From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 3 (2025-09-29), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. On Sunday, September 21, Canada officially recognized a   
   >    Palestinian state -- along with three other countries.  Name one   
   >    of the other three countries that also recognized a Palestine   
   >    on that specific day?   
      
   France   
      
      
   > 3. The 2025 Ballon d'Or's 69th annual ceremony, presented by France   
   >    Football, recognized the best footballers in the world in the   
   >    2024-25 season.  Who won the Ballon d'Or as the best male player?   
      
   Démbelé   
      
   > 5. On Tuesday, September 23, Jimmy Kimmel show returned to the   
   >    air, with a tearful monologue and thanking Trump for the   
   >    situation which increased the show's Nielsen TV ratings.  How big   
   >    were those ratings?  Name the Either give the TV audience within   
   >    1,000,000 or say how many number of times the usual audience   
   >    to the nearest whole number.   
      
   Six million watched it.   
      
   > 10. The finals for the Women's Rugby World Cup were held on   
   >    Saturday, September 27.  Which country won?   
      
   New Zealand   
      
   > * Game 4 (2025-10-06), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. This Grammy-winning artist will bring his Latin trap and   
   >    reggaeton swagger to the NFL's biggest stage nexy year,   
   >    headlining the Apple Music Super Bowl half-time show in Northern   
   >    California.  Conservative groups are already criticizing the   
   >    decision,  Who is he?   
      
   Bunny Boy?   
      
   (Never heard of him before, but the name briefly passed by when I   
   skimmed the news this morning.)   
      
   > 2. President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hagseth summoned more   
   >    than 800 of the country's top brass to a military base in   
   >    Virginia on Tuesday to voice a familiar litany of culture-war   
   >    talking points and criticize a military that they complained   
   >    had become distracted by political correctness and that they   
   >    were too fat.  During this tirade, President Trump revealed   
   >    he had told Hegseth that American cities should be used for --   
   >    what purpose?   
      
   Fight against evil leftist Democrats   
      
   > 5. One of the world's most revered conservationists, who enjoyed   
   >    global celebrity and scientific stature for her studies on   
   >    chimpanzee behavior, passed away at age 91 on Wednesday in Los   
   >    Angeles, where she was on a speaking tour.  Who was she?   
      
   Jane Goodard   
      
   > 6. President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a proposal   
   >    last week to end the war in Gaza.  Which other politician helped   
   >    develop the plan?   
      
   Witkoff   
      
   > 7. Sean (Diddy) Combs was sentenced Friday in a federal criminal   
   >    case that exposed the hip-hop mogul's use of paid sex workers   
   >    for drug-fueled, sometimes violent sex parties he called   
   >    "freak-offs".  How long is his sentence, within 1 year?   
      
   15   
      
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