From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 3/26/24 19:32, 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?   
   >   
   > 2. Which *country* won the Oscar for Best International Feature   
   >     Film?   
   >   
   > 3. In equally thrilling Sunday night action, the Brier curling   
   >     championship match ended with a 9-5 win for Brad Gushue's rink   
   >     over Team Saskatchewan.  What team did Gushue lead?   
      
   Team Canada   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Conservative Party of Ontario   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 6. In other theatre news, this Canadian theater company reported a   
   >     record deficit of $5,700,000 in 2023, forcing them to   
   >     significantly trim back operations for the upcoming season.   
   >     Which theater company?   
   >   
   > 7. National elections in a European nation resulted in a saw-off   
   >     between the incumbent Socialist Party and the center-right   
   >     Democratic Alliance Party with a populist party whose name means   
   >     "Enough!"  holding the balance of power.  Name the country.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 10. The city of Toronto threw in the towel last Tuesday, shutting   
   >     down its only ski hill due to an unseasonably warm and snowless   
   >     winter.  In *what city park* is Toronto's lone ski hill?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 8 (2024-03-25), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Name the skip who led Canada to a berth in the final of the   
   >     Women's World Curling Championships in Sydney, Nova Scotia.   
   >   
   > 2. Last week Deanna Stellato-Dudek, aged 40, and her partner won   
   >     the world championship of what?  Be specific.   
   >   
   > 3. Banksy's latest mural is almost all green.  It appeared on   
   >     St. Patrick's Day in the Finsbury Park neighborhood of what city?   
   >   
   > 4. Why was Ward's Island Association Clubhouse in the news last   
   >     week?   
   >   
   > 5. Richard Slayman was the recipient, the involuntary donor a pig.   
   >     What was transplanted?   
      
   genetically modified kidney   
      
   >   
   > 6. As Attorney General of Ontario under Bill Davis, this Red Tory   
   >     -- together with Roy Romanow and Jean Chrétien -- struck the   
   >     deal that resulted in the patriation of the Constitution with   
   >     a charter of rights.  He died last week at age 91.  Name please.   
   >   
   > 7. According to the United Nations, March 21 was World Down   
   >     Syndrome Day.  What day did the UN mark the day before,   
   >     on March 20?   
   >   
   > 8. What has Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro been indicted   
   >     for falsifying?   
      
   covid vaccination records   
      
   >   
   > 9. Ippei Mizuhara has been accused of stealing, and now has lost   
   >     his employment.  From what specific job was he fired?   
      
   translator for Ohtani   
      
   >   
   > 10. Leo Varadkar resigned his role as prime minister last week.   
   >     In what country?   
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