From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   >   
   > * 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 tour   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Miami Heat   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Kakhovska   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Bossa nova   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Phillipines?   
      
   (This has not made into the news here.)   
      
   > 2. As of June 16, according to Statistics Canada, Canada's   
   >    population reached what milestone?   
      
   37 million   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Pentagon Papers   
      
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