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   Message 32,659 of 32,813   
   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   
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