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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCISG24 Current Events Games 3-F   
   10 Aug 24 14:15:30   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader  wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3 (2024-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Ontario; Alberta   
      
   > * Game 6 (2024-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 2. Why was 16-time winner Joey Chestnut barred from this year's   
   >    July 4 Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest?   
      
   he has a sponsorship deal with a different hot dog maker   
      
   > * 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"?   
      
   Radcliffe   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Amazon; Apple   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   Boyz 2 Men   
      
   > * 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   
      
      
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