From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * 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   
      
   >  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?   
      
   They can learn on their own to use tools.   
      
   >  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?   
      
   AI   
      
   >  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   
      
   > 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   
      
   > * 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?   
      
   It was the last hostage to be returned to Israel.   
      
   > 4. Statistics Canada last week released a high-growth prediction   
   >    for Canada's population in 2075.  Within 6,000,000, what is it?   
      
   62 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.   
      
   Thiel   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Oh Well   
      
   (OK, that song was probably not ever released as a single, at least   
   in its full length, but if there is one Fleetwood Mac song to be   
   remembered it's "Oh Well".)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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