From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * 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   
      
   > 3. Authorities declared a reelection victory for President Paul   
   >    Biya, allowing him to continue, at 92, as the world's oldest   
   >    head of state.  What country is he president of?   
      
   Cameroon   
      
      
   > 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?   
      
   2.5%   
      
   > 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 Windsor Mountbatten   
      
   > 8. Which company just became the first to surpass $5,000,000,000,000   
   >    US in market value?   
      
   Nvidia   
      
   > 10. Sudan's military retreated from *which key city* in the Darfur   
   >    region, leaving paramilitary fighters in control?   
      
   Al-Fasher   
      
   > * 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   
      
   > 5. After an episode captured on video last week that raised   
   >    questions about security, Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum,   
   >    announced on Wednesday that she had reported the incident to   
   >    the police as a crime.  What happened?   
      
   She was sexually assaulted by a drunkard   
      
   > 6. The Grammy Award nominations were announced on Friday.   
   >    Which artist received the most nominations?   
      
   Taylor Swift   
      
   > 7. On Thursday Canada's food-safety agency says professional   
   >    marksmen killed hundreds of this animal at a B.C. farm overnight   
   >    after the failure of farmers to secure a last-minute legal   
   >    reprieve from the bird-flu cull.  What type of animal?   
      
   Turkey   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Panama   
      
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