From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/12/2025 5:07 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 7 (2025-11-03), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. This week it was reported that Amazon will cut thousands of   
   >     corporate jobs as the online retail giant ramps up spending on   
   >     technology that would help to reduce its corporate workforce in   
   >     the next few years.  What technology does it intend to ramp up?   
      
   AI   
   > 2. Melissa, the most powerful hurricane of 2025, unleashed heavy   
   >     rain, powerful winds, and surf across the Caribbean.  On Tuesday,   
   >     October 28, it made landfall as a Category 5 storm -- on which   
   >     island nation?   
      
   Jamaica; Dominican Republic   
      
   > 4. This respected British actress best known for her role as Sybil   
   >     Fawlty, the unflappable foil to John Cleese as her hotheaded   
   >     husband Basil on the sitcom "Fawlty Towers", died on Monday at   
   >     her home in London at age of 93.  Who was she?   
      
   Prunella Scales   
   > 5. The Bank of Canada lowered its key interest rate on Wednesday,   
   >     marking its first cut since March, as the central bank moves to   
   >     stimulate a weakened economy.  What is the interest rate now,   
   >     within 1 percentage point?   
      
   5%   
      
   > 7. It was announced this past week that the King is removing all of   
   >     Prince Andrew's remaining honors, including the title of Prince.   
   >     How is the man formerly known as prince now to be referred to?   
   >     Be exact.   
      
   Andrew Mountbatten Windsor   
   > 8. Which company just became the first to surpass $5,000,000,000,000   
   >     US in market value?   
      
   Apple; Nvidia   
   > * Game 8 (2025-11-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. Which former Republican vice-president passed away last week   
   >     at the age of 84?   
      
   Dick Cheney   
      
   > 3. On Tuesday, which soccer legend was knighted by King Charles   
   >     III for his services to sports and charity.   
      
   David Beckham   
      
   > 9. On Tuesday Nawat Itsaragrisil, a Thai businessman and an   
   >     executive with the Miss Universe Organization, was seen on   
   >     livestream on Tuesday scolding Fátima Bosch, the contestant   
   >     from which country?   
      
   Mexico   
      
   --Joshua Kreitzer   
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