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   Message 32,764 of 32,813   
   Joshua Kreitzer to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIUA26 Current Events 1-2   
   20 Jan 26 20:09:50   
   
   From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 1/20/2026 6:52 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 1 (2025-01-12), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Eva Schloss died at age 96 at a care home in London this week.   
   >     The Auschwitz survivor had a better-known step-sister.   
   >     Who was that?   
      
   Anne Frank   
      
   > 5. US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. raised eyebrows sky-high   
   >     last week when he released a new food nutrition "pyramid"   
   >     that had apparently been flipped.  Name *either* of the two   
   >     most controversial categories of food that are now at the top   
   >     of the pyramid.   
      
   meat; dairy   
      
   > 10. A copy of the world's most valuable comic book, 1939's "Action   
   >     Comics" #1 featuring Superman, sold last week for $15,000,000 US.   
   >     The copy was once owned by, stolen from, and then returned to   
   >     a Hollywood actor.  Name that actor and Superman fan.   
      
   Nicolas Cage   
      
   > * Game 2 (2026-01-19), Round 1 -- Current Events   
   >   
   > 2. Shades of Elvis... this K-Pop band took a 3-year hiatus starting   
   >     in 2022 so its members could complete mandatory service in the   
   >     South Korean military.  Their two shows in Toronto in August   
   >     will be their only Canadian appearance.  Name that band.   
      
   BTS   
      
   > 4. Also on the police blotter, actor Timothy Busfield turned himself   
   >     in to Albuquerque police after being accused of inappropriately   
   >     touching two boys on the set of a drama series.  For which   
   >     '80s series is Busfield best known?   
      
   "thirtysomething"   
      
   > 5. NFL team owner Stan Kroenke was revealed last week to be the   
   >     largest private land owner in the US.  Following a purchase   
   >     of 937,000 acres in December, his total domain now stands at   
   >     2,700,000 acres -- more than 3 times the size of Rhode Island.   
   >     Which team does he own?   
      
   Tennessee Titans; Cleveland Browns   
      
   > 6. His chronicles of a corporate cubicle dweller were widely   
   >     distributed until racist comments on his podcast led newspapers   
   >     to drop him.  Name the "Dilbert" cartoonist who died last week   
   >     at age 68 of prostate cancer.   
      
   Scott Adams   
      
   > 7. Dearborn, Michigan, autoworker T.J. Sabula was reportedly   
   >     suspended from his job last week.  Why?   
      
   calling Donald Trump a "pedophile protector" when Trump visited the factory   
      
   > 8. Jockeying for her rightfully elected position, Venezuelan   
   >     opposition leader Maria Corina Machado visited President Trump   
   >     and one-upped FIFA in her gift-giving.  What did she give him?   
      
   Nobel Peace Prize medal   
      
   > 10. After 13 years steering a multi-billion-dollar sci-fi franchise,   
   >     Kathleen Kennedy stepped down last week as president of this   
   >     Hollywood studio.  Name it.   
      
   Lucasfilm   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
   gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
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