From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/7/25 00:52, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 3 (2025-09-29), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > It was certainly an interesting week, with historic speeches at the   
   > UN and a talk-show host becoming an unlikely hero of free speech.   
   > Also, there was lots of sports news.  Here are questions about   
   > events from Sunday, September 21 to Saturday, September 27.   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 2. This hockey Hall of Famer, considered one of the great goalies   
   >     of all time who anchored the net for the Philadelphia Fulyers'   
   >     only two Stanley Cup championships in the 1970s during their   
   >     Broad Street Bullies heyday, died last week at the age of 80.   
   >     Name him.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 4. Major League Baseball announced that it would implement what   
   >     rule change starting next year?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 6. On Tuesday, September 23, US President Donald Trump gave a   
   >     controversial speech at the United Nations.  Among many other   
   >     topics, Trump described a particular issue as being "the   
   >     greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world".  What issue   
   >     was he referring to?   
      
   climate change   
      
   >   
   > 7. This Italian actress who starred in many movies in the 1960s   
   >     and 1970s passed away at the age of 87.  She was best known for   
   >     starring in Federico Fellini's 1963 movie "8½" and in Werner   
   >     Herzog's 1982 movie "Fitzcarraldo".  Who was she?   
   >   
   > 8. The union representing Canada Post workers says its members   
   >     will immediately go on strike after the government announced a   
   >     broad overhaul of the postal service's operations in a bid to   
   >     stem financial losses, including prioritizing essential mail,   
   >     or closing some rural post offices.  However the most major   
   >     change will be an end to this service.  What service do they   
   >     plan on ending?   
      
   Saturday delivery   
      
   >   
   > 9. This would-be assassin died this past Wednesday at the age   
   >     of 95 at a nursing home in Franklin, Tennessee.  On 1975-09-22   
   >     she fired two errant shots at President Gerald R. Ford outside   
   >     the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, with a vague notion of   
   >     igniting a leftist revolution in America.  Who was she?   
   >   
   > 10. The finals for the Women's Rugby World Cup were held on   
   >     Saturday, September 27.  Which country won?   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   Bad Bunny   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   training military units   
      
   >   
   > 3. This past week it was announced that Canadian softwood producers   
   >     were to be hit with a new tariff on their lumber shipments into   
   >     the US, raising the total levies to more than 45%.  How much   
   >     was it before?   
   >   
   > 4. This major corporation announced that it will slash 20% of its   
   >     work force by 2027 and had plans to sell its sprawling   
   >     head-office complex in Calgary as part of a major corporate   
   >     restructuring.  Which corporation?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Goodall   
      
   >   
   > 6. President Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu announced a proposal   
   >     last week to end the war in Gaza.  Which other politician helped   
   >     develop the plan?   
      
   Netanyahu   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   7 years   
      
   >   
   > 8. It was announced on Friday that the Bishop of London has been   
   >     appointed as the new Archbishop of Canterbury -- the first time   
   >     a woman has been chosen as the spiritual leaders of the Church   
   >     of England.  What is her name?   
   >   
   > 9. Japan's ruling conservative party has elected which politician   
   >     as its new leader, positioning the 64-year-old to be Japan's   
   >     first female prime minister.  What is her name?   
   >   
   > 10. On Friday it was announced that this much-loved British actress,   
   >     best known as Hyacinth Bucket in the classic sitcom "Keeping   
   >     Up Appearances" although played many stage, movie, and other   
   >     TV roles, had died at the age of 96.  Who was she?   
   >   
      
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