From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/3/2026 5:30 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * 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.   
      
   1930s; 1940s   
      
   >   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?   
      
   tool use   
      
   >   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?   
      
   weight loss drugs; GLP-1   
      
   >   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 River   
      
   > 5. Finish this one-liner from Prime Minister Carney's widely   
   >     applauded speech in Davos last week.  "If you're not at the   
   >     table..."   
      
   you're on the menu   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Sega   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Thompson   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   last Israeli victim of October 7, 2003 to be returned   
      
   > 4. Statistics Canada last week released a high-growth prediction   
   >     for Canada's population in 2075.  Within 6,000,000, what is it?   
      
   45 million   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Jeff 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.   
      
   Omar   
      
   > 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.   
      
   "Dreams"   
      
   > 10. Waterfront Toronto released a report last week on the   
   >     feasibility of a new public transit service.  What does it   
   >     involve?   
      
   ferry   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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