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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 7, Round 1 (2023-06-26) - Current Events   
      
   > 3. With UFC president Dana White reportedly trying to broker a deal,   
   >    a cage fight that was agreed to over social media by two CEOs   
   >    may come to fruition.  Name *either* of the two businessmen.   
      
   Elon Musk   
      
   > 4. On Sunday the US Secretary of State traveled to China to meet   
   >    with senior officials, including President Xi Jinping.  He is   
   >    the highest-ranking member of Joe Biden's administration to   
   >    visit China.  What is his name?   
      
   Blinken   
      
   > 6. Ontario's new language curriculum, effective in September, will   
   >    once again make learning what method of communication mandatory?   
   >    This method was relegated to "optional" in 2006.   
      
   sign language   
      
   > 7. Late last week, Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed he and his fighters had   
   >    taken Rostov-on-Don, in what turned out to be a very short-lived   
   >    revolt.  Prigozhin is the leader of a private military company   
   >    that has been a critical asset in Putin's war on Ukraine.   
   >    Name the company.   
      
   Warner   
      
   > 10. What city hosted the Special Olympics World Games last week?   
   >    It was the first time this city has hosted any sort of Olympic   
   >    games since 1936.   
      
   Berlin   
      
   > * Game 8 (2023-07-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 4. Meta launched its new text-based app on Wednesday, which is seen   
   >    to be a competitor to Twitter.  Twitter has responded with   
   >    threats of legal action against Meta.  What is the name of   
   >    Meta's new app?   
      
   Threads   
      
   > 6. "Magic: The Gathering" is the world's largest collectible card   
   >    game, and one of its most recent expansions is based on the   
   >    works of J.R.R Tolkien.  A Toronto retail worker has found a   
   >    unique card featured in this expansion, which may be worth more   
   >    than $3,000,000 Canadian once the dust has settled.  What is   
   >    featured on this unique card?   
      
   The One Ring   
      
   > 7. As trading closed on Friday, June 30, Apple made Wall St. history   
   >    as the first company with a market value of how much?   
   >    They gained 2.3% that day.   
      
   one trillion dollars   
      
   > 8. On Friday, the USA announced it would begin to supply Ukraine   
   >    with what class of controversial weapon, consisting of multiple   
   >    explosive bomblets?  They are banned by more than 100 countries   
   >    due to risks to civilians both during and long after attacks.   
      
   land mines   
      
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