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 the Night Owls, 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 5 (2025-02-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. This past week, President Trump suggested that the US should   
   >     take over a certain territory and develop it into the "Riviera   
   >     of the Middle East".  Name the territory.   
      
   Gaza   
      
   >   
   > 2. Who won the most Grammy Awards this year, with 5?   
      
   Taylor Swift; Beyonce   
      
   >   
   > 3. The spiritual leader of the world's Ismaili Muslims died at   
   >     age 88.  What was his name?   
   >   
   > 4. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1997, but last   
   >     Friday the honor was revoked.  Who is she?   
   >   
   > 5. Which European country suffered the worst mass shooting in   
   >     its history, with at least 10 dead, including the gunman,   
   >     at a secondary school?   
   >   
   > 6. Which Latin American country offered to imprison American   
   >     deportees who are convicted criminals, of any nationality   
   >     including US citizens -- for a fee?   
      
   El Salvador   
      
   >   
   > 7. Who won the NFL's Most Valuable Player award for the first time   
   >     in his career?   
      
   Hurts; Allen   
      
   >   
   > 8. Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died last week age 102, was the   
   >     principal owner of an NFL franchise, which her father founded.   
   >     Name the team -- place name or team name.   
      
   Chicago Bears   
      
   >   
   > 9. After 20 years, the Giller Prize parted ways with its primary   
   >     sponsor because of the company's relationship with an Israeli   
   >     arms manufacturer.  Name that recently fired sponsor.   
   >   
   > 10. Born in 1986, this Toronto-area children's-rights activist was   
   >     nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.  As a teenager, she founded   
   >     OneChild, an NGO that seeks to eliminate the commercial sexual   
   >     exploitation of children abroad.  Name this activist.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6 (2025-02-24), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Last Tuesday a former president of Brazil was charged with   
   >     sttempting a coup.  Name that former president.   
      
   Bolsonaro   
      
   >   
   > 2. Who stepped down as premier of Prince Edward Island effective   
   >     noon last Friday?   
   >   
   > 3. Last week the Liberal Party of Canada disqualified which former   
   >     MP from the race for the party leadership?   
   >   
   > 4. Last week, which long-serving American senator announced that   
   >     he would not week reelection in 2026?   
      
   McConnell   
      
   >   
   > 5. Who sang the Canadian national anthem at the final game of the   
   >     NHL's "4 Nations Face-Off" competition in Boston -- changing   
   >     the lyrics "in all of us command" to "that only us command".   
   >   
   > 6. Who won the MVP award at the 2025 NBA All-Star game?   
   >   
   > 7. Delta flight 4819 overturned on landing at Pearson Airport last   
   >     Monday afternoon.  In which US state did the flight originate?   
   >   
   > 8. Which "freedom convoy" leader was sentenced last week to   
   >     100 hours of community service and 3 months of house arrest?   
   >   
   > 9. Which movie won the Best Picture award at the British Academy   
   >     Film Awards (also known as the BAFTAs)?   
   >   
   > 10. Last week, which company acquired creative control of the   
   >     James Bond movie franchise?  The company had previously secured   
   >     distribution rights to it, in 2022.   
      
   Warner Brothers; Universal   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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