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   Message 32,766 of 32,813   
   Erland Sommarskog to Mark Brader   
   Re: QFTCIUA26 Current Events 1-2   
   20 Jan 26 22:09:24   
   
   From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 1 (2025-01-12), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Red meat   
      
   > 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?   
      
   On the Atlantic Ocean   
      
   > * Game 2 (2026-01-19), Round 1 -- Current Events   
   > 7. Dearborn, Michigan, autoworker T.J. Sabula was reportedly   
   >    suspended from his job last week.  Why?   
      
   Said nastty words to Donald Trump (who responded with a stiff finger)   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Her peace-prize medal   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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