From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2024-09-09,   
   > and should be interpreted accordingly.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there is a small penalty.   
   > 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 What She Said, 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*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > This announcement was read at the start of Game 1 of the season   
   > (i.e. before the Current Events round):   
   >   
   >     What She Said is happy to welcome you all back for another   
   >     season of answering questions for extremely limited glory.   
   >     Remember that every round this season is a handout round, and   
   >     if you don't get a handout for every round, it means your QM   
   >     wants you to lose!  (Please note that this is a comedy joke.   
   >     Not every round will be a handout round and we don't want you   
   >     to lose.)   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 2 - History - The First Black Person to...   
   >   
   > Black people were excluded from positions of power and influence in   
   > Western societies for much of history, so the first black person to   
   > achieve a significant position or honor in our society is usually   
   > remembered.  We'll name the position or honor and the decade it was   
   > achieved, and you tell us the person who achieved it.  For example,   
   > if we said "first black player in Major League Baseball, 1940s",   
   > you'd say "Jackie Robinson".   
   >   
   > 1. First black NHL player, 1950s.   
   > 2. First black mayor of New York City, 1990s.   
      
   Dinkins   
      
   > 3. First black *man* to win a Tony award, 1950s.   
      
   Poitier; Davis   
      
   > 4. First black Governor-General of Canada, 2000s.   
   > 5. First black person to win an acting Oscar, 1930s.   
      
   Hattie McDaniel   
      
   > 6. First black Member of Parliament in Canada, 1960s.   
   > 7. First black winner of a primetime Emmy award, 1960s.   
      
   Diahann Carroll   
      
   > 8. First black baseball player to win a league MVP award *3 times*,   
   >     1950s.   
      
   Bill Russell   
      
   >   
   > 9. First black winner of a Grammy award, 1950s -- there were two   
   >     the same year, so name either one.   
      
   Nat King Cole   
      
   >   
   > 10. First black person to campaign for President of the United   
   >     States *within one of the two major parties*, 1970s.   
      
   Chisholm   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 1, Round 3 - Sports - Olympic Scandals   
   >   
   > Scandals and disgraces are nothing new to the Olympics.  Here are   
   > 10 questions about questionable deeds at the summer Olympics.   
   >   
   > 1. At the 1896 summer games in Athens, marathon runner Spyridon   
   >     Belokas ["SPIH-rih-don BEH-low-kass"] won the bronze medal,   
   >     but was later disqualified when he admitted to covering part   
   >     of the course by what means?   
      
   Horse; Auto   
      
   >   
   > 2. What did America runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos do at   
   >     the medal ceremony in the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City that   
   >     got them banned from the Olympics for life?   
      
   Raise fists wearing black glove   
      
   >   
   > 3. Why was American athlete Jim Thorpe stripped of his gold   
   >     medals in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 summer games   
   >     in Stockholm?   
      
   Played professional baseball   
      
   >   
   > 4. At the 1956 summer games in Melbourne the men's semifinal water   
   >     polo game became so acrimonious and violent that the police were   
   >     called, and it was later known as the "Blood in the Water" Match.   
   >     Which *two* teams were playing?   
      
   USSR and Czechoslovakia   
      
   >   
   > 5. Tunisia was disqualified from the fencing portion of the   
   >     pentathlon at the 1960 summer games in Rome due to cheating.   
   >     What were they doing to cheat?   
   >   
   > 6. At the 1984 summer games in Los Angeles, the coach of the Puerto   
   >     Rican team pulled the women's 4 × 100-meter relay team out of   
   >     the final when he became aware of what?   
   >   
   > 7. In April 2010 Chinese gymnast Dong Fangxiao ["fung-ZHOW"]   
   >     was stripped of the bronze medal she won at the 2000 summer   
   >     games in Sydney.  What was the reason?   
      
   Doping   
      
   >   
   > 8. At the 2008 summer games in Beijing, Cuban taekwondo competitor   
   >     Ángel Matos was banned from any international taekwondo events   
   >     going forward.  What did he do to be banned?   
   >   
   > 9. During the 2016 summer games in Rio, what did US swimmers Ryan   
   >     Lochte ["LOCK-tee"], Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger   
   >     do which earned them various punishments and suspensions?   
   >   
   > 10. Most recently, at the 2024 games in Paris, representatives   
   >     of the organizations Safe Space Club and Right to Equality   
   >     criticized the Dutch Volleyball Association and Dutch Olympic   
   >     organizers' decision to allow Steven van de Velde to represent   
   >     the Netherlands.  Why?   
      
   He is a transgender male   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)