From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 4/10/2024 11:37 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 9 (2024-04-01), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 4. A 4-term senator, who was Al Gore's vice-presidential candidate   
   >     in the 2000 election, died this week at 82.  Name him.   
      
   Joe Lieberman   
      
   > 5. Also dying this week, at 87, was an actor who won an Academy   
   >     Award for "An Officer and a Gentleman" and an Emmy for "Roots".   
   >     Name him.   
      
   Lou Gossett Jr.   
      
   > 7. An amendment was passed at Queen's Park on Tuesday that will   
   >     allow MPPs to address the speaker, not only in French and   
   >     English, but also in what other languages?   
      
   First Nations languages; Inuit languages   
      
   > * Final (2024-04-08), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 3. Pope Francis last week continued a venerable tradition of   
   >     Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter, by washing the   
   >     feet of 12 individuals -- in this case, prisoners from Rome's   
   >     Rebibbia penitentiary.  But the Pope broke from tradition in   
   >     one important respect.  What was unprecedented about the 12   
   >     individuals chosen for the ritual this year?   
      
   they were all women   
      
   > 4. After the German Green Party proposed restricting the import of   
   >     hunting trophies of endangered species, the President of Botswana   
   >     protested that his country is overpopulated by a certain animal   
   >     and offered -- or threatened -- to export 20,000 of this beast   
   >     to Germany.  What animal is Botswana allegedly overrun with?   
      
   elephants; rhinoceros   
      
   > 5. In Quebec, a group of franchisees for this Canadian company   
   >     have filed a lawsuit against the brand's owner, claiming that   
   >     the constraints of their licensing agreements, including setting   
   >     prices for menu items, have made it impossible to run their   
   >     locations profitably.  What is the company?   
      
   Tim Hortons   
      
   > 7. Last week, Kieran Moore, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of   
   >     Health, called for decriminalization of certain drugs for   
   >     personal use, provision of safer supplies of those drugs --   
   >     and changing the drinking age to what?   
      
   18; 25   
      
   > 8. The Toronto Public Library, Warby Parker, Toytown, and other   
   >     stores saw huge line-ups on Easter Monday.  What were they   
   >     giving out for free?   
      
   eclipse-viewing glasses   
      
   > 10. Within days of release, Beyonce's new album had the most   
   >     first-day streams of any country album by a female artist in   
   >     Amazon Music history.  Name the album.   
      
   "Cowboy Carter"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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