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|    Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIWSS24 Current Events Games 9-10    |
|    19 Nov 24 20:05:49    |
      From: esquel@sommarskog.se              Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:       > * Game 9 (2024-11-11), Round 1 - Current Events       >       > 1. Name the legendary musician and record producer who passed away       > at 91 last week.              Quincy Jones              > 5. The Canadian government banned *which popular app* from formally       > operating as a business in Canada last week? (Canadians will       > still be able to use the app, though.)              Tiktok              > 6. Multiple brands of bread, including Wonder, Country Harvest,       > and D'Italiano, were recalled last week by the Canadian Food       > Inspection Agency. Why?              Mould              > 7. Sarah McBride, the newly elected Democratic House representative       > from the state of Delaware, is an American politics "first".       > How?              She is transgendered              > 8. As of Saturday evening, one US state has not yet formally       > declared a winner of that state's Presidential electoral votes.       > Which state is still delinquent?              Arizona              > 9. The Republicans have so far picked up 4 seats in the US Senate.       > One of those was the seat in West Virginia, which they won       > following Joe Manchin's retirement. Incumbent Democrats lost       > in the other 3 states -- name &any one of those*.              For some reasons Swedish media has not care to report on this, so I will       have to guess.              Georgia?              > 10. On Friday, J.D. Vance stated that the US would consider       > withdrawing from NATO if European countries continued to regulate       > *which company*?              Google              > * Game 10 (2024-11-18), Round 1 - Current Events       >       > 1. Donald Trump named several of his planned appointees to major       > cabinet offices last week. Who is his planned appointee for       > Attorney General of the United States?              Matt Gaetz              > 2. While we're at it, who is Trump's planned appointee for Secretary       > of Homeland Security?              Gabbard              > 4. InfoWars, the "journalism" company owned by Alex Jones, was       > purchased a bankruptcy auction last week -- by what well-known       > web site?              Facebook              > 7. Justin Welby resigned last week over a scandal involving sexual       > abuse at Christian summer camps. What position did he resign       > from?              Archbishop in the UK              > 10. After riots earlier this month when their fans chanted       > Islamophobic slogans, which in turn prompted a wave of       > anti-Semitic violence across Amsterdam, what Israeli soccer team       > played to a draw against Paris St. Germain in a very tightly       > secured stadium? Full name please.              Maccabi Haifa              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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