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   msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:8a-   
   cnWA2xKqvGJ77nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com:   
      
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   > indicated, and should be interpreted accordingly.  If any answers   
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   > the answers that were correct on that date.   
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   > 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 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?   
      
   germany   
      
   > 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 made a splash last week,   
   >    announcing that he will be running for the leadership of a   
   >    provincial party.  Which province, which party?   
      
   alberta new democratic 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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   niagra on the lake   
      
   > 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.   
      
   portugal   
      
   > 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.   
      
   air fryer   
      
   > 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?   
      
   etobacoke centennial park ?   
      
   >   
   > * 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.   
      
   rachel homan   
      
   > 2. Last week Deanna Stellato-Dudek, aged 40, and her partner won   
   >    the world championship of what?  Be specific.   
      
   ice dancing pairs   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 4. Why was Ward's Island Association Clubhouse in the news last   
   >    week?   
      
   fire burned it to the ground   
      
   > 5. Richard Slayman was the recipient, the involuntary donor a pig.   
   >    What was transplanted?   
      
   kidney [first ever!]   
      
   > 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.   
      
   mcmurtry   
      
   > 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?   
      
   day of happiness   
      
   > 8. What has Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro been indicted   
   >    for falsifying?   
      
   his covid vaccination status   
      
   > 9. Ippei Mizuhara has been accused of stealing, and now has lost   
   >    his employment.  From what specific job was he fired?   
      
   shohei ohtani's interpreter   
      
   > 10. Leo Varadkar resigned his role as prime minister last week.   
   >    In what country?   
      
   ireland [he was taoiseach]   
      
      
      
   swp   
      
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