From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On Monday, February 5, 2024 at 11:48:06 PM UTC-6, Mark Brader wrote:   
       
   > * Game 1 (2024-01-29), Round 1 - Current Events    
   >    
   > 5. What Canadian filmmaker died last week at age 97?    
      
   Jewison   
       
   > 6. Name the Canadian who was nominated for the Best Supporting    
   > Actor Oscar.    
      
   Gosling   
      
   > 8. Which state hosted both the Democratic and Republican primaries    
   > last week?    
      
   New Hampshire   
       
   > 9. In a blow to international shipping, the Panama Canal is    
   > drastically reducing the number of ships that can pass through.    
   > Why?    
      
   low water levels   
      
   > * 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.    
      
   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.    
      
   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   
      
   > 6. Last Monday a judge ordered the liquidation of Evergrande.    
   > The development company is $300,000,000,000 in debt. In *what    
   > country* did Evergrande have its operations?    
      
   China   
      
   > 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   
       
   > 10. While helping his father clean out his house, a Saskatchewan    
   > man came across a cardboard box, the value of whose contents    
   > has been estimated as high as $3,000,000. What was in the box?    
      
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