From: tool@panix.com
Mark Brader wrote:
> * Game 9 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. The US government shutdown ended this week, after several
> Democratic and independent senators voted for a Republican-backed
> spending package? How many Democrats and independents voted
> for the package?
8
> 5. This short-term rental and boutique hotel company that had a
> licensing deal with Marriott abruptly shut down its operations
> on Monday, stranding its guests worldwide. Name the company.
Vrbo
> 6. Citing rising costs, the US Mint stopped making *what* last week?
pennies
> * Game 10 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
> 1. The Grey Cup was played on Sunday. Who beat the Montreal
> Alouettes by a score of 25-17? (Place name or team name.)
Ottawa
> 3. Which Caribbean island, home to 185,000 people, became the
> smallest nation (according to FIFA's terminology) to ever
> qualify for a World Cup?
Curacao
> 5. US president Donald Trump said Monday he will sell certain
> military technology to Saudi Arabia despite some concerns
> within the Administration that China would gain access to
> the technology. What does Trump intend to sell?
F-35s
> 9. Which public figure stepped back from multiple roles, including
> the board of OpenAI and his teaching duties at Harvard, after
> a tranche of documents released by Congress showed him seeking
> relationship advice from Jeffrey Epstein?
Lessig
> 10. While cleaning out their late mother's California loft last
> Christmas, three brothers found an original first-edition
> copy of a June 1939 comic book, which later sold for a record
> $9,120,000 US. Who is the title superhero?
Superman
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