From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 2:32:12 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > 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 3 (2023-10-02), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > First, an announcement: since there will be no game next week    
   > because of Thanksgiving, the current-events window for Game 4 will    
   > be two weeks. That is, we may ask about events from yesterday,    
   > October 1, to the Saturday before the game, October 14.    
   >    
   > 1. Who is the 98-year-old former Ukrainian soldier whose recognition    
   > in Parliament during the visit of Volodymyr Zelenskyy became    
   > problematic when it came out that he had served with a Waffen SS    
   > unit during World War II?    
      
   hunka?   
      
   > 2. Who is the former fashion mogul whose trial on sexual assault    
   > charges started in Toronto last week?    
      
   nygard   
      
   > 3. The tea leaves are being read, and the tea has it that Kansas    
   > City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce ["KEL-see"] is in some kind    
   > of relationship with which celebrity, who attended one of his    
   > games recently in the company of his mother?    
      
   taylor swift   
      
   > 4. Ethnic Armenians are fleeing which enclave in such numbers that    
   > the statelet's government says its existence, albeit unofficial,    
   > is soon to be at an end?    
      
   nagorno  karabak?   
      
   > 5. NHL center Mikael Backlund was just re-signed and named as    
   > captain by which team? (Place name or team name.)    
      
   calgary?   
      
   > 6. He was an MVP and multiple Golden Glove award-winning third    
   > baseman with the Baltimore Orioles from the 1950s to the 1970s,    
   > and he died recently at age 86. Name him.    
      
   brooks robinson   
      
   > 7. US astronaut Frank Rubio returned to earth last week after    
   > an unplanned record-setting stay in space for an American.    
   > How many days was he up there, within 5% of the true answer in    
   > either direction?    
      
   366   
      
   > 8. The Saskatchewan government says it will use the notwithstanding    
   > clause to override a judge's injunction against what    
   > controversial policy?    
      
   something to do with kids choosing their gender pronouns   
      
   > 9. Who is the British actor, who appeared in six Harry Potter    
   > movies as well as more grown-up fare such as "The Cook, The    
   > Thief, His Wife and Her Lover", the TV series "The Singing    
   > Detective", and many stage roles, who died recently at age 82?    
      
   mike gambon   
      
   > 10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died    
   > last week at the age of 90?    
      
   diane feinstein (d-hell)   
      
   >    
   > * Game 4 (2023-10-16), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > One day about 22 years ago, a current-events round began with    
   > "There is nothing trivial about terrorism". That's still true, and    
   > unfortunately still relevant. So we won't be asking any questions    
   > about the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza. Even though our    
   > questions sometimes reference sad events, this is one that we    
   > didn't feel like "trivializing". In the meantime, please keep a    
   > thought for those who have suffered and are suffering.    
   >    
   > 1. On October 1 several provinces including Ontario raised their    
   > minimum wage. What is the new minimum wage in this province,    
   > within 25¢ in either direction?    
      
   16.50 ?   
      
   > 2. Also on October 1, and several months after entering a form    
   > of hospice or palliative care, former US president Jimmy Carter    
   > celebrated a birthday. How old is he?    
      
   99   
      
   > 3. Who is the new Speaker of the House of Commons, elected after    
   > Anthony Rota's resignation in the wake of the     
   > scandal?    
      
   johnson ; africa   
      
   > 4. What segment of its daily broadcasts did CBC Radio just drop    
   > after carrying it for more than 80 years?    
      
   the long dash   
      
   > 5. Narges Mohammadi ["NAR-gus mo-HAM-a-dee"] was awarded the 2023    
   > Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts against the oppression of    
   > women in which country?    
      
   iran   
      
   > 6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the    
   > White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving    
   > canine.    
      
   commander   
      
   > 7. In the Toronto Maple Leafs' home opener, they beat Montreal in    
   > a shootout victory. *Either* give the final score *or* say    
   > which Leafs player netted a hat trick in the game.    
      
   6 to 5   
      
   > 8. The City of Toronto just conducted a two-month pilot project    
   > -- apparently successfully, given that only two complaints    
   > were recorded and council decided to extend it to next March.    
   > What was the subject of the project?    
      
   publicly drinking alcoholic beverages in parks   
      
   > 9. Which 1990s-2000s sitcom returned to TV in rebooted form    
   > last week?    
      
   frasier   
      
   > 10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people    
   > a greater voice in government defeated?    
      
   australia?   
      
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