From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 5 (2025-02-20), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. Ontario Premier Ford's government is launching a $75,000,000   
   >    advertising campaign in the US featuring this late American   
   >    president's dire warning about the impact of tariffs on the   
   >    American economy.  Who which president?   
      
   Ronald Reagan   
      
   > 4. Which automaker is abandoning plans to reopen a factory in Canada   
   >    and is shifting production to the US, in a move that reflects   
   >    the fallout from President Trump's tariff policy?   
      
   Ford   
      
   > 5. Javier Milei met with Trump at the White House to discuss   
   >    a further support package to prop up his nation's currency.   
   >    What nation?   
      
   Argentina   
      
   > 6. The original lead guitarist of the band Kiss, who often performed   
   >    in white-and-silver face makeup and sold millions of records   
   >    during his two tenures with the band, died on Thursday in   
   >    Morristown, NJ.  Who was he?   
      
   Ace Freely   
      
   > 7. This former national security adviser to President Trump, who   
   >    became one of his most outspoken critics, pleaded not guilty   
   >    on Friday to charges he had mishandled classified information   
   >    while a top White House aide.  Who is he?   
      
   Bolton   
      
   > 8. The military of *which island country* seized power this week   
   >    after its parliament voted to impeach the president?   
      
   Madagascar   
      
      
   > * Game 6 (2025-10-27), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. A rare Western Arctic kayak, and other cultural objects sent   
   >    from Canada a century ago, are finally going home after a   
   >    long repatriation campaign by indigenous groups and the federal   
   >    government.  Once they arrive back in Canada, they will be stored   
   >    by the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, where they can   
   >    be catalogued and examined before being returned to indigenous   
   >    communities.  Where have these objects been for the past century?   
      
   London   
      
   > 3. On October 19, thieves disguised as workers stole objects from   
   >    the Galerie d'Apollon of the Louvre in Paris, France, in a   
   >    daring daytime heist that occurred just after the museum opened.   
   >    What did the thieves steal?  Be sufficiently specific.   
      
   Crown Jewels of Napoleon III   
      
   > 4. The results of a Canadian municipal election saw a former city   
   >    councillor Jeromy Farkas narrowly beat Communities First leader   
   >    Sonya Sharp by less than 1 percentage point to win the mayoral   
   >    election.  What city has this new mayor?   
      
   Churchill   
      
   > 5. This week demolition of part of the White House began to make   
   >    way for Donald Trump's shiny new ballroom.  Which part of the   
   >    building is being demolished?   
      
   East Wing   
      
   On the lighter page in my daily, a reader called it "Ballroom Blitz".   
   Sweet, isn't it?   
      
   > 9. Microsoft announced on Friday that it would release an updated   
   >    version of its premier gaming franchise next year for its 25th   
   >    anniversary.  In a surprise move, the game is also coming to   
   >    the Sony PlayStation, Microsoft's direct competitor, for the   
   >    first time.  What game franchise is it?   
      
   Minecraft   
      
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