From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates   
   > indicated, and should be interpreted accordingly.  If any answers   
   > have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give   
   > the answers that were correct on that date.   
   >   
   > 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 Bloor St. Irregulars 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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   
      
   >   
   > 2. Lionel Messi has signed a $53,000,000 US contract with what   
   >     MLS soccer club?  David Beckham is this club's current president,   
   >     and one of its owners.  We need the club name, not just the city.   
      
   Inter Milan   
      
   >   
   > 3. Ukraine and Russia are accusing each other of the destruction   
   >     of a dam in Ukraine's Kherson region.  It was captured and had   
   >     been held by Russia since February 2022.  What dam?   
   >   
   > 4. In relatively late-breaking news, David Johnston tendered his   
   >     resignation on Friday -- from what special role to which he   
   >     was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 6. Stunning the world with the spectacularly named -- um --   
   >     "Vision Pro", this $3,500 US VR headset was announced on Monday   
   >     at *what annual Apple event*?  Give either its full name or   
   >     the exact acronym for it.   
   >   
   > 7. The Canadian Transport Agency (CTA) has deemed which   
   >     ultra-low-cost airline the worst for the first quarter of 2023,   
   >     having received 20.9 complaints for every 100 flights?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 9. The Federal Public Safety Minister said he was "shocked" by   
   >     the decision by Correctional Service Canada (CSC) decision   
   >     to transfer serial killer Paul Bernardo to a medium-security   
   >     prison.  However, he cannot overrule it, as the CSC's decisions   
   >     on transfer are independent of his office.  Who is that minister?   
   >   
   > 10. The Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship visited   
   >     Winnipeg last week for an announcement regarding visa-free   
   >     travel.  Passport-holders from 13 additional countries will now   
   >     be able to travel to Canada by air without requiring a Temporary   
   >     Residence Visa, with some caveats.  Who is this minister?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 2. As of June 16, according to Statistics Canada, Canada's   
   >     population reached what milestone?   
   >   
   > 3. The Mayor of Mississauga has officially registered as a candidate   
   >     in the 2023 Ontario Liberal leadership race.  Who is she?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 5. For the first time in 69 years, a Canadian golfer has won   
   >     the Canadian Open tournament.  Name *either* this year's winner,   
   >     or the 1954 winner.   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Djokovic   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   The Pentagon Papers   
      
   >   
   > 8. One of former president Donald Trump's aides has been charged   
   >     alongside him with alleged mishandling of national security   
   >     documents.  Who is he?   
      
   Nauta   
      
   >   
   > 9. Nova Scotia and the federal government butted heads this   
   >     week over an energy project that would connect clean power   
   >     from Quebec and Newfoundland & Labrador to Nova Scotia and   
   >     New Brunswick.  What is the name of this project?   
   >   
   > 10. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that a pact with the US   
   >     to control the flow of asylum-seekers across the shared border   
   >     is constitutional.  What is the name of this agreement?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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