From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Here we go with current events from another season.   
   >   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates   
   > indicated, and should be interpreted accordingly.  If any answers   
   > have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give   
   > the answers that were correct on that date.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > Please post all your answers in a single followup to the newsgroup,   
   > based only on your own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote   
   > the questions and place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal   
   > the correct answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of Smith & Guessin', and are   
   > used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2023-05-24   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1 (2024-05-06), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. The federal government is cutting the number of hours   
   >     international students can work off-campus each week during   
   >     the school year.  The current limit is 40 hours.  What will   
   >     the new limit be?   
      
   30; 20   
      
   >   
   > 2. Decorum was on the losing side on Tuesday in the House of   
   >     Commons.  What word did Pierre Poilievre use to describe Justin   
   >     Trudeau, causing the Speaker to order the Opposition Leader to   
   >     leave for the day?   
   >   
   > 3. As they say, you know it's spring when the Leafs are out.   
   >     Who scored the game-winning goal for Boston in overtime of   
   >     Game 7 on Saturday night?   
      
   Marchand   
      
   >   
   > 4. Which horse won Saturday's Kentucky Derby by a nose?   
      
   Mystik Dan   
      
   >   
   > 5. Humza Yousaf resigned from the top job in which European   
   >     government, after only 13 months?   
      
   Northern Macedonia; Albania   
      
   >   
   > 6. A cybersecurity incident caused which Western Canadian chain   
   >     to close all its stores "until further notice"?  They began to   
   >     reopen gradually over the weekend.   
   >   
   > 7. CITY-TV announced it's canceling its daily lifestyle show   
   >     "Cityline" after a 40-year run.  Who has hosted "Cityline"   
   >     since 2008?   
   >   
   > 8. A Japanese airport is marking an achievement which would make   
   >     Pearson Airport jealous.  Kansai International, one of Japan's   
   >     busiest, opened nearly 30 years ago.  According to Kansai   
   >     officials, what has *never* happened there?   
   >   
   > 9. Name the Hall of Fame guitar instrumentalist who died at 86.   
   >     He was known for his "twangy" sound on 1950s and '60s hits such   
   >     as "Rebel-Rouser", "Peter Gunn", and "Because They're Young".   
      
   Duane Eddy   
      
   >   
   > 10. What alternative food source did Florida ban, describing it   
   >     as part of the "authoritarian goals" of the "global elite"?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2 (2024-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > Ralph (captain of Smith & Guessin') firmly believes the top event   
   > of the past week was the "Do you know your Ralphabet?" round on   
   > "Jeopardy!" last Tuesday.  But seriously, folks, here's what made   
   > tonight's Current Events list.   
   >   
   > 1. Rick Bowness retired after a 40-year hockey coaching career.   
   >     Which NHL team did he coach the last two years?  (Place name   
   >     or team name will do.)   
      
   Jets   
      
   >   
   > 2. Two beauty-pageant winners resigned their titles last week.   
   >     One said it was for mental-health reasons, while the other   
   >     said her personal views no longer fully align with the pageant   
   >     organization.  Name either of the titles given up.  (Be precise.)   
      
   Miss USA   
      
   >   
   > 3. The Boy Scouts of America organization is changing its name   
   >     in a bid to make both boys and girls feel welcome.  What will   
   >     be their new name, starting next February?   
      
   Scouting America   
      
   >   
   > 4. Name the Toronto Argonauts quarterback who was suspended for   
   >     at least the first 9 games of the coming CFL season for alleged   
   >     off-the-field misconduct.   
   >   
   > 5. After a report by the New York Times, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s   
   >     campaign confirmed this week that he contracted something over   
   >     a decade ago that may have eaten part of his brain.  What was it?   
      
   Worm   
      
   >   
   > 6. Name the rock musician and legendary producer who died at 61.   
   >     He worked with some of the most influential alternative rock   
   >     artists of the 1980s and '90s, including Nirvana, the Pixies,   
   >     and P.J. Harvey.   
      
   Albini   
      
   >   
   > 7. Name the Newfoundland-born longtime newspaper and broadcast   
   >     journalist, known for his conservative and pro-oil views,   
   >     who died of cancer at 77.   
   >   
   > 8. South Korea plans to create a new government ministry to address   
   >     which "national emergency"?   
   >   
   > 9. This is apparently a complete coincidence, but a few hours   
   >     after last week's Canadian Inquisition league games ended,   
   >     there was a shooting at Drake's mansion in the Bridle Path   
   >     neighborhood.  What was the person who was shot doing there?   
   >   
   > 10. Skywatchers across the whole country got a treat this past   
   >     weekend (weather permitting).  What was visible that most people   
   >     never see?   
      
   Northern Lights   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)