- QFTCIRS Current Events 9-10 - 2 Updates
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| msb@vex.net (Mark Brader): Nov 25 11:16PM -0600 These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on the dates indicated below, 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 Red Smarties 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 see my 2019-10-16 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)". * Game 9 (2019-11-18), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Last week, Bolivian president Evo Morales resigned, fled the country, and was granted asylum -- by what country? 2. The Bolivian Senate deputy leader claimed the interim presidency and was recognized as the acting president by a number of countries, including Canada. What is her name? 3. Friday afternoon, TDSB fired this teacher and demanded she return her pay, after investigating allegations that while on sick leave she was not only teaching in Montreal, but also campaigning for the federal election. What is her name? 4. GO Train service on the Lakeshore West line was suspended from 5:30 to about 8 pm on Friday night. Why? 5. This island capital celebrated its 500th birthday on Saturday, marked with fireworks and music; and in a nod to tradition, many waited in line to touch, kiss, or walk around a giant silk floss tree. What city? 6. Thursday, the International Criminal Court agreed to allow prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed by *which country* against its Rohingya Muslim minority? 7. *Which Toronto landmark* was found defaced on Tuesday with a spray-painted line from the poem "In Flanders Fields"? 8. This icon was fired Monday after he went on a rant about "you people" not wearing poppies. Name him. 9. This former NFL quarterback held an open practice on Saturday, to demonstrate to scouts to see that he hasn't lost his edge in the 3 years since (he claimed) he was blackballed for taking a knee during the national anthem. Name him. 10. Which team beat the McMaster Mauraders In U Sport Mitchell Cup play on Saturday, to head back to the Vanier Cup next weekend? (University or team name will do.) * Game 10 (2019-11-25), Round 1 - Current Events 1. Last week Justin Trudeau announced his new cabinet. Name his new Deputy Prime Minister, who will also have the Intergovernmental Affairs portfolio. 2. Please decode the rot13 for questions #2-3 only after you have finished with #1. Jub vf gnxvat bire Puelfgvn Serrynaq'f byq cbegsbyvb bs Sbervta Nssnvef? 3. Ynfg jrrx "Gbebagb Yvsr" choyvfurq n yvfg bs gur 50 zbfg vasyhragvny Gbebagbavnaf. Puelfgvn Serrynaq jnf bar bs gur gbc 5; anzr *nalbar ryfr* va gur gbc 5. 4. The Leafs fired head coach Mike Babcock and replaced him with the coach of the AHL's Toronto Marlies. Name that new coach. 5. Last week a major home-renovation chain announced it was closing 35 underperforming stores across Canada. Name any of the brands in the chain. 6. Last week a case study was published about a new form of hypersensitivity pneumonitis, a disease in which the lungs become inflamed as a result of an allergic reaction, in this case caused by a specific type of bedding. Name the disease or the type of bedding. Then after you have finished with that, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh fnvq rvgure qhirgf be cvyybjf, cyrnfr tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp. 7. John Mann died last week at age 57. He was the front man of which band? 8. "Thanks for the Dance", released Friday, is the 15th studio item by this singer/poet/songwriter, and the first to be posthumously released since his death in 2016. This one was produced by his son and includes contributions from other musicians, including Beck, Jennifer Warner, and Damien Rice. Name the artist. 9. Name *any one* of the 6 people inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in their annual ceremony on Monday. 