From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, September 26, 2023 at 2:09:37 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Now begins the Current Events game from the Usual Suspects' season    
   > (indicated by QFTCI and the year but without a team abbreviation).    
      
   these are confusing times we live in   
      
   > 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.    
      
   ah yes, I remember September 18th like it was just last week.   
      
   > 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 follow up 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.    
      
   'follow up' is two words, not one.  it's mentally exhausting to have to   
   correct this each time, even if just in my own head.  it's our job to mentally   
   exhaust Mark not the other way around.   
      
   > All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects 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*)".    
      
   as always, I will guess which ones you wrote.  and be wrong 90% of the time   
   which is why I never say which out loud.   
      
   >    
   > * Game 1 (2023-09-18), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 1. The federal government has ordered Rogers to provide BCE and    
   > Telus access to its TTC wireless network by what date?    
      
   october 3rd [because it's a week from today]   
      
   > 2. Which legendary rock band was forced to postpone the Toronto    
   > stop on their farewell tour because of the vocal cord problems    
   > of their 75-year-old front man?    
      
   aerosmith   
      
   > 3. In which city did the federal Liberals hold their recent    
   > caucus retreat?    
      
   london [the canadian one not the british one]   
      
   > 4. Which Canadian MP testified before a US Congressional committee    
   > last week on the topic of foreign interference in the political    
   > process?    
      
   mike chong   
      
   > 5. Last week Apple unveiled the iPhone 15, but around the same time,    
   > which country ordered the company to stop distributing the    
   > iPhone 12 because of alleged high radiation emissions?    
      
   france   
      
   > 6. Name the acclaimed 1984 concert *film* that, after a 4K    
   > restoration, was shown at the recent Toronto International    
   > Film Festival, also bringing together the band for a rare and    
   > perhaps uncomfortable reunion.    
      
   stop making sense   
      
   > 7. Last week a Canadian bank effectively gave up its attempt to put    
   > itself up for sale with the end of a strategic review.    
   > Which bank?    
      
   brader federal savings bank   
      
   > 8. The Toronto Blue Jays' run for a playoff spot was dealt a severe    
   > blow last week by a 4-game sweep at the Rogers Centre at the    
   > hands of which opponent?    
      
   texas rangers [followed by a 5 game win streak]   
      
   > 9. Name the hurricane, by then downgraded to a post-tropical storm,    
   > that hit the Atlantic provinces on the weekend.    
      
   lee [not named after stan]   
      
   > 10. Which Canadian newspaper chain is headed into bankruptcy    
   > protection, leading to 70 weekly papers becoming digital-only?    
      
   all of them   
      
   >    
   > * Game 2 (2023-09-25), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 1. Who is the *subject* of the film that won the *People's Choice    
   > documentary award* at TIFF this year?    
      
   ernie coombs   
      
   > 2. Who was removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board    
   > of directors for comments that appeared to disparage black and    
   > female musicians?    
      
   jan wenner [cofounder of rolling stone]   
      
   > 3. Mike Babcock resigned as coach of his latest (and perhaps last)    
   > NHL team, before a single game was played this season.    
   > Which team? (City or team name.)    
      
   colombus blue jackets   
      
   > 4. The former CEO of which Canadian corporation is returning to    
   > the job following the resignations of the most recent CEO and    
   > the president, and turmoil in the board of directors?    
      
   heather reisman [of indigo books and music]   
      
   > 5. The Superior Court of Ontario dismissed a Charter challenge    
   > last week to the laws governing what activity?    
      
   sex   
      
   > 6. Name the Sikh activist whose murder in June in Surrey, BC,    
   > has been attributed to agents of the government of India.    
      
   kumar ; sharma   
      
   > 7. Which media mogul announced his retirement last week, turning    
   > over his businesses to his son Lachlan?    
      
   murdoch [not the macgyver villain.  or is he?]   
      
   > 8. The Ontario provincial cabinet lost two more ministers last    
   > week, one in the fallout from the Greenbelt scandal, the other    
   > for personal reasons. Name either ex-minister.    
      
   johnson ; africa   
      
   > 9. The US Marine Corps temporarily lost track of what large piece    
   > of equipment last week?    
      
   f-35 fighter jet   
      
   > 10. Why did the TTC invite people to a celebration on Saturday    
   > afternoon?    
      
   line 3 is now closed [this has nothing to do with a recent question about line   
   colors, but that did contribute to this guess]   
      
   > --    
   > Mark Brader "Relax -- I know the procedures backwards."    
   > Toronto "Yeah, well, that's a quick way to get killed."    
   > m...@vex.net -- Chris Boucher, STAR COPS    
   >    
   > My text in this article is in the public domain.   
      
   swp, who is watching the Cubs/braves game preshow and wondering if atlanta   
   will let the Cubs win so the weaker team in a very tight playoff race gets in   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)