From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 4/10/24 09:37, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   > * Game 9 (2024-04-01), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. This week the Junos were held in Halifax.  What Toronto quartet   
   >     won both Group of the Year and Rock Album of the Year?   
   >   
   > 2. What popular musical opened on Thursday at the Princess of   
   >     Wales Theatre?   
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   > 3. Four school boards launched lawsuits adding up to $4,500,000,000   
   >     against the social media companies Tiktok, Snapchat, and Meta.   
   >     Two of them were the Toronto public and Catholic boards.   
   >     Name either one of the other two.   
   >   
   > 4. A 4-term senator, who was Al Gore's vice-presidential candidate   
   >     in the 2000 election, died this week at 82.  Name him.   
      
   Lieberman   
      
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   > 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.   
   >   
   > 6. The Blue Jays had their opening day Thursday, winning 8-2 over   
   >     the Tampa Bay Rays.  Who was the Jays' starting pitcher?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 8. What Toronto attraction was closed to the public this week due   
   >     to a strike by hundreds of members of OPSEU Local 535?   
   >   
   > 9. Ontario's latest budget came out this week.  Where will a new   
   >     medical school with a focus on family medicine be created?   
   >   
   > 10. Last Sunday, ahead of the upcoming summer Olympics, Paris   
   >     revived a tradition for the first time in 10 years.  What kind   
   >     of race was held?   
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   >   
   > * Final (2024-04-08), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. What former Raptor is to be inducted into the Basketball Hall   
   >     of Fame this year?   
   >   
   > 2. The Blue Jays suffered their 8th franchise no-hitter last Monday,   
   >     at the hands of what Texas Rangers pitcher?   
   >   
   > 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 transgender   
      
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   > 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?   
      
   elephant   
      
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   > 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?   
   >   
   > 6. The Ford Motor Co. announced last year that they planned to   
   >     start production on electric vehicles at a factory in Ontario   
   >     in 2025.  But this week they've pushed that start date to 2027,   
   >     leading to layoffs.  Where is that factory?  Name the city   
   >     or town.   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   21   
      
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   > 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?   
   >   
   > 9. Martin Short will have a new role well outside the entertainment   
   >     field, succeeding actor/comedian Jane Lynch.  For the next two   
   >     years, what will he be doing in the town of Funner, California?   
      
   being mayor   
      
   >   
   > 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   
      
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