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   Message 32,347 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCINO25 Current Events Games 3-4   
   04 Feb 25 17:55:46   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/4/2025 4:47 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 3 (2025-01-27), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Who did Ohio State University defeat on January 20 to become   
   >     the US college football champions?   
      
   Notre Dame   
      
   > 3. Who was the last surviving member of the Band, who died last   
   >     week at age 87?   
      
   Garth Hudson   
      
   > 4. Who became the first openly transgender person to become   
   >     nominated for an Academy Award for acting?   
      
   Gascon   
      
   > 5. Donald Trump revoked Secret Service protection for his former   
   >     National Security Advisor from his first term -- despite the fact   
   >     that the Iranian government has been threatening to assassinate   
   >     the former advisor.  Who is this former advisor to Trump?   
      
   John Bolton   
      
   > 8. The US Congress passed an act that will make it easier for   
   >     federal immigration officials to detain and deport those without   
   >     legal status and who have been charged with crimes ranging from   
   >     minor theft to assault on law enforcement.  The bill is named   
   >     after *which crime victim*?   
      
   Laken Riley   
      
   > 9. In his inauguration speech, Trump announced that he will change   
   >     the name of which mountain?  We want the official name of the   
   >     mountain as it had existed since 1975.   
      
   Denali   
      
   > * Game 4 (2025-02-03), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 4. There were three Senate confirmation hearings held last week for   
   >     some of Donald Trump's administration posts.  One of them the   
   >     was for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health   
   >     of Human Services.  For *either* of the other two positions,   
   >     name *either* the candidate or the department involved.   
      
   Tulsi Gabbard   
      
   > 9. Which company settled a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump in 2021,   
   >     for $25,000,000 US?   
      
   ABC   
      
   > 10. This British-invasion singer and actress died last Thursday   
   >     at age 78.  She rose to fame in the '60s with "As Tears Go By',   
   >     and she was also noted for her well-publicized relationship   
   >     with Mick Jagger.  Who was she?   
      
   Marianne Faithfull   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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