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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIMM24 Current Events Games 9-Fin    |
|    10 Apr 24 22:01:54    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:              > * 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 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?              Rhinocerus              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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