From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 1:21:46 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-10-16,    
   > 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 one of these rounds.    
   >    
   >    
   > * Game 4, Round 7 - History - 20th- and 21st-Century Economists and Bankers    
   >    
   > 1. This American was the 2008 winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics    
   > -- officially that's the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic    
   > Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. He won it for his work    
   > in international trade and the geographic aspects of economic    
   > activity. He is a regular op-ed columnist for the New York    
   > Times on economic and political matters, generally from a    
   > left-wing perspective. Name him.    
      
   krugman   
      
   > 2. This Canadian, born in 1961, was a long-time economist and    
   > policy director for Unifor, and is now Director of the Centre for    
   > Future Work. He is a frequent media commentator on the economy.    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 3. This Briton, born in 1883, is widely regarded as one of the    
   > most important economists of the 20th century. His championing    
   > of government stimulus to counteract the effects of recessions    
   > and depressions was highly influential in public policy until    
   > the 1970s, and arguments for and against his positions are    
   > active today.    
      
   keynes   
      
   > 4. This Canadian led central banks in two countries and is    
   > frequently mentioned as a future candidate and potential leader    
   > of the federal Liberal party.    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 5. Who is the economist portrayed in the book and movie "A Beautiful    
   > Mind", which chronicled his struggles with mental illness and    
   > later return to productive work?    
      
   nash   
      
   > 6. Who is the Austrian, regarded as a kind of godfather of modern    
   > conservative economics and libertarianism, who published his    
   > most famous work, "The Road to Serfdom", in 1944?    
      
   hayek   
      
   > 7. This American conservative economist, star of the Chicago    
   > School, and author of "Capitalism and Freedom", opposed    
   > 's position, preferring to focus on the role of    
   > consumption in economic activity. He advised various right-wing    
   > politicians such as Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.    
   > Name him.    
      
   friedman   
      
   > 8. This Canadian started his post-secondary education in agriculture    
   > but switched to economics for graduate work. He taught at    
   > Harvard for decades and worked in the administrations of several    
   > Democratic US presidents, and is the author of "The Affluent    
   > Society", among many other books.    
      
   johnson   
      
   > 9. Appointed Chair of the US Federal Reserve by Barack Obama in    
   > 2014, she was dumped by Donald Trump when her term expired    
   > four years later. She is currently Secretary of the Treasury    
   > in the Biden administration. Name her.    
      
   yellen   
      
   > 10. When this Italian was president of the European Central Bank,    
   > he was widely credited with saving the Eurozone during the    
   > debt crisis of the 2010s, earning him a nickname derived from    
   > a popular video game. Later he became prime minister of Italy.    
   > Who is he?    
      
   (super mario) draghi   
      
   >    
   > * Game 4, Round 8 - Miscellaneous - McCarthy    
   >    
   > This round is about people named McCarthy, living or dead.    
   > In every case give their first name. *Answers may repeat*.    
   >    
   > 1. This member of the acting "brat pack" played Blane in "Pretty    
   > in Pink". Due to a late script change in the ending, he was    
   > called back for additional filming after shaving his head to play    
   > Clay in "Less Than Zero", so he wore a wig for the added scene.    
      
   andrew   
      
   > 2. This American actor lived 1914-2010 and appeared in numerous    
   > plays and movies, including the lead role in the original 1956    
   > version of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers". His only Oscar    
   > nomination was for "Death of a Salesman" (1951).    
      
   kevin   
      
   > 3. This was not a real person, but was the best-known dummy used    
   > by ventriloquist Edgar Bergen.    
      
   charlie   
      
   > 4. This actress appeared in "Gilmore Girls" and had a lead role on    
   > the series "Mike & Molly". On film, she has Oscar nominations    
   > for "Bridesmaids" (2011) and for "Can You Ever Forgive Me?"    
   > (2018).    
      
   melissa   
      
   > 5. This woman was a Playboy Playmate of the Year and an actress,    
   > and is now a public advocate for various forms of medical    
   > stupidity.    
      
   jenny [isn't that last bit redundant?]   
      
   > 6. In 1968 this senator from Minnesota ran on an anti-Vietnam-War    
   > platform to be the Democratic candidate for president. He took    
   > several states in the primaries but it was Hubert Humphrey who    
   > got to lose the presidency to Richard Nixon. Anyway, name that    
   > senator from Minnesota.    
      
   eugene   
      
   > 7. This politician has been a Republican congressman since 2007.    
   > He played a key role in both of the fiscal-brinkmanship crises    
   > this year, resulting in backlash from his own party.    
      
   kevin   
      
   > 8. The term "McCarthyism" alludes to this politician's favorite Big    
   > Lie -- namely, that the US government was riddled with Communist    
   > inflitrators.    
      
   joseph   
      
   > 9. This writer's novels include "No Country for Old Men", "Blood    
   > Meridian", and "The Road". He died earlier this year.    
      
   cormac   
      
   > 10. This computer-science pioneer was a founder of artificial    
   > intelligence and invented memory garbage collection and the    
   > programming language LISP.    
      
   john   
      
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