From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > (Reposting to start a new thread.  Please respond in either thread,   
   > but preferably this one.)   
   >   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the date   
   > 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 Cellar Rats, 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 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 Valley   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Lewis   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Queen Camilla; Keir Starmer   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Turkey   
      
   >   
   > 10. Which world leader, on his 75th birthday last week, received   
   >     congratulations from Donald Trump for his role in "ending"   
   >     the Russia-Ukraine war?   
      
   Xi Jinping   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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