From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 1 (2025-01-13), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. On January 6, as well as announcing his eventual retirement as   
   >    Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau also announced that Parliament   
   >    will be prorogued until what date?   
      
   March 25   
      
   > 4. Which country became the 10th member of the BRICS group?   
      
   Egypt   
      
   > 6. This far-right French politician, who died last week at age 96,   
   >    started the National Front Party in 1972 and led that party   
   >    until 2011.  Who was he?   
      
   Jean-Marie Le Pen   
      
   > 9. North Korean leader Kim Jung-Un banned what popular North   
   >    American food, claiming it is too western?   
      
   Hamburger   
      
   > * Game 2 (2025-01-20), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. President Biden removed which country from a list of state   
   >    sponsors of terrorism after that country agreed to release   
   >    553 prisoners?  Name the country.   
      
   Cuba   
      
   > 3. Which country completed its first spacecraft docking, the 4th   
   >    country to do so after the US, Russia/USRR, and China?   
      
   Japan   
      
   > 6. This American filmmaker, musician, and actor died last week   
   >    at age 78.  He was best known for his work in the "Twin Peaks"   
   >    series in the 1990s, and for directing the movie "Elephant Man",   
   >    for which he received an Academy Award nomination.  Who was he?   
      
   David Lynch   
      
   > 10. Traditionally all living former US presidents and their   
   >    spouses attend the inaugurations of presidents.  But one of those   
   >    people decided last week not to attend Trump's inauguration.   
   >    Who made the announcement last week that he/she "will not attend   
   >    the inauguration"?  (First and last name required.)   
      
   Michelle Obama   
      
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