From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   Mark Brader wrote:   
   > 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 3 (2026-01-26), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   >   1. Well, I guess that one-child policy worked.  It was revealed   
   >      last week that China's birthrate has plunged to its lowest   
   >      level in a very long time.  Name the last decade when it   
   >      was lower.   
      
   1960s; 1970s   
      
   >   
   >   2. An Austrian cow named Veronika and a broom were the   
   >      focus of a study at Vienna's University of Veterinary   
   >      Medicine.  The study is the first scientifically documented   
   >      account of what behavior in cows?   
      
   Cleaning   
      
   >   
   >   3. The financial services firm Jefferies last week announced   
   >      that the 4 largest U.S. air carriers could soon together   
   >      save as much as $580 million in fuel usage per year -- a   
   >      fringe benefit that can be attributed to passengers' use of   
   >      what?   
      
   Lighter luggage   
      
   >   
   >   4. A sewage pipeline break in Maryland on Monday has been   
   >      dumping 60,000,000 gallons of waste-water a day into this   
   >      river which connects Maryland and Washington DC.  Name the   
   >      river.   
      
   Potomac   
      
   >   
   > 5. Finish this one-liner from Prime Minister Carney's widely   
   >     applauded speech in Davos last week.  "If you're not at the   
   >     table..."   
   >   
   > 6. Brooklyn-born entrepreneur David Rosen died last week at age 95.   
   >     A photo-booth business he'd started in Japan morphed over the   
   >     years into a worldwide videogame giant.  What company was it?   
      
   Nintendo   
      
   >   
   > 7. Dallas Pokornik of Toronto, a former flight attendant, was   
   >     arrested in Hawaii, and faces up to 20 years in prison for fraud.   
   >     What had he been allegedly doing for the last 4 years?   
   >   
   > 8. New York City's legal department launched a lawsuit last week   
   >     over "Behind the Badge", a reality-TV series being shot about   
   >     policing in the city.  The producer is a TV personality who's   
   >     not really a doctor.  Name the defendant.  Surname, please.   
   >   
   > 9. Name the former Olympic snowboarder from Thunder Bay who was   
   >     arrested in Mexico last week for running an international   
   >     drug ring.   
      
   Pilgrim   
      
   >   
   > 10. This colorful author died of apparent suicide in 2005, but his   
   >     widow convinced Colorado authorities to reopen the case   
   >     last year.  On Friday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation   
   >     concluded the death was indeed a suicide.  Name that author.   
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 4 (2026-02-02), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Free-climber Alex Honnold -- who once climbed the CN Tower --   
   >     scaled a 101-storey building last week, in which city?   
      
   Taipei   
      
   >   
   > 2. What was significant about the recovery of Master Sergeant Ran   
   >     Gvili's body in Gaza last week?   
      
   He was the last remaining hostage from the October 7 massacre   
      
   >   
   > 3. Last week, federal Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson   
   >     conditionally approved the export to the US of the last whales   
   >     being held in captivity in Canada.  What kind of whales are they?   
      
   Minke; Orca   
      
   >   
   > 4. Statistics Canada last week released a high-growth prediction   
   >     for Canada's population in 2075.  Within 6,000,000, what is it?   
      
   40,000,000; 52,000,000   
      
   >   
   > 5. Air Miles members will need new cards this summer, as BMO,   
   >     which bought the loyalty program for $160,000,000 in 2023,   
   >     revamps it and changes its name -- to what?   
   >   
   > 6. The Melania Trump documentary reportedly left many theaters in   
   >     its London debut with zero tickets sold.  It opened nationwide   
   >     on the weekend to scalding reviews.  Name the billionaire woh   
   >     paid the freight for this vanity project.   
      
   Bezos   
      
   >   
   > 7. After decrying killings by ICE,, the Somali-born Democratic   
   >     representative for the 5th District of Minnesota was attacked   
   >     at the podium by a man spraying a foul-smelling liquid at her.   
   >     Hame her.   
      
   Ilhan Omar   
      
   >   
   > 8. Already on the launch pad, Artemis 2 has until February 8 to   
   >     meet its first potential launch window to the Moon.  Meanwhile,   
   >     in Toronto, February 8 is being touted as the launch date for   
   >     another long-awaited transportation milestone.  What is that?   
   >   
   > 9. Fleetwood Mar's 1975 song "Landslide" passed the 1,000,000,000   
   >     streams mark on Spotify, joining "The Chain", "Everywhere",   
   >     and "Go Your Own Way".  Only one of their singles has hit   
   >     2,000,000,000, though.  Name that one.   
      
   You Make Loving Fun   
      
   >   
   > 10. Waterfront Toronto released a report last week on the   
   >     feasibility of a new public transit service.  What does it   
   >     involve?   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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