

Mark Brader:
> These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-11-20,
> and should be interpreted accordingly... For further information
> please see my 2023-05-24 companion posting on "Questions from the
> Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

Game 9 is over, completing the regular season, and STEPHEN PERRY
has once again whomped the field. Hearty congratulations!

> I wrote one of these rounds and most of the other.

In the challenge round, I did not write pair D or E.

> ** Game 9, Round 9 - History - New Party in Power

> This is the second bonus round. Again, each question will ask for
> two facts. If you give one of them, you get the regular score, but
> if you give both, you get a 2-point bonus. But if you try for the
> bonus and fail to get both facts right, then your answer is wrong.

> If making two guesses, you may try for the bonus on either or both.
> Please make it explicit how you are answering.

> One fact you're asked for on each question is the name of a
> president, prime minister, or other leader. The other fact is a
> date: either we'll want the year when that man (they are all men)
> took the office, or else we'll want the year he left the office.
> We will allow leeway on the dates, as detailed on each question.
> Again, for the bonus give both the date (near enough) and the name.

> 1. Who was the *first Liberal* prime minister of Canada? What year
> did he take that office, within 4 years? To repeat, for normal
> score just answer one of the two questions; for the bonus,
> answer both, but if you get one wrong, it's a wrong answer.

Alexander Mackenzie, 1873 (accepting 1869-77). 6 for Stephen.
3 for Joshua.

> 2. This question refers to the Republican Party that now exists,
> not any use of "Republican" as *part* of the name of an older
> party. Who, then, was the *first Republican* president of
> the US? What year did he take that office, within 4 years?
> Again, answer one or both questions.

Abraham Lincoln, 1861 (accepting 1859-65). 6 for everyone -- Pete,
Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, and Joshua.

Yes, there was a time when the Republicans were the good guys!

> 3. Who was the *last Whig* president of the US? What year did he
> *leave* that office, within 8 years?

Millard Fillmore, 1853 (accepting 1845-61). 6 for Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Joshua. 4 for Dan Blum.

> 4. Who was the *last Federalist* president of the US? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 10 years?

John Adams, 1801 (accepting 1791-1811). 6 for Dan Blum and Stephen.

> 5. Who was the *last Liberal* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

David Lloyd George, 1922 (accepting 1916-28). 6 for Stephen.

> 6. Who was the *first Labour* prime minister of the UK? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?

Ramsay MacDonald, 1924 (accepting 1921-27). 6 for Stephen.

> 7. Who was the *first Social Credit* premier of Alberta? What year
> did he take that office, within 3 years?

William Aberhart, 1935 (accepting 1932-38). 6 for Stephen.

> 8. Who was the *first Parti Québécois* premier of Quebec? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?

René Lévesque ["le-VEK" or "lay-VEK"], 1976 (accepting 1974-78).
6 for Stephen.

> 9. Who was the *first New Democratic* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he take that office, within 2 years?

Bob Rae, 1990 (accepting 1988-92). 6 for Stephen.

> 10. Who was the *last United Farmers* premier of Ontario? What year
> did he *leave* that office, within 6 years?

Ernest Drury, 1923 (accepting 1917-29). 6 for Stephen.

> ** Game 9, Round 10 - Challenge Round

This was the hardest round in the original game.

> * A. Literature: Humor by Adams

> A1. This writer and cartoonist was very popular for his
> long-running comic strip "Dilbert"; but accusations this
> year that he is a racist changed all that. Who is he?
> First name required.

Scott Adams. 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, and Joshua.

> A2. This writer was very popular for his radio show
> "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels and
> adaptations in print, film, video games, and TV; but in
> 2001 he went and died. Who was he? First name required.

Douglas Adams. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland,
and Joshua.

> * B. Science History: Dialing the Phone

> B1. The first telephone exchanges went into use in 1877 and 1878,
> but every call had to be connected manually by the
> switchboard operator. Almon Strowger came to resent that
> system and invented the automatic telephone exchange,
> which soon made dial telephones possible. What year were
> dial phones first used, within 10?

1896 (accepting 1886-1906). 4 for Joshua (the hard way).

It wasn't until quite a while later that they came into common use.

> B2. Phones where the dial was replaced by push-buttons, then
> under the trademark Touch-Tone, were first displayed to
> the public in what year, within 10?

1962 (accepting 1952-72). 4 for Pete, Dan Tilque, Stephen,
and Joshua.

> * C. Sports: International Organizations

> C1. Everyone knows that FIFA is the international regulatory
> body for soccer. What sport, game, or other competition
> is regulated internationally by FIDE?

Chess. 4 for Dan Tilque, Dan Blum, Stephen, Erland, and Joshua.

> C2. What sport, game, or other competition is regulated
> internationally by FINA?

Swimming and related sports. 4 for Pete, Stephen, Erland, and Joshua.

This question was out of date, and was at the original game -- FINA
changed its name to World Aquatics about a year ago.

> * D. Canadiana Geography: Spelling Place Names

> We'll give you a Canadian place name and tell you the province it's
> in, and you must spell it correctly -- including any punctuation
> marks. You aren't responsible for capitalization or spaces, though.

> D1. "BAY-dess-PAIR", Newfoundland and Labrador.

Bay d'Espoir. 4 for Stephen.

> D2. "SUH-ree", Prince Edward Island.

Souris. 4 for Stephen.

> * E. Miscellaneous: Unusual Words

> E1. In ordinary English writing, where would you find a tittle?

It's the dot over a lower-case I or J. 4 for Dan Blum.

> E2. In an LCBO store, where would you find an agraffe?

It's the wire cage that retains the cork on champagne and the like.

> * F. Miscellaneous: Married Fictional Detectives

> F1. In most of the novels by J.D. Robb, police detective
> Lt. Eve Dallas is very happily married to the love of
> her life. Name him.

Roarke. (He doesn't use a first name.) 4 for Stephen.

> F2. In the TV series "Monk", when Adrian Monk was a police
> detective, he was very happily married to the love of
> his life. But, very sadly, she died. Name her.

Trudy Monk. (First name required, of course.) 4 for Stephen.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAME 9 ROUNDS-> 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 BEST
TOPICS-> Can Geo Mis Sci Spo Ent His Cha SIX
Stephen Perry 12 0 40 40 0 60 60 36 248
Joshua Kreitzer 9 28 36 32 32 42 15 24 194
Dan Blum 4 32 20 40 12 19 16 16 143
Dan Tilque 4 24 12 40 4 0 12 16 108
Pete Gayde 8 32 -- -- 32 4 6 12 94
Erland Sommarskog 0 20 0 16 16 0 6 12 70

--
Mark Brader | "Now you have accidentally said something valuable!"
Toronto | --Hercule Poirot:
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