From: dtilque@frontier.com   
      
   On 12/3/25 22:59, Mark Brader wrote:   
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   > * Final (2025-12-01), Round 1 - Current Events   
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   > 1. This Montreal figure skater captured her first international gold   
   >     medal this past Sunday, at the ISU Challenger Series PGE   
   >     Warsaw Cup.  Who is she?   
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   > 2. On Monday at a Premier League match against Manchester United,   
   >     veteran midfielder Idrissa Gueye was sent off the field with   
   >     a red card for slapping his own teammate.  What team does he   
   >     play for?   
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   > 3. This Canadian curling champion and veteran broadcaster passed   
   >     away last week at the age of 65, following a battle of with   
   >     cancer.  Who was she?   
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   > 4. This past week it was announced that the Trump administration   
   >     will raise prices and add new fees next year for international   
   >     tourists visiting these attractions.  What are they?   
      
   national parks   
      
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   > 5. Pope Leo XIV began his first international trip this past   
   >     Thursday, a 6-day tour of two countries.  Name *either one*.   
      
   Lebanon   
      
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   > 6. This charismatic reggae pioneer and actor, whose hits included   
   >     "Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get it If You Really Want",   
   >     and "Vietnam", and who starred in the landmark movie "The Harder   
   >     They Come", died at the age of 81.  Who is he?   
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   > 7. Apple TV pulled this series days before it was scheduled to   
   >     debut, following an accusation that its director plagiarized key   
   >     elements of the show's plot from a little-known novel published   
   >     in 1973.  Name the show.   
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   > 8. Bruna Caroline Ferreira, originally from Brazil, who has family   
   >     ties to a member of the White House staff, is being detained at   
   >     an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana   
   >     after being picked up at her son's school in Boston.  Who is   
   >     the White House staffer who she has ties to.   
      
   Leavitt   
      
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   > 9. Campbell's said that it no longer employs an executive who   
   >     was caught on tape and accused in a lawsuit of making offensive   
   >     comments and disparaging the company's food products.  What is   
   >     the executive's name?   
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   > 10. The Pentagon says it is investigating this Democratic senator   
   >     over possible breaches of military law after he, a former Navy   
   >     pilot, joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that   
   >     called for troops to defy "illegal orders". Name him.   
      
   Kelly   
      
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   > 11. This two-time major championship winner, whose legacy was   
   >     tainted by a racially insensitive comment about Tiger Woods,   
   >     has died at 74.  Who is he?   
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   > 12. One of Canada's most decorated female Olympians has been   
   >     banned from competitive swimming for 2 years after repeatedly   
   >     failing to make herself available for anti-doping spot-checks   
   >     or to provide up-to-date information on her whereabouts that   
   >     would enable authorities to conduct such tests.  Who is she?   
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   > 13. The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures   
   >     expanding its secularism rules across public institutions,   
   >     including a ban on *what kind of space* in universities and   
   >     CEGEPs.   
   >   
   > 14. This career environmentalist resigned from the Liberal cabinet   
   >     Thursday afternoon, citing the Carney government's new energy   
   >     accord with Alberta and its overall track record on climate.   
   >     Who is he?   
   >   
   > 15. This author has explored themes of racism and isolation through   
   >     decades of storytelling and scholarship, but now he has withdrawn   
   >     a coming novel from publication after revelations that the he   
   >     is not part Cherokee as was once claimed.  Who is he?   
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