From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates   
   > indicated, and should be interpreted accordingly.  If any answers   
   > have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give   
   > the answers that were correct on that date.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there would be a small   
   > penalty if the questions were being scored.  Please post all your   
   > answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your   
   > own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote the questions and   
   > place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal the correct   
   > answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of the Cellar Rats, and are   
   > used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 6. Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage broke a 76-year-old record in   
   >     Wednesday's Game 5 of the World Series when he stuck out 12   
   >     Dodgers.  Why was this a record?  (He set other records during   
   >     the series, but we want this one.)   
      
   This was his first postseason.   
      
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   NVIDIA   
      
   >   
   > 9. It was announced last week that this Canadian transportation   
   >     company is slashing its capital spending and laying off managers   
   >     as the tariff war crimps freight shipments between Canada and   
   >     the United States.  Which company is it?   
   >   
   > 10. Sudan's military retreated from *which key city* in the Darfur   
   >     region, leaving paramilitary fighters in control?   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 8 (2025-11-10), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. This past week which company decided to purchase Kenvue, the   
   >     company behind Tylenol and other consumer brands?   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   David Beckham   
      
   >   
   > 4. Which Nova Scotia MP resigned on Tuesday from the Conservative   
   >     caucus and joined the governing Liberals, in a move that's a   
   >     blow to his party and a boon for the minority government as it   
   >     works to pass its first budget.   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 6. The Grammy Award nominations were announced on Friday.   
   >     Which artist received the most nominations?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Chickens   
      
   >   
   > 8. On Tuesday the federal government announced it will shrink the   
   >     size of the public service over 5+years, a component of a budget   
   >     plan to find nearly $60,000,000,000 billion in internal savings.   
   >     Within 5,000, how many public service jobs will go?   
   >   
   > 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   
      
   >   
   > 10. A jewel from the Hapsburg dynasty was thought to be lost for   
   >     over a century, but its heirs have admitted it was in a bank   
   >     vault in Canada.  What it known as?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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