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   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 5 (2024-03-04), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 1. Sweden became the 32nd member of the NATO alliance last week.   
   >    Most existing NATO members approved Sweden's accession to the   
   >    military alliance back in September.  Which member country was   
   >    the final holdout?   
      
   Turkey   
      
   (I want to say Norway.)   
      
   > 3. The "single-use and take-away items" bylaw went into effect on   
   >    Friday in Toronto.  What change will takeout food customers   
   >    notice during interactions with staff, with regard to things   
   >    like napkins and straws?   
      
   they will have to ask for them   
      
   > 4. Toronto's Transportation Services Division recommended that city   
   >    council increase the penalty for the offence casually referred   
   >    to as "blocking the box" from its current $90 to $260, the same   
   >    penalty given for running a red light.  What does it mean to   
   >    "block the box"?   
      
   pull far enough forward at an intersection to block cross traffic   
      
   > 5. At an NCAA track competition in Arkansas last weekend,   
   >    Christopher Morales Williams of Vaughan, Ontario, set a new   
   >    indoor world record in his event, with a time of 44.49 seconds.   
   >    However, on Tuesday his world record was denied because the   
   >    "starter information system" had not been connected to the   
   >    starting blocks.  What distance did he run?   
      
   quarter mile   
      
   > 6. A popular fast-food restaurant chain was forced to clarify   
   >    this week that the comments their CEO made about "dynamic   
   >    pricing" were not going to result in Uber-style "surge   
   >    pricing", but rather simple discounts during off-peak hours.   
   >    Which restaurant?   
      
   Wendy's   
      
   > 7. A member of the American rock band the Eagles was in a New York   
   >    courtroom this week to maintain his ownership of handwritten   
   >    draft lyrics for the song "Hotel California", which were   
   >    allegedly stolen and put up for auction.  Name the Eagle   
   >    involved.   
      
   Don Henley   
      
   > 10. Last week saw some wild temperature swings.  The temperature   
   >    at Toronto Pearson Airport hit 16.5? at noon on Wednesday --   
   >    followed by a precipitous drop.  Within 2?, how far did the   
   >    temperature drop in just 17 minutes?   
      
   22   
      
   > * Game 6 (2024-03-11), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 1. All over the world, fans of martial arts manga are mourning the   
   >    death of Akira Toriyama.  What's the name of his influential   
   >    manga series that spawned one of the highest-grossing media   
   >    franchises of all time, including movies, video games, and TV   
   >    series?   
      
   Dragonball Z   
      
   > 3. It was revealed last week that Taylor Swift is the 6th cousin   
   >    3 times removed of which renowned poetess?   
      
   Emily Dickinson; Sylvia Plath   
      
   > 7. Joe Biden won every primary on Super Tuesday except the   
   >    same territory that he lost to Michael Bloomberg in 2020.   
   >    Which jurisdiction was that outlier?   
      
   Guam   
      
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   Dan Blum					         tool@panix.com	   
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