From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > And we're into the new season, so here's a set of current-events   
   > rounds.   
   >   
   > These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates   
   > indicated, and should be interpreted accordingly.  If any answers   
   > have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give   
   > the answers that were correct on that date.   
   >   
   > On each question you may give up to two answers, but if you give   
   > both a right answer and a wrong answer, there would be a small   
   > penalty if the questions were being scored.  Please post all your   
   > answers in a single followup to the newsgroup, based only on your   
   > own knowledge.  (In your answer posting, quote the questions and   
   > place your answer below each one.)  I will reveal the correct   
   > answers in about 3 days.   
   >   
   > All questions were written by members of Unnatural Axxxe, and are   
   > used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may have   
   > been retyped and/or edited by me.  The posting and tabulation of   
   > current-events questions is independent of the concurrent posting   
   > of other rounds.  For further information please see my 2024-08-30   
   > companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition   
   > (QFTCI*)".   
   >   
   >   
   > * 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?   
      
   Last home game in the stadium   
      
   >   
   > 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 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.   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
   >   
   > 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.   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   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?   
   >   
   > 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?   
      
   Yelling "pedophile protector" at Trump at a Ford plant   
      
   >   
   > 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 Nobel Peace Prize   
      
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Paramount; Warner Brothers   
      
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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