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   Message 32,059 of 32,813   
   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Current Events Games 1-2   
   14 May 24 23:56:36   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   32   
      
   > 4. Which horse won Saturday's Kentucky Derby by a nose?   
      
   Mystick Dan   
      
   > 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?   
      
   lost luggage   
      
   > * Game 2 (2024-05-13), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 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?   
      
   American Scouting; Young Scouts of America   
      
   > 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?   
      
   roundworms   
      
   > 10. Skywatchers across the whole country got a treat this past   
   >    weekend (weather permitting).  What was visible that most people   
   >    never see?   
      
   aurora borealis   
      
      
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