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   Dan Blum to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCICR25 Current Events Games 7-8   
   13 Nov 25 13:15:27   
   
   From: tool@panix.com   
      
   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   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Tanzania   
      
   > 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   
      
   > 8. Which company just became the first to surpass $5,000,000,000,000   
   >    US in market value?   
      
   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?   
      
   Cheney   
      
   > 3. On Tuesday, which soccer legend was knighted by King Charles   
   >    III for his services to sports and charity.   
      
   Beckham   
      
      
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