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|    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              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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