From: stephen.w.perry@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, November 15, 2023 at 8:48:16 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Oh sheesh. I prepared the current-events rounds from Games 5 and 6    
   > for posting two weeks ago, but never actually posted that set.    
      
   a sign of early onset oldtimer's disease perhaps?   
      
   > Okay, I guess the simplest way to recover is to make a single    
   > posting with current-events rounds from *four* weeks. Please answer    
   > whichever ones you like, and *if you do not answer all four rounds,    
   > then include the Game/Round header lines*. (Erland, this means you!)    
      
   I'm not sure but I think I should feel offended or envious or some kinda way   
      
   >    
   > 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 5 (2023-10-23), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 1. Which Canadian tennis player won the singles championship at    
   > the 2023 Hong Kong Open, her first title win in 19 months?    
      
   yamaguchi?   
      
   > 2. Two of Donald Trump's motley crew of lawyers pleaded guilty    
   > last week to charges related to meddling with the 2020    
   > presidential election results for the state of Georgia.    
   > Name either one.    
      
   powell ; ellis   
      
   > 3. Which movie recently took in an estimated $95-97 million (US    
   > dollars) at the box office in its opening weekend?    
      
   the eras tour concert film from taylor swift   
      
   > 4. Who is the actress who starred in "The Hustler", "Carrie", and    
   > "Twin Peaks", and died last week at age 91?    
      
   piper laurie   
      
   > 5. Which Latin American nation just elected as its new president    
   > Daniel Noboa, the 35-year-old son of the richest man in the    
   > country?    
      
   ecuador   
      
   > 6. Which European country held an election last week that apparently    
   > means the end of the incumbent right-wing populist government?    
      
   poland   
      
   > 7. A social media company and a Canadian bank last week each    
   > announced that they would be laying off about 3% of their    
   > workforce. Coincidence? We assume so. But name either    
   > organization.    
      
   scotiabank ; linkedin   
      
   > 8. A 6-year-old boy named Adonis just released his own rap track    
   > and music video named "My Man Freestyle". At the risk of    
   > throwing shade on one of such tender years, the phrase "nepo    
   > baby" comes to mind. Who is his famous father?    
      
   drake   
      
   > 9. Which country's supreme court declined last week to accept a    
   > petition to legalize same-sex marriage, opting to kick the    
   > matter over to the legislature?    
      
   india?   
      
   > 10. Which Toronto condo mega-development just went into receivership    
   > at the request of its major lender? Give its name or street    
   > address.    
      
   is this the 'the one' tower?  at  yonge and bloor?   
      
   >    
   > * 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?    
      
   usa   
      
   > 2. Which Ontario MPP was censured in the legislature and kicked    
   > out of the NDP caucus for not retracting comments made after    
   > the Hamas attacks on Israel?    
      
   sara "don't call me bad mama" jama   
      
   > 3. An off-duty pilot was charged with attempted murder last week    
   > for attempting to turn off the plane's engines in mid-air on    
   > a flight belonging to which airline?    
      
   alaska airlines   
      
   > 4. Also in airline news, Air Canada has apologized to a British    
   > MP on account of aggressive questioning before he boarded flights    
   > to and from this country, allegedly because of his first name,    
   > which is what?    
      
   mohammed?   
      
   > 5. Why was Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir on strike?    
      
   all women in iceland were on strike over a perceived wage gap   
   [this is also why the volcano is going to erupt.  that's my story ad I'm   
   sticking to it]   
      
   > 6. Who is the Alberta judge who was just selected by the prime    
   > minister to fill the vacant seat on the federal Supreme Court?    
      
   mary moreau   
      
   > 7. Which Canadian swimmer just won seven medals, including five    
   > golds, at this year's Pan Am games in Santiago, Chile?    
      
   maggie macneil   
      
   > 8. Bobi, who at the time of his death held the record for the    
   > oldest dog ever, died recently in Portugal at what age?    
   > (Human years, please.)    
      
   31 [good doggy. ruff ruff ruff]   
      
   > 9. Which actress not named Smith has just revealed that she and    
   > her husband have been living in Splitsville for the past 6 years?    
      
   meryl streep   
      
   > 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    
   >    
   > 1. What is the new minimum age in Ontario for non-high-risk patients    
   > to self-refer for a mammogram?    
      
   40   
      
   > 2. Treasury Board president Anita Anand announced this week that    
   > two software apps were banned for use on government devices on    
   > account of security concerns. Name *either* app.    
      
   tiktok   
      
   > 3. After being hired to restructure the company 10 years ago, but    
   > with the stock price considerably lower now than when he started,    
   > John Chen left the CEO job at which Canadian corporation    
   > last week?    
      
   blackberry   
      
   > 4. Also in business news, the TSX had its best day in months last    
   > Thursday. How many points did the index gain that day, within    
   > 10% of the true number in either direction?    
      
   555   
      
   > 5. The Prime Minister recently appointed former BC premier John    
   > Horgan as ambassador to which country?    
      
   deutschland   
      
   > 6. King Charles went to Africa last week for the first time    
      
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