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   Message 31,887 of 32,826   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIMM24 Current Events Games 1-2   
   06 Feb 24 22:33:32   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1 (2024-01-29), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 2. Nick Dunlap won the American Express PGA golf tournament last   
   >    week but did not get the $1,500,000 prize.  Why not?   
      
   he is an amateur player   
      
   > 8. Which state hosted both the Democratic and Republican primaries   
   >    last week?   
      
   New Hampshire   
      
   > 10. Which country is receiving the first-ever vaccine against   
   >    malaria?   
      
   Nigeria; Ghana   
      
   > * Game 2 (2024-02-05), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 3. Turning to the obits, this Puerto Rican dancer/singer/actress,   
   >    whose breakthrough came as the original Anita in "West Side   
   >    Story", died Tuesday.  Name her.   
      
   Chita Rivera   
      
   > 4. This actor, famous for his role as Apollo Creed in the "Rocky"   
   >    franchise, also played linebacker for two seasons for the   
   >    BC Lions.  He died on Thursday.  Name him.   
      
   Carl Weathers   
      
   > 5. Saturday saw the passing at the age of 86, at his home in   
   >    Switzerland, of Vitorio Emmanuele di Savoia.  *What title*   
   >    was Vitorio Emmanuele's *father* the last to hold?   
      
   King of Italy   
      
   > 9. Entering last Sunday's NFL conference finals, three of the four   
   >    contenders were multiple Super Bowl winners, while one has never   
   >    appeared in the big game.  They won't this year either, after   
   >    losing to the San Francisco 49ers.  Who are these perennial   
   >    also-rans?   
      
   Detroit Lions   
      
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