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   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCI23 Current Events Games 5-8   
   15 Nov 23 17:41:32   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 7:48:16 AM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 5 (2023-10-23), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 3. Which movie recently took in an estimated $95-97 million (US    
   > dollars) at the box office in its opening weekend?    
      
   "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour"   
       
   > 4. Who is the actress who starred in "The Hustler", "Carrie", and    
   > "Twin Peaks", and died last week at age 91?    
      
   Piper Laurie   
      
   > 6. Which European country held an election last week that apparently    
   > means the end of the incumbent right-wing populist government?    
      
   Poland   
      
   > * Game 6 (2023-10-30), Round 1 - Current Events    
       
   > 1. Early last week China was accused of ramming two ships from    
   > what other country during an encounter in the South China Sea?    
      
   Philippines   
      
   > 10. He was "the cat who won't cop out when there's danger all    
   > about". Name the 81-year-old star of "Shaft" who died last week.    
      
   Richard Roundtree   
       
   > * Game 7 (2023-11-06), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 6. King Charles went to Africa last week for the first time    
   > as monarch. To which country did he pay a 4-day visit?    
      
   Kenya   
      
   > 8. Name the new Beatles single that was released last week, using    
   > a vocal track recorded by John in the 1970s, guitar work by    
   > George from the 1990s, and later contributions by Paul and Ringo?    
      
   "Now and Then"   
       
   > * Game 8 (2023-11-13), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 4. Three residents of the National Zoo in Washington, DC, left    
   > for good last week. What species do they belong to?    
      
   giant pandas   
       
   > 6. So-called off-year elections were held in several US states    
   > on Tuesday. In *which red state* did a referendum pass to add    
   > abortion rights to the state constitution?    
      
   Ohio   
       
   > 8. Which former US astronaut died last week at age 95? He flew    
   > on Gemini 7 and later commanded Apollo 8, the first manned    
   > flight to lunar orbit. (Or as they now want us to say, crude    
   > though it sounds, "crewed" flight.)    
      
   Frank Borman   
       
   > 9. Music from which movie soundtrack just received eleven 2024    
   > Grammy nominations, including five for a single song by Billie    
   > Eilish?    
      
   "Barbie"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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