From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 7 (2024-10-28), Round 1: Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Two major American newspapers refused to make a presidential   
   >    endorsement last week due to interventions from their respective   
   >    billionaire owners, prompting resignations from both papers by   
   >    angry staff.  Name *either* paper.   
      
   Washington Post   
      
   > 3. Despite blatant attempts at vote-buying by Russia to prevent   
   >    the outcome, which European nation voted last week to join   
   >    the EU?   
      
   Moldova   
      
   (They are not joining. The vote was more like "should we try at all"?   
   They still have a long way to go.)   
      
   > 5. 22 tonnes of artisanal cheese, valued at approximately £300,000,   
   >    was stolen last week from a London dairy.  All of the cheese   
   >    was the same type -- what type?   
      
   Cheddar   
      
   > * Game 8 (2024-11-04), Round 1: Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. The Dodgers won the World Series last week.  During one game,   
   >    fans interacted with Dodgers player Mookie Betts -- how?   
      
   They tried to snatch the ball from him when he jumped up to catch it.   
      
   > 3. An African country had elections last week and ousted the party   
   >    that had been in charge since the country gained independence   
   >    from the UK in 1966.  What country?   
      
   Botswana   
      
   > 5. Donald Trump held a very racist rally in Madison Square Garden   
   >    last week.  The lowlight was a "comedian" who made jokes about   
   >    black people carving watermelons for Halloween and who called   
   >    Puerto Rico a "pile of garbage".  What was his name?   
      
   Hutcliffe   
      
   > 10. Who won the leadership contest for the UK's Conservative Party   
   >    on Saturday?   
      
   Kemi... Hasn't really learnt her last name yet.   
      
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