From: esquel@sommarskog.se   
      
   Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:   
   > * Game 5 (2026-02-09), Round 1 -- Current Events   
   >   
   > 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 would be closed for renovations.   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Frida Karlsson   
      
   Oh, you asked about Canada?   
      
   > 7. Last week, this low-cost retailer became the 12th company with   
   >    a valuation of more than $1,000,000,000,000.  Name it.   
      
   Costco   
      
   > 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?   
      
   Ten in the mortning   
      
   > * Game 6 (2026-02-23), Round 1 - Current Events   
   >   
   > 1. Japan resoundingly reelected its first woman prime minister.   
   >    Name her.   
      
   Takaichi   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Kiss   
      
   > 4. Ukrainian sledder Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified in   
   >    the skeleton competition at the Winter Olympics.  Why?   
      
   His helmet had images of deceased 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.   
      
   San Antonio   
      
   > 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 bone   
      
   > 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?   
      
   A sort of toad   
      
   > 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.   
      
   John Adams   
      
   > 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.   
      
   The first name that comes to mind is Charles I, but that was not even   
   400 years ago.   
      
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