From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 3/12/2024 10:23 AM, 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   
      
   > 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 be provided only upon specific request   
      
   > 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"?   
      
   stopping within an intersection   
      
   > 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?   
      
   400 meters   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   "Dragon Ball"   
      
   > 3. It was revealed last week that Taylor Swift is the 6th cousin   
   >     3 times removed of which renowned poetess?   
      
   Emily Dickinson   
      
   > 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?   
      
   American Samoa   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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