From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > 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 Misplaced Modifiers   
   > 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 1 (2024-01-29), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. The Oilers beat the Flames 3-1 last week.  They broke a record   
   >     for a Canadian NHL team that had stood since Montreal set it   
   >     in the 1967-68 season.  What did they break the record for?   
      
   Consecutive wins   
      
   >   
   > 2. Nick Dunlap won the American Express PGA golf tournament last   
   >     week but did not get the $1,500,000 prize.  Why not?   
      
   He was an amateur   
      
   >   
   > 3. Whose bust was unveiled at Queen's Park?   
   >   
   > 4. Art seems to come and go at the legislature.  Why was the   
   >     painting "Salmon Life Giving Spawn" *removed* from Queen's Park?   
   >   
   > 5. What Canadian filmmaker died last week at age 97?   
   >   
   > 6. Name the Canadian who was nominated for the Best Supporting   
   >     Actor Oscar.   
   >   
   > 7. At the Telus Centre in Calgary, in front of 4,000 people,   
   >     Danielle Smith had a sit-down with what controversial media   
   >     personality?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Depth of water has decreased   
      
   >   
   > 10. Which country is receiving the first-ever vaccine against   
   >     malaria?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2 (2024-02-05), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Justice Marie-Josée Hogue was in the news last week.  What is   
   >     the subject of the investigation she is leading?   
   >   
   > 2. Five professional hockey players from Canada's 2018 world   
   >     junior hockey team turned themselves in last week to face charges   
   >     of sexual assault.  In *what city* will the trial take place?   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > 7. This Toronto furniture store announced plans to convert 430 acres   
   >     of land it owns on the edge of the city into a residential zone   
   >     with 4,000 new homes.  That's one way to generate buyers for   
   >     its products!  Name the company.   
   >   
   > 8. After taking down Novak Djokovic in the semifinal, this rising   
   >     Italian tennis star defeated Daniil Medvedev to win the   
   >     Australian Open.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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