From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > 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 What She Said, 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 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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   
      
   >   
   > 2. Blaine Higgs was ousted as premier of New Brunswick last week   
   >     when his Conservatives were defeated by the Liberals.  Who's the   
   >     new premier?   
   >   
   > 3. Despite blatant attempts at vote-buying by Russia to prevent   
   >     the outcome, which European nation voted last week to join   
   >     the EU?   
   >   
   > 4. Phil Lesh died last week at the age of 84.  He was the bassist   
   >     for which influential rock band?   
      
   Grateful Dead   
      
   >   
   > 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; Brie   
      
   >   
   > 6. Beginning in the fall of 2026, Ontario will effectively bar   
   >     international students from doing what?   
      
   Voting   
      
   >   
   > 7. The World Series began last week with a World Series first.   
   >     What happened in Game 1 between the Dodgers and the Yankees   
   >     that had never happened in a World Series previously?   
      
   Walk-off grand slam to win the game   
      
   >   
   > 8. The Toronto Raptors lost their home opener last week by almost   
   >     30 points.  Who clobbered them?  (City or team name.)   
      
   Boston; New York   
      
   >   
   > 9. Mike Jefferies was indicted on 16 federal counts of sex   
   >     trafficking and international prostitution in New York last week.   
   >     Jefferies is the former CEO of what clothing retailer, a position   
   >     he allegedly used to help commit said crimes?   
      
   Abercrombie and Fitch   
      
   >   
   > 10. The French government and the French Roman Catholic Church   
   >     clashed last week over what?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   Grabbed his glove while he was trying to make a catch   
      
   >   
   > 2. Name the actress who starred in "Young Frankenstein" and "Close   
   >     Encounters of the Third Kind", and passed away last week at 79.   
      
   Teri Garr   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 4. Which province last week called a snap election, scheduled for   
   >     November 27?   
      
   Alberta; British Columbia   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Hinchcliffe   
      
   >   
   > 6. In Saskatchewan's election last week, Scott Moe's Saskatchewan   
   >     Party maintained its majority, but the NDP sharply reduced it.   
   >     Within 1, how many net seats did the NDP take from the   
   >     Saskatchewan Party?   
   >   
   > 7. That organization unveiled its mascot, an anime-style character   
   >     named Luce ["LOO-chay"], for an event next year?  Luce has become   
   >     extremely popular online, with fans generating memes and fan art.   
   >   
   > 8. What popular movie actor endorsed Kamala Harris in a video   
   >     released Saturday?  In his endorsement, he noted that this was   
   >     the first one he had ever made in 64 years of acting.   
      
   Harrison Ford; Al Pacino   
      
   >   
   > 9. Last week in New York, a celebrity crashed his own lookalike   
   >     contest in Washington Square Park.  Which celebrity lookedalike   
   >     like his lookalikes?   
   >   
   > 10. Who won the leadership contest for the UK's Conservative Party   
   >     on Saturday?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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