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* QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4Mark Brader
+- QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4Joshua Kreitzer
+- QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4Dan Tilque
+- QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4Erland Sommarskog
+- QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4swp
+- QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4Dan Blum
`- QFTCI23 Current Events Games 3-4 answersMark Brader

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 by: Mark Brader - Tue, 17 Oct 2023 06:32 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?

--
Mark Brader | No programming language is Perfect. Perl comes very close.
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Toronto | -- Brian Ingerson

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 by: Joshua Kreitzer - Tue, 17 Oct 2023 06:37 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 1:32:12 AM UTC-5, Mark Brader wrote:

> * Game 3 (2023-10-02), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 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?

Taylor Swift

> 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?

Artsakh

> 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.

Brooks Robinson
> 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?

Michael Gambon
> 10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
> last week at the age of 90?

Dianne Feinstein

> * Game 4 (2023-10-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 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?

99

> 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?

Iran
> 6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the
> White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving
> canine.

Commander

> 9. Which 1990s-2000s sitcom returned to TV in rebooted form
> last week?

"Frasier"

> 10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
> a greater voice in government defeated?

Australia

--
Joshua Kreitzer
gromit82@hotmail.com

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 by: Dan Tilque - Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:36 UTC

On 10/16/23 23:32, Mark Brader wrote:
>
>
> * 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?

Taylor Swift

>
> 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?

Nakhchivan

>
> 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.

Cal Ripkin

>
> 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?

358

>
> 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?

Diane Feinstein

>
>
> * 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?

$14.75

>
> 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?

99

>
> 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?

Iran

>
> 6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the
> White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving
> canine.

Champion

>
> 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?
>

Australia

--
Dan Tilque

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Mark Brader (msb@vex.net) writes:

> * Game 3 (2023-10-02), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 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?

Artsakh (to use the Armenian name)
> 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?

272
> 10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
> last week at the age of 90?

Diane Fernstein

> * Game 4 (2023-10-16), Round 1 - Current Events
>
> 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?

99
> 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?

Iran
> 10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
> a greater voice in government defeated?

Colombia

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 by: swp - Wed, 18 Oct 2023 00:50 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 2:32:12 AM UTC-4, 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 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?

hunka?

> 2. Who is the former fashion mogul whose trial on sexual assault
> charges started in Toronto last week?

nygard

> 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?

taylor swift

> 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?

nagorno karabak?

> 5. NHL center Mikael Backlund was just re-signed and named as
> captain by which team? (Place name or team name.)

calgary?

> 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.

brooks robinson

> 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?

366

> 8. The Saskatchewan government says it will use the notwithstanding
> clause to override a judge's injunction against what
> controversial policy?

something to do with kids choosing their gender pronouns

> 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?

mike gambon

> 10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
> last week at the age of 90?

diane feinstein (d-hell)

>
> * 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?

16.50 ?

> 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?

99

> 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?

johnson ; africa

> 4. What segment of its daily broadcasts did CBC Radio just drop
> after carrying it for more than 80 years?

the long dash

> 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?

iran

> 6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the
> White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving
> canine.

commander

> 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.

6 to 5

> 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?

publicly drinking alcoholic beverages in parks

> 9. Which 1990s-2000s sitcom returned to TV in rebooted form
> last week?

frasier

> 10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
> a greater voice in government defeated?

australia?

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swp, who guessed at far too many of these

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Mark Brader <msb@vex.net> wrote:

> * Game 3 (2023-10-02), Round 1 - Current Events

> 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?

Nagorno-Karabakh

> 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?

Gambon

> 10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
> last week at the age of 90?

Feinstein

> * Game 4 (2023-10-16), Round 1 - Current Events

> 10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
> a greater voice in government defeated?

Australia

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Mark Brader:
> 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... 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?

Yaroslav Hunka. 4 for Stephen.

> 2. Who is the former fashion mogul whose trial on sexual assault
> charges started in Toronto last week?

Peter Nygard. 4 for Stephen.

> 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?

Taylor Swift. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, and Stephen.

> 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?

Nagorno-Karabakh (full name required), aka Artsakh. 4 for Joshua,
Erland, Stephen, and Dan Blum.

> 5. NHL center Mikael Backlund was just re-signed and named as
> captain by which team? (Place name or team name.)

Calgary Flames. 4 for Stephen.

> 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.

Brooks Robinson. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

> 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?

371 (accepting 352-390). 4 for Dan Tilque and Stephen.

> 8. The Saskatchewan government says it will use the notwithstanding
> clause to override a judge's injunction against what
> controversial policy?

Parental approval required for students' name/pronoun/gender changes.
4 for Stephen.

> 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?

Sir Michael Gambon. 4 for Joshua, Stephen, and Dan Blum.

> 10. Which US senator, who had been ailing in recent years, died
> last week at the age of 90?

Dianne Feinstein. 4 for everyone -- Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland,
Stephen, and Dan Blum.

Sorry, folks, David McCallum didn't make the cut.

> * 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?

$16.55 (accepting $16.30-16.80) per hour. 4 for Stephen.

> 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?

99. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen.

> 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?

Greg Fergus.

> 4. What segment of its daily broadcasts did CBC Radio just drop
> after carrying it for more than 80 years?

Official time signal. 4 for Stephen.

> 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?

Iran. 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque, Erland, and Stephen.

> 6. A member of the Biden administration was just kicked out of the
> White House. The offense: biting people. Name the misbehaving
> canine.

Commander. 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

> 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.

6-5, Auston Matthews. 4 for Stephen.

> 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?

Making it legal to drink alcohol in parks. 4 for Stephen.

> 9. Which 1990s-2000s sitcom returned to TV in rebooted form
> last week?

"Frasier". 4 for Joshua and Stephen.

> 10. In which country was a referendum on giving indigenous people
> a greater voice in government defeated?

Australia. (About 60% of people voted No.) 4 for Joshua, Dan Tilque,
Stephen, and Dan Blum.

Scores, if there are no errors:

GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 TOTALS
Stephen Perry 32 24 40 36 132
Joshua Kreitzer 4 12 20 20 56
Dan Blum 8 8 12 4 32
Erland Sommarskog 8 8 8 8 32
Dan Tilque 0 4 12 12 28
Pete Gayde 0 15 -- -- 15

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msb@vex.net -- Henry Spencer

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