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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   
      
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