From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 10/30/25 02:48, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   >   
   > * Game 5 (2025-02-20), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. On Monday the NFL suspended this Detroit Lions player without   
   >     pay for one game for unsportsmanlike conduct after he struck   
   >     Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and set   
   >     off a brief fight on Sunday night.  Who is he?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Reagan   
      
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   > 3. The Progressive Conservatives won the Newfoundland & Labrador   
   >     provincial election on Tuesday.  Name the Progressive   
   >     Conservative party leader and new premier.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Maldives   
      
   >   
   > 9. A former Japanese prime minister, elected in 1994 at 70, who   
   >     delivered the country's most forthright and enduring apology   
   >     for atrocities inflicted by Japanese troops in World War II,   
   >     died on Friday, at the age of 101 in Oita, Kyushu province.   
   >     Who was he?   
   >   
   > 10. Last Monday, the 2025 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences   
   >     was awarded to three economists for their work on theories of   
   >     sustained growth.  Name the Canadian economist, born in Guelph   
   >     and educated at McGill and the University of Western Ontario,   
   >     who shared this year's Nobel Prize in Economics.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6 (2025-10-27), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. It was announced on Sunday that Sam Rivers, the bass player   
   >     and founding member of one of nu-metal's best-selling acts of   
   >     the late 1990s, died last week at the age of 48.  The band is   
   >     often remembered for its notorious appearance at Woodstock 1999.   
   >     What band did Rivers play with?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   British Museum   
      
   >   
   > 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 from the Napoleanic era   
      
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   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 6. The head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and a player for   
   >     the Miami Heat were arrested Thursday, along with 30 other people   
   >     involved in criminal scams involving rigging sports bets and   
   >     poker games that also includes allegations of Mafia involvement.   
   >     Name *either* the Portland coach or the Miami player.   
      
   Billups   
      
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   > 7. Last week the Canadian Paediatric Society advised physicians   
   >     to discourage teenagers from participating in a certain   
   >     type of lifestyle choice and to instead take an approach that   
   >     focuses on how adolescents exercise, eat, sleep, and socialize.   
   >     What lifestyle does the society wish to restrict?   
      
   social media   
      
   >   
   > 8. An outage at which tech giant brought down swaths of the Internet   
   >     on Monday?   
      
   Amazon Web Services   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 10. The much anticipated and much wished-for World Series with the   
   >     Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers is underway.  Who had   
   >     the honor of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the   
   >     first game on Friday at the Rogers Centre?   
      
   Carney   
      
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