From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 6/6/23 23:16, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 3 (2023-05-29), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. On Thursday, Guam was rocked by a typhoon, the strongest one   
   >     to hit the territory since 2002.  It was subsequently upgraded   
   >     to a super typhoon.  What is its name?   
   >   
   > 2. On Wednesday, Fulgence Kayishema was arrested after over 20   
   >     years on the run.  He was the most wanted fugitive in the 1994   
   >     Rwandan genocide, accused of orchestrating the killing of over   
   >     2,000 refugees.  In what country was he arrested?   
   >   
   > 3. On May 19, 1994, it was added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary   
   >     of English.  On May 19 of this year, it was the Google Doodle.   
   >     What is this iconic Quebecois dish?   
      
   poutine   
      
   >   
   > 4. Which country is to become the first in the world to mandate   
   >     labelling on alcoholic drinks to alert people to calorie content   
   >     and health risks?   
   >   
   > 5. "The Hill We Climb", recited at Joe Biden's inauguration, has   
   >     been placed on a restricted list at a Florida elementary school   
   >     following a complaint -- in which the poem was attributed to the   
   >     wrong author.  Name *either* the author listed in the complaint   
   >     or the poem's actual author.   
   >   
   > 6. On Saturday night, the Boston Celtics defeated the Miami Heat   
   >     with a buzzer-beater, setting up tonight's game where the   
   >     Celtics hope to be the first NBA team in 150 tries to accomplish   
   >     what feat?   
      
   come back from 0-3 deficit to win a 7-game series   
      
   >   
   > 7. The 2022-23 Premier League season has just finished.  Which team   
   >     are the league champions for the 3rd consecutive year (and 5th   
   >     time in the past 6 years)?   
   >   
   > 8. Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy   
   >     related to the 2021 US Capitol attack.  Rhodes is the founder   
   >     of what militia group?   
      
   Oath Keepers   
      
   >   
   > 9. Which tourism company successfully completed its final test   
   >     flight on Thursday?  Their next step will be to take paying   
   >     customers into space.   
      
   Virgin Galactic   
      
   >   
   > 10. What lifestyle businesswoman, and convicted felon, is among   
   >     the cover models for the 2023 "Sports Illustrated" Swimsuit   
   >     Issue?  Now the oldest model in the magazine's history, she   
   >     called the fact "historic", but not "a good thing" as of yet.   
      
   Martha Stewart   
      
   >   
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh anzrq   
   > "Znapurfgre" sbe gur fbppre grnz, be "Ivetva" be "Ivetva Tebhc" sbe   
   > gur pbzcnal, va rnpu pnfr lbh arrq gb tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.   
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   >   
   > * Game 4 (2023-06-05), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. At the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Canada beat   
   >     Germany 5-2 to win the gold medal.  But what team beat the USA to   
   >     win the bronze medal, their first-ever medal at the tournament?   
   >   
   > 2. As part of Canada's Tobacco Strategy, which aims to reduce   
   >     tobacco use to less than 5% by 2035, new warning labels will   
   >     be found *where* effective August 1?   
      
   cigarette packages   
      
   >   
   > 3. Launching in July 2025, Viking Expeditions will be offering a   
   >     15-day, $16,000 cruise from the Port of Toronto to Nuuk, which   
   >     is the capital city of where?   
      
   Greenland   
      
   >   
   > 4. French-Canadian actor, and Officer of the Order of Canada,   
   >     Michel Côté passed away on May 29.  He won a Best Actor Genie   
   >     for his role in "C.R.A.Z.Y." (2005), but he is probably best   
   >     known for playing four separate characters -- all men on the   
   >     make looking to hook up with a woman -- in what 1989 comedy film?   
   >   
   > 5. President Joe Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023   
   >     on Saturday, June 3, narrowly avoiding the US debt default   
   >     that had been predicted for today, June 5, by what Secretary   
   >     of the Treasury?   
      
   Yellen   
      
   >   
   > 6. The Toronto Maple Leafs recently hired Brad Treliving as their   
   >     new general manager.  Who did he replace?  He was let go on   
   >     May 19 after 5 years with the team.   
   >   
   > 7. Isaac Brogan of Windsor made it to the semi-final round of   
   >     the 95th Scripps National Spelling Bee, but Dev Shah --   
   >     from Largo Florida -- won the event on a word pronounced   
   >     "SAM-uh-file", meaning a plant or animal that prefers or thrives   
   >     in sandy areas.  Spell it!   
      
   psammophile   
      
   >   
   > 8. One of the worst rail disasters in India's history occurred   
   >     on Friday.  As of Saturday morning, what was the reported death   
   >     toll, within 20?   
      
   280   
      
   >   
   > 9. What country-music star was awarded three more Guinness World   
   >     Records on Wednesday, reflective of her 50-plus year career?   
   >     Her 49th solo studio album, "Rockstar", is scheduled to be   
   >     released in November.   
   >   
   > 10. A former CEO convicted of four felony counts of fraud and   
   >     conspiracy in January 2022 reported on Thursday to a Texas   
   >     prison to begin her 11-year sentence.   Who is she?   
      
   Elizabeth Holmes   
      
      
   --   
   Dan Tilque   
      
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