From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 4:47:43 PM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:    
   >    
   > * Game 5 (2023-06-12), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 1. The PGA Tour announced a merger with what Saudi-backed rival    
   > golf organization? This deal would end all pending litigation    
   > between the two entities.    
      
   LIV Golf   
      
   > 5. New Zealand has awarded former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern    
   > one of its highest honors, for her service to the country    
   > during the Christchurch terror attacks, as well as COVID-19.    
   > What is the honor to which she was appointed?    
      
   Order of New Zealand   
       
   > 8. Astrud Gilberto passed away at the age of 83. According to    
   > her granddaughter Sofia in a social-media post, "She was the    
   > face and voice of" *what style of music* "in most parts of the    
   > planet"? This musical style is noted as a relaxed type of samba.    
      
   tropicalia   
       
   > * Game 6 (2023-06-19), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   >    
   > 1. Located in the province of Albay, the Mayon volcano erupted    
   > this week, forcing tens of thousands of people to leave their    
   > communities, in what Asian country?    
      
   Philippines   
      
   > 2. As of June 16, according to Statistics Canada, Canada's    
   > population reached what milestone?    
      
   35 million   
      
   > 4. In the US, a short elevated section of I-95 collapsed last    
   > Sunday, due to a tanker truck fire below it, closing the highway    
   > in both directions. In what city was this?    
      
   Philadelphia   
       
   > 6. On Sunday, his victory in the French Open tennis final gave    
   > him his record-breaking 23rd men's Grand Slam event title.    
   > Who is he?    
      
   Federer   
       
   > 7. Daniel Ellsberg passed away at the age of 92. In 1971, while    
   > employed by the RAND Corporation, he released the "Report of    
   > the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam Task Force"    
   > to the press. By what name is this report better known?    
      
   Pentagon Papers   
      
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