From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 9/25/25 23:22, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 1 (2025-09-15), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. At the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards held on September 7, who   
   >     won the award for Artist of the Year?   
   >   
   > 2. This past week, a Toronto-based support organization announced   
   >     it was going to close its doors next March after serving the   
   >     community for 42 years.  Which organization is it?   
   >   
   > 3. Tod Phillips was a fugitive who had been on the run for 3 years   
   >     with his three young sons, hiding in the wild, living off the   
   >     land and off the money he made in burglaries and bank robberies.   
   >     In what country did police shoot and kill Tod Phillips last week?   
   >   
   > 4. At which university was conservative activist and podcaster   
   >     Charlie Kirk shot and killed last week?   
      
   Utah State   
      
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   > 5. For the first time ever, Canada's national men's soccer team   
   >     has beaten three European opponents back-to-back-to-back:   
   >     Ukraine, Romania, and which team last Tuesday?   
   >   
   > 6. Who won the Italian Grand Prix Formula 1 race held at the Monza   
   >     racetrack this past week?   
   >   
   > 7. Last week, the giant British mining company Anglo-American   
   >     announced that it had offered to merge with one of Canada's   
   >     biggest mining companies, based in Vancouver.  Name that company.   
      
   Cominco   
      
   (I once interviewed with Cominco America (their US subsidiary) but that   
   was many years ago. Quite possibly they've changed their name or merged   
   or something in the years since.)   
      
   >   
   > 8. Name the mining company that announced last week the sale of   
   >     their last Canadian gold mine, the Hemlo Mine on the north   
   >     shore of Lake Superior, which once was Canada's biggest producer   
   >     of gold.   
      
   Echo Bay Mines   
      
   (One of the Ebay founders originally wanted to call the company Echo   
   Bay, but the url echobay.com was already taken by this mining company.   
   It's the only reason I know of it, so this is a total guess. Name may   
   also be different today (see note above about Cominco).)   
      
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   > 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?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 2 (2025-09-22), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. One Sunday, September 14, the Toronto Internaional Film Festival   
   >     announced the winner of the People's Choice Award, which is   
   >     voted on by members of the public who attend the festival.   
   >     The winning movie was directed by Chloé Zhao, a past People's   
   >     Choice and Oscar winner.  What's its title?   
   >   
   > 2. The Prime Time Emmy Awards were also on September 14.  Which HBO   
   >     Max show won the award for best drama series?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 5. King Charles set on Donald Trump's left at the head of the   
   >     table for the state banquet last week at Windsor Castle.   
   >     Who sat on his right?   
      
   Prince Harry   
      
   >   
   > 6. The government of Alberta announced on Monday that driver's   
   >     licenses and identification cards will feature additional   
   >     personal information.  This change is that first of its kind   
   >     in Canada and will roll out in late 2026.  What new information   
   >     will be shown?   
   >   
   > 7. On September 16, 23-year-old Canadian Ethan Katzberg broke a   
   >     championship record to win a gold medal at the World Athletics   
   >     Championship in Tokyo.  He had previously won the gold for the   
   >     same event in 2023.  What even?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Estonia   
      
   >   
   > 10. Which world leader, on his 75th birthday last week, received   
   >     congratulations from Donald Trump for his role in "ending"   
   >     the Russia-Ukraine war?   
      
      
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