From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 2:32:57 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Arrgh. This time I remembered to start a new thread, but forgot    
   > to give it a new subject line. Please respond to either posting    
   > with your entry, but preferably this one.    
   >    
   >    
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-25,    
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.    
   >    
   > 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*)".    
   >    
   >    
   > I wrote both of these rounds.    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 2, Round 2 - History - Common Cause    
   >    
   > For the first 9 questions, name these famous people.    
   >    
   > 1. This American actress who lived 1926-2021 was a Miss Chicago    
   > winner. She played the same character first on the "Mary Tyler    
   > Moore" show, then on a spinoff; later she won an Oscar for    
   > "The Last Picture Show". She was over 80 when she competed on    
   > "Dancing with the Stars".    
      
   cloris leachman   
      
   > 2. This American actress who lived 1938-2020 was a Miss Nevada    
   > winner and is best remembered for her 3 years appearing on    
   > "Gilligan's Island", although she did win an International    
   > Independent Film Award for the 2017 TV-movie "Life Interrupted".    
      
   dawn wells   
      
   > 3. When George Lucas was filming the original movie "Star Wars",    
   > the actor playing Darth Vader was concerned that his costume    
   > would muffle his voice too much, but Lucas assured him the    
   > lines would be re-recorded in post-production. And they were    
   > -- by James Earl Jones. Name the British actor, who lived    
   > 1935-2020, who appears onscreen in costume but whose Devon    
   > accent is never heard.    
      
   david prowse   
      
   > 4. This American lived 1934-2020. His pitching career, starting    
   > with the Memphis Red Sox in the Negro American League, never    
   > took off, but his second career was lucrative enough to buy    
   > part-ownership of the Texas Rangers. In the 1970s he won his    
   > first Grammy, in the category "Best Sacred Performance (Musical),    
   > for "Did You Think to Pray?", and his first AMA award, in the    
   > category Favorite Country Album, for "A Sunshiny Day".    
      
   charlie pride   
      
   > 5. Another American pitcher lived 1944-2020, and spent 20 years    
   > in the major leagues. He is one of the few to have accumulated    
   > 300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and a career ERA. less than 3. In a    
   > 1970 game as a New York Met he struck out 10 consecutive batters,    
   > and in a 1978 game for Cincinnati he pitched a no-hitter.    
      
   tom seaver   
      
   > 6. This German-born American entertainer lived 1939-2021. He and    
   > his partner were famous for their dual act on stage with big    
   > cats until he was attacked by one of them and gravely injured.    
   > The two men named their act after their first names. Either name    
   > the act or give the last name of the man we're asking about.    
      
   roy horn   
      
   > 7. This British comedy writer-actor lived 1940-2020. He was perhaps    
   > best known as a member of "The Goodies", but also appeared on    
   > the TV shows "At Last the 1948 Show", "How to Irritate People",    
   > and "You Must Be the Husband", as well as the radio shows "I'm    
   > Sorry, I'll Read That Again" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue".    
      
   johnson ; africa   
      
   > 8. This American man lived 1937-2021. Between 1958 and 1989 he    
   > rose through the ranks of the army to become a full general.    
   > Ronald Reagan made him National Security Advisor, and George    
   > W. Bush made him Secretary of State.    
      
   colin powell   
      
   > 9. This American banker who became a politician lived 1945-2020.    
   > He supported the Tea Party movement and advocated a flat 9%    
   > rate on various taxes. He was a candidate for the Republican    
   > presidential nomination for 2012. In 2020 his last political    
   > act was to attend a Donald Trump rally in Tulsa.    
      
   herman cain   
      
   > 10. After you're done with the rest, decode the rot13 to see the    
   > last question. All these people we asked about had a cause    
   > of death in common -- in some cases a contributing cause,    
   > in others the primary cause. What was it?    
      
   covid [based solely on the narrow range of dates when they died]   
      
   >    
   > * Game 2, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Future Events    
   >    
   > Round 1 tonight was about current events, and Round 2 was about    
   > past events. For Round 3, then, we have future events. Okay,    
   > we must acknowledge that what with possible strikes, wars, riots,    
   > financial or governmental failures, hurricanes, pandemics, or other    
   > natural or man-made interference, it's possible some of them won't    
   > happen exactly as we specify; but please answer based on the best    
   > information we now know.    
      
   will you allow protests and rescore if any given answer turns out to   
   be correct on the date/time specified?  if so I have travel plans to make.   
      
   > 1. What will happen on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 20:24, which is    
   > to say 8:24 pm, in Paris?    
      
   lighting of the olympic torch at the summer games   
      
   > 2. What will happen on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Osaka, Japan?    
      
   start of the world fair?   
      
   > 3. What will happen on Sunday, December 10, 2023, in Oslo probably    
   > at about 1 pm, and in Stockholm probably at about 4 pm?    
      
   awarding of the nobel prizes   
      
   > 4. What will happen throughout Canada on Monday, October 20, 2025?    
      
   federal election voting   
      
   > 5. What will happen on Monday, January 20, 2025, at noon in    
   > Washington DC?    
      
   donald trump will we sworn in as president of the united states    
      
   > 6. What will happen on Sunday, November 19, 2023, starting at 6 pm,    
   > in Hamilton?    
      
   the grey cup will start?   
      
   > 7. What will happen on Sunday, March 10, 2024, probably starting    
   > at 5 pm, in Los Angeles?    
      
   the oscars ceremony begins?   
      
   > 8. What will happen on Monday, April 8, 2024, entering Canada    
      
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