These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2023-09-25,
and should be interpreted accordingly.

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*)".

I wrote both of these rounds.

* Game 2, Round 2 - History - Common Cause

For the first 9 questions, name these famous people.

1. This American actress who lived 1926-2021 was a Miss Chicago
winner. She played the same character first on the "Mary Tyler
Moore" show, then on a spinoff; later she won an Oscar for
"The Last Picture Show". She was over 80 when she competed on
"Dancing with the Stars".

2. This American actress who lived 1938-2020 was a Miss Nevada
winner and is best remembered for her 3 years appearing on
"Gilligan's Island", although she did win an International
Independent Film Award for the 2017 TV-movie "Life Interrupted".

3. When George Lucas was filming the original movie "Star Wars",
the actor playing Darth Vader was concerned that his costume
would muffle his voice too much, but Lucas assured him the
lines would be re-recorded in post-production. And they were
-- by James Earl Jones. Name the British actor, who lived
1935-2020, who appears onscreen in costume but whose Devon
accent is never heard.

4. This American lived 1934-2020. His pitching career, starting
with the Memphis Red Sox in the Negro American League, never
took off, but his second career was lucrative enough to buy
part-ownership of the Texas Rangers. In the 1970s he won his
first Grammy, in the category "Best Sacred Performance (Musical),
for "Did You Think to Pray?", and his first AMA award, in the
category Favorite Country Album, for "A Sunshiny Day".

5. Another American pitcher lived 1944-2020, and spent 20 years
in the major leagues. He is one of the few to have accumulated
300 wins, 3,000 strikeouts, and a career ERA. less than 3. In a
1970 game as a New York Met he struck out 10 consecutive batters,
and in a 1978 game for Cincinnati he pitched a no-hitter.

6. This German-born American entertainer lived 1939-2021. He and
his partner were famous for their dual act on stage with big
cats until he was attacked by one of them and gravely injured.
The two men named their act after their first names. Either name
the act or give the last name of the man we're asking about.

7. This British comedy writer-actor lived 1940-2020. He was perhaps
best known as a member of "The Goodies", but also appeared on
the TV shows "At Last the 1948 Show", "How to Irritate People",
and "You Must Be the Husband", as well as the radio shows "I'm
Sorry, I'll Read That Again" and "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue".

8. This American man lived 1937-2021. Between 1958 and 1989 he
rose through the ranks of the army to become a full general.
Ronald Reagan made him National Security Advisor, and George
W. Bush made him Secretary of State.

9. This American banker who became a politician lived 1945-2020.
He supported the Tea Party movement and advocated a flat 9%
rate on various taxes. He was a candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination for 2012. In 2020 his last political
act was to attend a Donald Trump rally in Tulsa.

10. After you're done with the rest, decode the rot13 to see the
last question. Nyy gurfr crbcyr jr nfxrq nobhg unq n pnhfr
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* Game 2, Round 3 - Miscellaneous - Future Events

Round 1 tonight was about current events, and Round 2 was about
past events. For Round 3, then, we have future events. Okay,
we must acknowledge that what with possible strikes, wars, riots,
financial or governmental failures, hurricanes, pandemics, or other
natural or man-made interference, it's possible some of them won't
happen exactly as we specify; but please answer based on the best
information we now know.

1. What will happen on Friday, July 26, 2024, at 20:24, which is
to say 8:24 pm, in Paris?

2. What will happen on Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Osaka, Japan?

3. What will happen on Sunday, December 10, 2023, in Oslo probably
at about 1 pm, and in Stockholm probably at about 4 pm?

4. What will happen throughout Canada on Monday, October 20, 2025?

5. What will happen on Monday, January 20, 2025, at noon in
Washington DC?

6. What will happen on Sunday, November 19, 2023, starting at 6 pm,
in Hamilton?

7. What will happen on Sunday, March 10, 2024, probably starting
at 5 pm, in Los Angeles?

8. What will happen on Monday, April 8, 2024, entering Canada
about 3:15 pm near Point Pelee and leaving about 5:15 pm local
time near St. John's?

9. What will happen on Monday, November 27, starting at 7:30 pm,
in Toronto?

10. What will happen on at various times on Thursday, March 28,
2024, in or near Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas,
Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City,
Oakland, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Diego, Seattle, and Tampa?

--
Mark Brader "One might as well complain about the Sun
Toronto rising in the daytime instead of at night,
msb@vex.net when we need it more." -- John Lawler

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