From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 7, Round 1 (2023-06-26) - Current Events   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Ocean Blue?   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Zuckerberg   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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 group   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Taylor Swift?   
      
   > 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; Wroclaw   
      
   > * Game 8 (2023-07-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Mark Rutte (who since has announced that we will leave politics)   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Cluster bombs   
      
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