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   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".   
      
   Tina Louise   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Siegfried and Roy   
      
   >   
   > 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".   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   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.   
   >   
   > 10. After you're done with the rest, decode the rot13 to see the   
   >     last question.  Nyy gurfr crbcyr jr nfxrq nobhg unq n pnhfr   
   >     bs qrngu va pbzzba -- va fbzr pnfrf n pbagevohgvat pnhfr,   
   >     va bguref gur cevznel pnhfr.  Jung jnf vg?   
      
   Cancer   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * 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.   
   >   
   > 1. What will happen on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 20:24, which is   
   >     to say 8:24 pm, in Paris?   
      
   Summer Olympics opening ceremony   
      
   >   
   > 2. What will happen on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Osaka, Japan?   
   >   
   > 3. What will happen on Sunday, December 10, 2023, in Oslo probably   
   >     at about 1 pm, and in Stockholm probably at about 4 pm?   
      
   Nobel Prize ceremony   
      
   >   
   > 4. What will happen throughout Canada on Monday, October 20, 2025?   
      
   National election   
      
   >   
   > 5. What will happen on Monday, January 20, 2025, at noon in   
   >     Washington DC?   
      
   Presidential inauguration   
      
   >   
   > 6. What will happen on Sunday, November 19, 2023, starting at 6 pm,   
   >     in Hamilton?   
      
   Grey Cup game   
      
   >   
   > 7. What will happen on Sunday, March 10, 2024, probably starting   
   >     at 5 pm, in Los Angeles?   
      
   Women's NCAA Basketball final game   
      
   >   
   > 8. What will happen on Monday, April 8, 2024, entering Canada   
   >     about 3:15 pm near Point Pelee and leaving about 5:15 pm local   
   >     time near St. John's?   
   >   
   > 9. What will happen on Monday, November 27, starting at 7:30 pm,   
   >     in Toronto?   
   >   
   > 10. What will happen on at various times on Thursday, March 28,   
   >     2024, in or near Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas,   
   >     Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City,   
   >     Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and Tampa?   
      
      
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