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 7, Round 1 (2023-06-26) - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Possibly the best prospect since LeBron James, the expected   
   >     top pick at Wednesday's NBA draft was indeed picked first by   
   >     the San Antonio Spurs.  Standing at 7 feet 4 inches, and hailing   
   >     from France, name this 19-year-old.   
      
   Wemby   
      
   >   
   > 2. The disappearance and ultimate fate of the submersible Titan has   
   >     been in the news all week.  Please name the company that operated   
   >     the ill-fated vessel.   
      
   Oceangate   
      
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 5. On Wednesday it was announced that one company has agreed to pay   
   >     at least $50,000,000 for its role in the bread-price-fixing   
   >     scandal.  This company's brands include Dempster's, Stonemill,   
   >     and Vachon.  It was majority-controlled by Maple Leaf Foods   
   >     until its sale to Mexican food giant Grupo Bimbo in 2014.   
   >     Name the company.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Wagner   
      
   >   
   > 8. An Alberta MP is reportedly filing an "official grievance"   
   >     in the House of Commons because a certain performer's recently   
   >     released international concert tour schedule does not include   
   >     anywhere in Canada.  Shows are currently planned for Latin   
   >     America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.  Who is the performer?   
   >   
   > 9. For the first time on record, two Atlantic tropical cyclones   
   >     have formed in June in the Main Development Region -- the band   
   >     from 10 to 20 degrees north, where 75% of Category 3, 4, or 5   
   >     hurricanes form.  They are the second and third named storms   
   >     of the season.  Please name *either*.   
   >   
   > 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   
   >   
   > 1. Senegal's president has announced he will not seek a third term   
   >     in 2024, which would have caused much controversy as that would   
   >     have violated the country's constitution.  Who is he?   
   >   
   > 2. On Saturday, the Dutch government collapsed!  The Prime Minister   
   >     visited King Willem-Alexander to submit the resignation of his   
   >     four-party coalition government.  It will remain in power until   
   >     the next election as a caretaker administration, but will not   
   >     pass any new laws.  Name that PM.   
   >   
   > 3. Kent Monkman, Masai Uriji, and Daniel Levy were three of 85   
   >     new appointees to receive what national honor?  Its motto is   
   >     DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM -- "They desire a better country".   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 5. For the first time in 42 years, country songs hold the #1 and   
   >     #2 spots on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart -- and they've   
   >     been there for 2 weeks straight.  Name *either song, or either   
   >     artist*.  (That's right, four possible answers.)   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   2 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.   
      
   Barrel bombs   
      
   >   
   > 9. The 2023 NHL Awards were held on June 26.  Who became only the   
   >     fourth player to win the Hart Trophy 3 times before turning 27   
   >     years old?  This award is for the most valuable player.   
      
   Connor McDavid   
      
   >   
   > 10. This nurse and sex educator began her broadcasting career in   
   >     the 1980s on Q107, hosting the "Sunday Night Sex Show", followed   
   >     by various TV talk shows.  Her mission was to focus was to   
   >     destigmatize the subject of sex She passed away on June 28,   
   >     aged 93.  Who was she?   
      
   Ruth Westheimer   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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