From: tool@panix.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 5 (2024-10-07), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 1. Musician, actor, and generally cool dude Kris Kristofferson   
   > died last week. Within 1 year, how old was he?   
      
   88   
      
   > 2. Pete Rose, famously banned from the Baseball Hall of Fame for   
   > gambling, also died last week. Within 1 year, how old was he?   
      
   80   
      
   > 3. An American state's Secretary of Education announced last   
   > week a program to put Bibles in every state classroom. Due to   
   > the program's requirement that the Bibles also contain the US   
   > Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, it turns out   
   > that the only Bible that fulfills the state's requirements is   
   > -- wait for it -- the "Trump Bible", produced by Donald Trump.   
   > Which state was this?   
      
   Utah   
      
   > 5. Owners in a North York condo, constructed less than 7 years ago,   
   > are threatening to sue their construction company after learning   
   > they are facing a $7,000,000 repair fee -- or $70,000 per unit --   
   > for *what part* of the building?   
      
   roof; foundation   
      
   > 6. As of Thursday, it is now illegal to feed what animals in   
   > Queensland?   
      
   kangaroos   
      
   > 7. Gully 903 defeated 909 and 909 Jr. beat Chunk 519 in voting   
   > for which contest which began last week?   
      
   something about bears   
      
   > 8. Tadej Pogacar won the world cycling road race title last week,   
   > and in doing so became only the third cyclist to win the Cycling   
   > Triple Crown of the Tour de France, Giro d'Italia, and world road   
   > race champion in a single year. What country is Pogacar from?   
      
   Hungary; Romania   
      
   > 9. A BC man is suing RBC for "inadequate advice" and breach of   
   > contract after losing $415,000,000 due to investments in what   
   > US company?   
      
   X   
      
   > 10. A coral garden was discovered last week in the waters off Funk   
   > Island -- in what province?   
      
   British Columbia; Nova Scotia   
      
   > * Game 6 (2024-10-21), Round 1 - Current Events   
      
   > 3. NASA's latest space probe launched on Monday. Its goal is to   
   > survey *what specific moon* for potential life habitability?   
      
   Europa   
      
   > 7. Liam Payne died last week at the age of 31 when he fell from   
   > his hotel balcony in Buenos Aires. He was best known as a pop   
   > singer with which band?   
      
   One Direction   
      
   > 8. Which country was confirmed to have sent 1,500 troops last week   
   > to Russia to fight with Russians in the Ukraine War?   
      
   Belarus   
      
   > 10. Last week an annual California competition for the heaviest   
   > of a certain kind of produce was won by the man who last year   
   > set the world record at 1,247 kg. This year he fell slightly   
   > short of his own record, winning with a 1,121 kg -- what type   
   > of fruit or vegetable?   
      
   pumpkin   
      
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