From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   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 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 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 3. In which city did the federal Liberals hold their recent   
   >     caucus retreat?   
   >   
   > 4. Which Canadian MP testified before a US Congressional committee   
   >     last week on the topic of foreign interference in the political   
   >     process?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Australia   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Houston; Seattle   
      
   >   
   > 9. Name the hurricane, by then downgraded to a post-tropical storm,   
   >     that hit the Atlantic provinces on the weekend.   
   >   
   > 10. Which Canadian newspaper chain is headed into bankruptcy   
   >     protection, leading to 70 weekly papers becoming digital-only?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Wenner   
      
   >   
   > 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.)   
      
   Columbus; Nashville   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 5. The Superior Court of Ontario dismissed a Charter challenge   
   >     last week to the laws governing what activity?   
   >   
   > 6. Name the Sikh activist whose murder in June in Surrey, BC,   
   >     has been attributed to agents of the government of India.   
   >   
   > 7. Which media mogul announced his retirement last week, turning   
   >     over his businesses to his son Lachlan?   
      
   Rupert Murdoch   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 9. The US Marine Corps temporarily lost track of what large piece   
   >     of equipment last week?   
      
   Jet plane   
      
   >   
   > 10. Why did the TTC invite people to a celebration on Saturday   
   >     afternoon?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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