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 5 (2026-02-09), Round 1 -- Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. The actor who played Lamont Sanford -- the "Son" in the '70s   
   >     sitcom "Sanford and Son" -- died at age 79 last week.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 2. Following an exodus of scheduled performers in protest of his   
   >     administration, what did President Trump announce last week as   
   >     regards the, uh, Kennedy Center?   
      
   It will close for a few years for "repairs"   
      
   >   
   > 3. Who became the first artist to take the top Grammy Award, Album   
   >     of the Year, with an entirely Spanish-language album last week?   
      
   Bad Bunny   
      
   >   
   > 4. Who won Canada's first medal at the Milano-Cortina Winter   
   >     Olympics on Saturday?   
   >   
   > 5. Last Tuesday, a video tribute to the late Catherine O'Hara played   
   >     on the Jumbotron at New York's Madison Square Garden... during   
   >     what event?   
   >   
   > 6. As of our deadline, the mother of the host of NBC's "Today Show"   
   >     was still missing, and thought to be alive by Arizona police   
   >     after multiple ransom notes.  Name the broadcaster.   
      
   Savannah Guthrie   
      
   >   
   > 7. Last week, this low-cost retailer became the 12th company with   
   >     a valuation of more than $1,000,000,000,000.  Name it.   
   >   
   > 8. This long-time CNN anchor was due in court today in St. Paul,   
   >     Minnesota, on charges of threatening people trying to exercise   
   >     their religion in a place of worship.  Name him.   
      
   Don Lemon   
      
   >   
   > 9. As the saying goes, it's always noon somewhere.  During the   
   >     current Winter Olympics, i.e. until February 22, what time are   
   >     pubs in Toronto allowed to start serving alcohol?   
      
   6am; 5am   
      
   >   
   > 10. Sports fans with long memories mourned the death of the   
   >     legendary Sonny Jurgensen at age 91.  Name *his sport and the   
   >     position he played*.   
      
   Quarterback in American Football   
      
   >   
   >   
   > * Game 6 (2026-02-23), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Japan resoundingly reelected its first woman prime minister.   
   >     Name her.   
   >   
   > 2. New Wave / punk bassist Fred Smith died at age 77.  Name either   
   >     of the two bands he was in that got their start at New York's   
   >     legendary CBGB club.   
   >   
   > 3. The actor who played the title role in the '90s teen series   
   >     "Dawson's Creek" died of cancer at age 48.  Name him.   
   >   
   > 4. Ukrainian sledder Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified in   
   >     the skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics.  Why?   
      
   Wearing a helmet with pictures of dead Ukrainian soldiers   
      
   >   
   > 5. Some details are still sketchy, but it appears an anti-drone   
   >     laser deployed by US Customs and Border Patrol officials was   
   >     responsible for the closure of a Texas airport on February 10.   
   >     Name the city that became a no-fly zone for a day.   
      
   El Paso   
      
   >   
   > 6. An ankle bone discovered near Cordoba, Spain, lends credence   
   >     to tales of the "tanks of antiquity" used in both Punic Wars.   
   >     What sort of bone was found?   
      
   Elephant   
      
   >   
   > 7. According to medical authorities in five countries, the late   
   >     Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny did not die of natural   
   >     causes while in prison.  Instead, they found traces of a poison   
   >     in his blood originating from an exotic animal.  What animal?   
      
   Poisonous frog   
      
   >   
   > 8. Which sitcom was scheduled to air its 800th episode yesterday?   
      
   The Simpsons   
      
   >   
   > 9. Calling the situation Orwellian, a federal judge ordered the   
   >     Trump administration to restore displays of slavery at the site   
   >     of a house of two Founding Fathers in Philadelphia.  They had   
   >     been removed, ostensibly "in alignment with shared national   
   >     values."  Name *either* former Founding Father who resided there.   
      
   George Washington   
      
   >   
   > 10. Andrew, the royal formerly known as "Prince", was arrested for   
   >     alleged security breaches in his relationship with Jeffrey   
   >     Epstein.  It's been almost 500 years since a high-ranking royal   
   >     was arrested, and it didn't go well for him.  Name that royal.   
   >   
      
   Pete Gayde   
      
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