From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/19/2024 12:48 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 7. Sarah McBride, the newly elected Democratic House representative   
   >     from the state of Delaware, is an American politics "first".   
   >     How?   
      
   first transgender member of Congress   
      
   > 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*.   
      
   Pennsylvania   
      
   > 10. On Friday, J.D. Vance stated that the US would consider   
   >     withdrawing from NATO if European countries continued to regulate   
   >     *which company*?   
      
   X (Twitter)   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 3. A social-media service that has been in operation since early   
   >     2023 saw enormous growth over the past week as numerous users   
   >     fled X (aka Twitter) en masse, growing to first 10,000,000 and   
   >     then 15,000,000 accounts.  What's the name of this service?   
      
   Bluesky   
      
   > 4. InfoWars, the "journalism" company owned by Alex Jones, was   
   >     purchased a bankruptcy auction last week -- by what well-known   
   >     web site?   
      
   The Onion   
      
   > 7. Justin Welby resigned last week over a scandal involving sexual   
   >     abuse at Christian summer camps.  What position did he resign   
   >     from?   
      
   Archbishop of Canterbury   
      
   > 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 Tel Aviv   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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