From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 3/26/2024 9:32 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 7 (2024-03-18), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Last Sunday we were all glued to the set for the Academy Awards,   
   >     right?  So who won the award for Best Actress?   
      
   Emma Stone   
      
   > 2. Which *country* won the Oscar for Best International Feature   
   >     Film?   
      
   UK   
      
   > 4. Former big-city mayor Naheed Nenshi made a splash last week,   
   >     announcing that he will be running for the leadership of a   
   >     provincial party.  Which province, which party?   
      
   Wildrose Party; Saskatchewan Party   
      
   > 5. Tom Stoppard's absurdist comedy "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern   
   >     are Dead" opened at the CAA Theatre with Billy Boyd and Dominic   
   >     Monaghan taking the lead roles.  In what movie series have Boyd   
   >     and Monaghan previously been paired?   
      
   "The Lord of the Rings"   
      
   > 8. Under harsh new security laws passed last week, citizens of this   
   >     foreign jurisdiction may face sedition charges for possessing   
   >     copies of the now-defunct newspaper "The Apple Daily".   
   >     Which jurisdiction?   
      
   Hong Kong   
      
   > 9. Best Buy Canada's house brand, Insignia, has recalled 5 models   
   >     of this trendy kitchen appliance as a potential fire or burn   
   >     hazard after reports of melting handles and breaking glass doors.   
   >     What type of appliance?  Be sufficiently specific.   
      
   stove; microwave oven   
      
   > * Game 8 (2024-03-25), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 3. Banksy's latest mural is almost all green.  It appeared on   
   >     St. Patrick's Day in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of what city?   
      
   London   
      
   > 10. Leo Varadkar resigned his role as prime minister last week.   
   >     In what country?   
      
   Ireland   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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