Mark Brader
2023-10-17 06:32:01 UTC
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 is a small penalty.
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 the Usual Suspects 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 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 3 (2023-10-02), Round 1 - Current Events
First, an announcement: since there will be no game next week
because of Thanksgiving, the current-events window for Game 4 will
be two weeks. That is, we may ask about events from yesterday,
October 1, to the Saturday before the game, October 14.
1. Who is the 98-year-old former Ukrainian soldier whose recognition
in Parliament during the visit of Volodymyr Zelenskyy became
problematic when it came out that he had served with a Waffen SS
unit during World War II?
2. Who is the former fashion mogul whose trial on sexual assault
charges started in Toronto last week?
3. The tea leaves are being read, and the tea has it that Kansas
City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce ["KEL-see"] is in some kind
of relationship with which celebrity, who attended one of his
games recently in the company of his mother?
4. Ethnic Armenians are fleeing which enclave in such numbers that
the statelet's government says its existence, albeit unofficial,
is soon to be at an end?
5. NHL center Mikael Backlund was just re-signed and named as
captain by which team? (Place name or team name.)
6. He was an MVP and multiple Golden Glove award-winning third
baseman with the Baltimore Orioles from the 1950s to the 1970s,
and he died recently at age 86. Name him.
7. US astronaut Frank Rubio returned to earth last week after
an unplanned record-setting stay in space for an American.
How many days was he up there, within 5% of the true answer in
either direction?
8. The Saskatchewan government says it will use the notwithstanding
clause to override a judge's injunction against what
controversial policy?
9. Who is the British actor, who appeared in six Harry Potter
movies as well as more grown-up fare such as "The Cook, The
Thief, His Wife and Her Lover", the TV series "The Singing
Detective", and many stage roles, who died recently at age 82?
10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
last week at the age of 90?
* Game 4 (2023-10-16), Round 1 - Current Events
One day about 22 years ago, a current-events round began with
"There is nothing trivial about terrorism". That's still true, and
unfortunately still relevant. So we won't be asking any questions
about the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza. Even though our
questions sometimes reference sad events, this is one that we
didn't feel like "trivializing". In the meantime, please keep a
thought for those who have suffered and are suffering.
1. On October 1 several provinces including Ontario raised their
minimum wage. What is the new minimum wage in this province,
within 25¢ in either direction?
2. Also on October 1, and several months after entering a form
of hospice or palliative care, former US president Jimmy Carter
celebrated a birthday. How old is he?
3. Who is the new Speaker of the House of Commons, elected after
Anthony Rota's resignation in the wake of the <Game 3, answer 1>
scandal?
4. What segment of its daily broadcasts did CBC Radio just drop
after carrying it for more than 80 years?
5. Narges Mohammadi ["NAR-gus mo-HAM-a-dee"] was awarded the 2023
Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts against the oppression of
women in which country?
6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the
White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving
canine.
7. In the Toronto Maple Leafs' home opener, they beat Montreal in
a shootout victory. *Either* give the final score *or* say
which Leafs player netted a hat trick in the game.
8. The City of Toronto just conducted a two-month pilot project
-- apparently successfully, given that only two complaints
were recorded and council decided to extend it to next March.
What was the subject of the project?
9. Which 1990s-2000s sitcom returned to TV in rebooted form
last week?
10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
a greater voice in government defeated?
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 is a small penalty.
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 the Usual Suspects 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 2023-05-24
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Game 3 (2023-10-02), Round 1 - Current Events
First, an announcement: since there will be no game next week
because of Thanksgiving, the current-events window for Game 4 will
be two weeks. That is, we may ask about events from yesterday,
October 1, to the Saturday before the game, October 14.
1. Who is the 98-year-old former Ukrainian soldier whose recognition
in Parliament during the visit of Volodymyr Zelenskyy became
problematic when it came out that he had served with a Waffen SS
unit during World War II?
2. Who is the former fashion mogul whose trial on sexual assault
charges started in Toronto last week?
3. The tea leaves are being read, and the tea has it that Kansas
City Chiefs tight-end Travis Kelce ["KEL-see"] is in some kind
of relationship with which celebrity, who attended one of his
games recently in the company of his mother?
4. Ethnic Armenians are fleeing which enclave in such numbers that
the statelet's government says its existence, albeit unofficial,
is soon to be at an end?
5. NHL center Mikael Backlund was just re-signed and named as
captain by which team? (Place name or team name.)
6. He was an MVP and multiple Golden Glove award-winning third
baseman with the Baltimore Orioles from the 1950s to the 1970s,
and he died recently at age 86. Name him.
7. US astronaut Frank Rubio returned to earth last week after
an unplanned record-setting stay in space for an American.
How many days was he up there, within 5% of the true answer in
either direction?
8. The Saskatchewan government says it will use the notwithstanding
clause to override a judge's injunction against what
controversial policy?
9. Who is the British actor, who appeared in six Harry Potter
movies as well as more grown-up fare such as "The Cook, The
Thief, His Wife and Her Lover", the TV series "The Singing
Detective", and many stage roles, who died recently at age 82?
10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
last week at the age of 90?
* Game 4 (2023-10-16), Round 1 - Current Events
One day about 22 years ago, a current-events round began with
"There is nothing trivial about terrorism". That's still true, and
unfortunately still relevant. So we won't be asking any questions
about the ongoing situation in Israel and Gaza. Even though our
questions sometimes reference sad events, this is one that we
didn't feel like "trivializing". In the meantime, please keep a
thought for those who have suffered and are suffering.
1. On October 1 several provinces including Ontario raised their
minimum wage. What is the new minimum wage in this province,
within 25¢ in either direction?
2. Also on October 1, and several months after entering a form
of hospice or palliative care, former US president Jimmy Carter
celebrated a birthday. How old is he?
3. Who is the new Speaker of the House of Commons, elected after
Anthony Rota's resignation in the wake of the <Game 3, answer 1>
scandal?
4. What segment of its daily broadcasts did CBC Radio just drop
after carrying it for more than 80 years?
5. Narges Mohammadi ["NAR-gus mo-HAM-a-dee"] was awarded the 2023
Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts against the oppression of
women in which country?
6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the
White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving
canine.
7. In the Toronto Maple Leafs' home opener, they beat Montreal in
a shootout victory. *Either* give the final score *or* say
which Leafs player netted a hat trick in the game.
8. The City of Toronto just conducted a two-month pilot project
-- apparently successfully, given that only two complaints
were recorded and council decided to extend it to next March.
What was the subject of the project?
9. Which 1990s-2000s sitcom returned to TV in rebooted form
last week?
10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
a greater voice in government defeated?
--
Mark Brader | No programming language is Perfect. Perl comes very close.
***@vex.net | P! e! r! *l?* :-( Not quite "Perfect".
Toronto | -- Brian Ingerson
My text in this article is in the public domain.
Mark Brader | No programming language is Perfect. Perl comes very close.
***@vex.net | P! e! r! *l?* :-( Not quite "Perfect".
Toronto | -- Brian Ingerson
My text in this article is in the public domain.