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   Message 32,592 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCICR25 Current Events Games 1-2   
   26 Sep 25 08:13:56   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 9/26/2025 1:22 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1 (2025-09-15), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 4. At which university was conservative activist and podcaster   
   >     Charlie Kirk shot and killed last week?   
      
   Utah Valley University   
      
   > 9. Which former president of his country was sentenced last week   
   >     to over 27 years in prison for plotting a coup?   
      
   Bolsonaro (?)   
      
   > 10. What is the name of the British Lord who was fired as the   
   >     UK's ambassador to the United States because of his links to   
   >     Jeffrey Epstein?   
      
   Lord Mandelson (?)   
   > * Game 2 (2025-09-22), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 3. This actor, Oscar-winning director, environmental activist,   
   >     and co-founder of the Sundance Film Festival and Institute   
   >     passed away last week at his home in Utah aged 89.  Name him.   
      
   Robert Redford   
      
   > 4. On Tuesday, September 16, the funeral of Katherine, Duchess   
   >     of Kent was held at Westminster Cathedral in London.  What was   
   >     historically notable about this funeral as against those of   
   >     other senior British royals in modern history?   
      
   it was a Catholic funeral   
      
   > 8. After an alleged FCC threat regarding comments made on "Jimmy   
   >     Kimmel Live" about the man who shot Charlie Kirk, ABC announced   
   >     on Wednesday that it was pulling the show "indefinitely".   
   >     Who is the head of the FCC?   
      
   Carr   
   > 9. Following reports of Russian drones flying in Poland's   
   >     airspace two weeks ago, which other NATO member country requested   
   >     a consultation last Friday after Russian MiG-31 fighters violated   
   >     its airspace?   
      
   Lithuania; Latvia   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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