From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > Sorry I was slow to post these.  I intend to post the current-events   
   > questions from the season's Final, soon after the results from this   
   > set appear.   
   >   
   > 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 9 (2025-03-24), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. The Trump administration continued to deport alleged gang   
   >     members to El Salvador and Honduras, despite a court order   
   >     to stop.  Name the 1798 act that Trump invoked to start the   
   >     deportations.   
      
   Foreign Aliens Act   
      
   >   
   > 2. The first game of the Major League Baseball regular season   
   >     was played on March 18, featuring the Dodgers and the Cubs.   
   >     Which *city outside of North America* was it played in?   
      
   Tokyo   
      
   >   
   > 3. Kristy Coventry of Zimbabwe became the first woman and the first   
   >     African to be elected president of what international   
   >     organization?   
      
   International Olympic Committee   
      
   >   
   > 4. For the 8th year in a row, which European country was named   
   >     the happiest country in the world according to CNN?   
      
   Denmark   
      
   >   
   > 5. In Iqaluit, Mark Carney announced that Canada will develop a   
   >     new military radar system in the Arctic in partnership with   
   >     *what other country*?   
      
   UK; France   
      
   >   
   > 6. Which national leader did Mark Carney invite as a guest to the   
   >     forthcoming G7 meeting in June?   
      
   Putin   
      
   >   
   > 7. He won the gold metal for boxing in the heavyweight category at   
   >     the 1968 Summer Olympics, and later he became the world   
   >     heavyweight champion.  He died last week at age 76.  Who was he?   
      
   George Foreman   
      
   >   
   > 8. Which sports franchise was bought for a North American record of   
   >     $6,100,000,000 US by an investor group headed by William   
   >     Chisholm?   
      
   Boston Celtics   
      
   >   
   > 9. Last week, US president Trump issued an executive order to   
   >     close which federal department?   
      
   Education   
      
   >   
   > 10. A power failure at a major European airport last Friday resulted   
   >     in over 1,300 flights being diverted.  Name the airport.   
      
   Heathrow; Gatwick   
      
   >   
   > After completing the round, please decode the rot13: Ba gur ynfg   
   > dhrfgvba, gur anzr bs gur pvgl vf abg fhssvpvrag.  Vs lbh whfg   
   > tnir gung, tb onpx naq npghnyyl anzr gur nvecbeg.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 10 (2025-03-31), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. The Blue jays started their regular season on Thursday with a   
   >     12-2 loss to *which team*?  (Place name or team name.).   
      
   Brewers; Red Sox   
      
   >   
   > 2. Veteran coach John Tortorella was fired from which NHL team,   
   >     after a 6-game losing streak?  (Place name or team name.)   
      
   Philadelphia   
      
   >   
   > 3. What is the first major Canadian bank to sign on to the federal   
   >     government's code of conduct regarding generative AI?   
   >   
   > 4. Which genetics company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy?   
      
   23andMe   
      
   >   
   > 5. According to the Globe and Mail, CSIS has discovered that foreign   
   >     agents helped raise money to boost Poilievre in the Conservative   
   >     leadership race 3 years ago.  Agents for which country?   
   >   
   > 6. What is the name of the former Housing Minister who changed   
   >     his mind and decided to seek reelection?   
   >   
   > 7. Mark Carney announced he will run for election in which   
   >     Ottawa-area riding?   
   >   
   > 8. A journalist revealed that he was accidentally included in a   
   >     Signal app chat in which top Trump-administration officials   
   >     discussed pending strikes against the Houthi terrorist group   
   >     in Yemen.  Name the journalist or the magazine he is associated   
   >     with.   
      
   Goldberg   
      
   >   
   > 9. Ontario judge John Callaghan granted an injunction to keep 10   
   >     supervised drug-consumption sites open while he considers a   
   >     Charter challenge of a new provincial law to ban them from   
   >     operating within 200 m of schools or day-care centers. For how   
   >     long will the injunction be effective?   
   >   
   > 10. Toronto city council voted themselves a 24% pay hike.   
   >     Within $10,000, what is the new base annual salary for   
   >     councillors?   
      
   $70,000; $90,000   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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