From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > In May I wrote:   
   >> Here we go with current events from another season.   
   >   
   > As the entire rest of the season has now passed while I was largely   
   > off-net, I have not been about to post current-events rounds while   
   > they were reasonably currenct.  Instead I have selected 1/5 of the   
   > questions in those rounds for people to answer for fun if they like.   
   > QFTCI Current Events will resume when the new season begins sometime   
   > next month.   
   >   
   >   
   > 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 would be a small   
   > penalty if the questions were being scored.  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 3 (2024-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Name Iran's president who died in a helicopter crash, along   
   >     with the country's foreign minister and others.   
   >   
   > 2. Convicted serial killer Robert Pickton was seriously injured   
   >     by another inmate this past week.  Pickton is serving time for   
   >     6 murders in BC, though he's suspected of far more killings.   
   >     In which province is the prison where Pickton was being held?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4 (2024-06-03), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. On Tuesday at Queen's Park, what did New Democrat MPP Sol   
   >     Mamakwa do that had not been previously allowed in the   
   >     provincial legislature?   
   >   
   > 2. Why does Major League Baseball now recognize Josh Gibson,   
   >     instead of Ty Cobb, as having the highest career batting average?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 5 (2024-06-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the first woman and first Jewish   
   >     president of which country?   
   >   
   > 2. Which American brothers musical act will be the headliners at   
   >     this November's Grey Cup halftime show in Vancouver?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6 (2024-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Animal-rights activists plastered the face of which animated   
   >     character on a portrait of King Charles at a London gallery?   
   >   
   > 2. Why was 16-time winner Joey Chestnut barred from this year's   
   >     July 4 Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 7 (2024-06-22), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Which Harry Potter actor won his first Tony Award for his   
   >     featured role in the musical "Merrily We Roll Along"?   
   >   
   > 2. Which company, whose value has risen more than 9-fold since   
   >     the end of 2022, passed Microsoft this past week to become the   
   >     world's most valuable public company?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 8 (2024-07-08), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. HBC, which owns the Hudson's Bay Co. and Saks, is buying which   
   >     luxury department store chain for $2,650,000,000 US?   
      
   Harrods   
      
   >   
   > 2. Which veteran rock band announced they have postponed their   
   >     remaining North American tour dates, including one in Toronto,   
   >     because their lead singer has undergone cancer surgery?   
      
   Aerosmith   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 9 (2024-07-15), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Which '90s hip-hop group fulfilled a 1996 "Simpsons" episode   
   >     prediction by performing this past week with the London Symphony   
   >     Orchestra?   
      
   Run DMC   
      
   >   
   > 2. Who won the Wimbledon women's singles title?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10 (2024-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. In which city was the US Republican National Convention held?   
      
   Milwaukee   
      
   >   
   > 2. What is the name of the cybersecurity company whose botched   
   >     software update caused global IT outages on Friday?   
      
   CrowdStrike   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Final (2024-07-29), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Who resigned as director of the US Secret Service?   
   >   
   > 2. Loblaw and parent company George Weston agreed to pay how much   
   >     to settle a lawsuit about bread price-fixing?   
      
   $50,000,000 ; $30,000,000   
      
   >   
   > 3. What did Toronto city council vote to rename a route through   
   >     the downtown core for the month of November?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)