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|    Dan Tilque to Mark Brader    |
|    Re: QFTCIUA26 Current Events 1-2    |
|    21 Jan 26 01:24:32    |
      From: dtilque@frontier.com              On 1/20/26 04:52, 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              >       > 2. Last week's game between the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets was       > a nothing affair in the standings, but an emotional, sold-out       > crowd at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park celebrated a historic       > occasion. What was it?       >       > 3. A federal by-election is expected to be called soon in Toronto's       > University-Rosedale riding. Why?       >       > 4. Name the Pennsylvania newspaper, which dates back to 1786,       > whose owners announced it will cease publication on May 3.              Pittsburgh Post-Gazette              >       > 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.              whole milk              >       > 6. The US seized yet another Venezuelan oil tanker last week,       > the Bella 1. This seizure, though, took place rather far       > from Venezuela. Where was it seized?              Atlantic Ocean              >       > 7. Most residents of 11 Thorncliffe Park Dr. were allowed back to       > their apartments last week, 40 days after they were forced out       > by a fire that lasted for 3 weeks. What was unusual about the       > fire that allowed it to go on so long?       >       > 8. After 45 years on the corner of Dundas and George Sts.,       > this famed, ahem, "Gentlemen's Club" announced it will be       > closing at the end of the month to make way for, yes, a condo.       > Name that peeler bar.       >       > 9. Prime Minister Carney will be in China next week to talk tariffs.       > Canada currently imposes 100% tariffs on Chinese electric cars.       > In retaliation, China imposes a 100% tariff on what Canadian       > agricultural product?              canola              >       > 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.       >       >       > * Game 2 (2026-01-19), Round 1 -- Current Events       >       > 1. Edward Rogers, chair of Rogers Communications, was announced to       > be part-owner of the Toronto Polar Bears. Slated to begin play       > in 2027, they're Canada's only pro team in a sport invented in       > Mexico in the '60s. Name the racquet sport that is played on       > a court slightly larger than pickleball.       >       > 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              >       > 3. Which Canadian actor was arrested and booked into jail in Los       > Angeles last week for assaulting a ride-share driver?       >       > 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?       >       > 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?       >       > 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?       >       > 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              >       > 9. The stars of this Crave TV series about a pair of gay hockey       > players have appeared all over US media, including the "Tonight       > Show" and last week's Golden Globes. Name that currently hot       > Canadian series.       >       > 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.       >              --       Dan Tilque              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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