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|    Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCICR25 Current Events Games 5-6    |
|    31 Oct 25 19:39:36    |
      From: gromit82@hotmail.com              On 10/30/2025 4:48 AM, Mark Brader wrote:              > * 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?              Reagan              > 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 Frehley              > 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 (?)              > * 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?              Limp Bizkit       > 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.              Napoleonic crown jewels              > 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 (?)       > 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              --       Joshua Kreitzer       gromit82@hotmail.com              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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