| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Sep 26 06:09AM Now begins the Current Events game from the Usual Suspects' season (indicated by QFTCI and the year but without a team abbreviation). 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 1 (2023-09-18), Round 1 - Current Events 1. The federal government has ordered Rogers to provide BCE and Telus access to its TTC wireless network by what date? 2. Which legendary rock band was forced to postpone the Toronto stop on their farewell tour because of the vocal cord problems of their 75-year-old front man? 3. In which city did the federal Liberals hold their recent caucus retreat? 4. Which Canadian MP testified before a US Congressional committee last week on the topic of foreign interference in the political process? 5. Last week Apple unveiled the iPhone 15, but around the same time, which country ordered the company to stop distributing the iPhone 12 because of alleged high radiation emissions? 6. Name the acclaimed 1984 concert *film* that, after a 4K restoration, was shown at the recent Toronto International Film Festival, also bringing together the band for a rare and perhaps uncomfortable reunion. 7. Last week a Canadian bank effectively gave up its attempt to put itself up for sale with the end of a strategic review. Which bank? 8. The Toronto Blue Jays' run for a playoff spot was dealt a severe blow last week by a 4-game sweep at the Rogers Centre at the hands of which opponent? 9. Name the hurricane, by then downgraded to a post-tropical storm, that hit the Atlantic provinces on the weekend. 10. Which Canadian newspaper chain is headed into bankruptcy protection, leading to 70 weekly papers becoming digital-only? * Game 2 (2023-09-25), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Who is the *subject* of the film that won the *People's Choice documentary award* at TIFF this year? 2. Who was removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame board of directors for comments that appeared to disparage black and female musicians? 3. Mike Babcock resigned as coach of his latest (and perhaps last) NHL team, before a single game was played this season. Which team? (City or team name.) 4. The former CEO of which Canadian corporation is returning to the job following the resignations of the most recent CEO and the president, and turmoil in the board of directors? 5. The Superior Court of Ontario dismissed a Charter challenge last week to the laws governing what activity? 6. Name the Sikh activist whose murder in June in Surrey, BC, has been attributed to agents of the government of India. 7. Which media mogul announced his retirement last week, turning over his businesses to his son Lachlan? 8. The Ontario provincial cabinet lost two more ministers last week, one in the fallout from the Greenbelt scandal, the other for personal reasons. Name either ex-minister. 9. The US Marine Corps temporarily lost track of what large piece of equipment last week? 10. Why did the TTC invite people to a celebration on Saturday afternoon? -- Mark Brader "Relax -- I know the procedures backwards." Toronto "Yeah, well, that's a quick way to get killed." msb@vex.net -- Chris Boucher, STAR COPS My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| swp <stephen.w.perry@gmail.com>: Sep 25 05:05PM -0700 On Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 2:51:46 AM UTC-4, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art1.jpg > Described as the "zero point of painting", "Black Square" > is the iconic 1915 masterwork by which Suprematist artist? malevich > 2. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art2.jpg > This work by Georges Seurat is the inspiration for *which 1984 > musical* by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine? sunday in the park > 3. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art3.jpg > This display by Andy Warhol depicts 32 Campbell's soup cans. > Why did Warhol choose that number? there were that many varieties produced by campbell's soup when he made it [he drank soup every day for 20 years, so there's that too] > 4. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art4.jpg > An artistic movement drew its name from this 1872 Claude > Monet work. What is the full name of this painting? impression sunrise > 5. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art5.jpg > This 1928 painting by René Magritte is one of the earliest > significant works of surrealism. What is its title? the treachery of images [does that say 'this is not a pipe' in french?] > Eadweard Muybridge advanced the technology of high-speed > photography, allegedly in order to settle a bet made by Leland > Stanford on what question? do all 4 legs of a horse come off the ground when running? > ("Un bar aux Folies Bergère"), is notable for being Manet's > last major work, but also for portraying *which corporate logo*, > still in use today? bass ale [the red triangle] > 8. Please see: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/msb/F-7/art8.jpg > In 2016, Maurizio Cattelan's controversial sculpture "Him" > sold at auction for £12,000,000. Who does it depict? adolf hitler kneeling > The Barnet Newman work shown on the end wall caused a furor > in 1989 when the National Gallery of Canada purchased it for > $1,800,000. What is its title? voice of fire ['who's afraid of red, yellow and blue' is better] > The same shade is used throughout *which 1993 Derek Jarman film* > to evoke the vision changes Jarman experienced as a result > of AIDS? blue > 1. Linus Pauling, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1962, is > the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes. > In which field did he win his other Nobel? chemistry > 2. What is the name of the 2014 recipient, the youngest to be > awarded the Peace Prize at 17 years of age? malala yousafzai > 3. Which international organization has received the most Nobel > Peace Prizes -- three of them, for its humanitarian work? red cross > 4. In 1948, no prize was awarded because "there was no suitable > living candidate." Note the word "living". This was a tribute > to which then recently-deceased world political leader? franklin d roosevelt > 5. In the Nobel Prize centenary year 2001, the Prize was awarded > jointly to the UN and its Secretary General, Kofi Annan. > In which country or future country was Annan born? ghana > 6. The 1978 Prize was awarded to which two leaders "for jointly > having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel"? Name *both*. anwar sadat and menachem begin > work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and > for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa."? > Again, name *both*. nelson mandela and f w de klerk > 8. In which city is the Peace Prize presented? oslo > 9. Who is the most recent American winner of the Peace Prize, > in 2009? obama [for not being george bush] > Nobel Peace Prize winner was the second Secretary-General of > the United Nations, who died in an aircraft crash in 1961. > What was his name? dag hammarskjold [I will go out on a limb here and guess that Erland spells this one correctly] > Mark Brader, Toronto | And perhaps another sigquote for Mark, who > m...@vex.net | seems to be running low... --Steve Summit > My text in this article is in the public domain. swp |
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Sep 25 10:49PM +0200 > Even if it's not the correct name, I found enough Google hits on the > phrase to accept it. But, when I looked to see who to credit, I found > that nobody gave that answer anyway. So the scores stand. Sorry, I should have been more clear that it was not meant as a protest, only a trivial supplement to the original answer. |
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