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   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.   
      
   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.   
      
   Gossett   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   elephants   
      
   > 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 Horton's   
      
   > 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?   
      
   16   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 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   
      
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   "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up."   
      
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