In May I wrote:
Here we go with current events from another season.
As the entire rest of the season has now passed while I was largely
off-net, I have not been about to post current-events rounds while
they were reasonably currenct. Instead I have selected 1/5 of the
questions in those rounds for people to answer for fun if they like.
QFTCI Current Events will resume when the new season begins sometime
next month.
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 Smith & Guessin', 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 (2024-05-27), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Name Iran's president who died in a helicopter crash, along
with the country's foreign minister and others.
2. Convicted serial killer Robert Pickton was seriously injured
by another inmate this past week. Pickton is serving time for
6 murders in BC, though he's suspected of far more killings.
In which province is the prison where Pickton was being held?
* Game 4 (2024-06-03), Round 1 - Current Events
1. On Tuesday at Queen's Park, what did New Democrat MPP Sol
Mamakwa do that had not been previously allowed in the
provincial legislature?
2. Why does Major League Baseball now recognize Josh Gibson,
instead of Ty Cobb, as having the highest career batting average?
* Game 5 (2024-06-10), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Claudia Sheinbaum was elected the first woman and first Jewish
president of which country?
2. Which American brothers musical act will be the headliners at
this November's Grey Cup halftime show in Vancouver?
* Game 6 (2024-06-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Animal-rights activists plastered the face of which animated
character on a portrait of King Charles at a London gallery?
2. Why was 16-time winner Joey Chestnut barred from this year's
July 4 Nathan's hot-dog-eating contest?
* Game 7 (2024-06-22), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Which Harry Potter actor won his first Tony Award for his
featured role in the musical "Merrily We Roll Along"?
2. Which company, whose value has risen more than 9-fold since
the end of 2022, passed Microsoft this past week to become the
world's most valuable public company?
* Game 8 (2024-07-08), Round 1 - Current Events
1. HBC, which owns the Hudson's Bay Co. and Saks, is buying which
luxury department store chain for $2,650,000,000 US?
2. Which veteran rock band announced they have postponed their
remaining North American tour dates, including one in Toronto,
because their lead singer has undergone cancer surgery?
* Game 9 (2024-07-15), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Which '90s hip-hop group fulfilled a 1996 "Simpsons" episode
prediction by performing this past week with the London Symphony
Orchestra?
2. Who won the Wimbledon women's singles title?
* Game 10 (2024-07-22), Round 1 - Current Events
1. In which city was the US Republican National Convention held?
2. What is the name of the cybersecurity company whose botched
software update caused global IT outages on Friday?
* Final (2024-07-29), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Who resigned as director of the US Secret Service?
2. Loblaw and parent company George Weston agreed to pay how much
to settle a lawsuit about bread price-fixing?
3. What did Toronto city council vote to rename a route through
the downtown core for the month of November?
--
Mark Brader "We can get ideas even from a clever man." ...
Toronto "Yes, I think you can. Even ideas you should
[email protected] have had yourselves." -- John Dickson Carr
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