10. With a semifinal win by Denis Shapovalov and Vasek Pospisil on Saturday, Canada reached the finals of *what international tournament* for the first time ever? -- Mark Brader | "Hitler made an elementary error when he chose not to Toronto | dress his young National Socialists in lime-green catsuits msb@vex.net | laced with twinkling fairy lights." --Anthony Lane My text in this article is in the public domain. |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 26 06:09AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:TtKdndZ9_qC4KEHAnZ2dnUU7- > 6. Thursday, the International Criminal Court agreed to allow > prosecutors to open an investigation into crimes committed by > *which country* against its Rohingya Muslim minority? Myanmar > 8. This icon was fired Monday after he went on a rant about "you > people" not wearing poppies. Name him. Don Cherry > to demonstrate to scouts to see that he hasn't lost his edge > in the 3 years since (he claimed) he was blackballed for taking > a knee during the national anthem. Name him. Colin Kaepernick > 3. Ynfg jrrx "Gbebagb Yvsr" choyvfurq n yvfg bs gur 50 zbfg > vasyhragvny Gbebagbavnaf. Puelfgvn Serrynaq jnf bar bs gur > gbc 5; anzr *nalbar ryfr* va gur gbc 5. Doug Ford > released since his death in 2016. This one was produced by his > son and includes contributions from other musicians, including > Beck, Jennifer Warner, and Damien Rice. Name the artist. Leonard Cohen -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Nov 25 03:01PM > * Game 4, Round 4 - Canadiana History - Prime Ministers > 2. Liberal, 1984, 79 days. Campbell > 8. Liberal, 1993, 10 years 38 days. Mulroney > taken daily by mouth, has been known to cause argyria, > an irreversible condition in which body tissues turn blue. > Name the substance. colloidal silver > promoting a "colonic detox" regimen, already established as > a very fringe alternative cancer therapy, which consists of > enemas using what common beverage? coffee > 4. Laetrile, a medically discredited compound derived from the > pits of stone fruits, is touted as a black-market cancer therapy > whereby tumor cells are destroyed by which toxic compound? cyanide > and bodily fluids excreted in the course of an illness. > They are taken by mouth, and are touted as an alternative to > what routine medical procedure? vaccination > 1922, a "universal energy" is said to be transferred through the > palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to encourage > emotional or physical healing; physical contact is not necessary. reiki > be a form of delusional parasitosis. Morgellons sufferers > believe they have *what* implanted or embedded beneath their > skin? small fibers > 8. The very fringe practice of iridology claims to be able to > diagnose illness based on the color, texture, and changes in > which part of the body? Be fully specific. iris > prankster and sitcom actor from the 1980s who travelled to the > Philippines in a last-ditch attempt to cure his rare lung cancer; > he died in 1984. Who? Andy Kaufman > 10. Name the ex-doctor responsible for the discredited study that > supposedly demonstrated a link between vaccines and autism. Andrew Wakefield -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Nov 25 10:58AM -0800 On 11/25/19 1:53 AM, Mark Brader wrote: > 1. Conservative, 1896, 68 days. > 2. Liberal, 1984, 79 days. > 3. Conservative, 1993, 132 days. Kim Campbell > 7. Liberal, 1948, 8 years 218 days. > 8. Liberal, 1993, 10 years 38 days. > 9. Liberal, 1968, 15 years 164 days (total of two separate terms). Pierre Trudeau > 10. Liberal, 1921, 21 years 154 days (total of three separate terms). King > 1. The central principle of homeopathy is summed up in the Latin > phrase "similia similibus curentur". What is this principle > in English? like cures like > promoting a "colonic detox" regimen, already established as > a very fringe alternative cancer therapy, which consists of > enemas using what common beverage? tea > 4. Laetrile, a medically discredited compound derived from the > pits of stone fruits, is touted as a black-market cancer therapy > whereby tumor cells are destroyed by which toxic compound? cyanide > be a form of delusional parasitosis. Morgellons sufferers > believe they have *what* implanted or embedded beneath their > skin? RFID chips -- Dan Tilque |
| Joshua Kreitzer <gromit82@hotmail.com>: Nov 26 02:30AM msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote in news:mbWdnX5XxrIpOUbAnZ2dnUU7- > when they first took office -- note that this may not have been > during an election -- and how long they were in power. > 3. Conservative, 1993, 132 days. Kim Campbell > Questions #6-10 work the same way, but these prime ministers have > each had more time in office than all of the above put together. > 6. Progressive Conservative, 1957, 5 years 305 days. Lester Pearson > 8. Liberal, 1993, 10 years 38 days. Jean Chretien > 9. Liberal, 1968, 15 years 164 days (total of two separate terms). Pierre Trudeau > 1. The central principle of homeopathy is summed up in the Latin > phrase "similia similibus curentur". What is this principle > in English? like cures like > taken daily by mouth, has been known to cause argyria, > an irreversible condition in which body tissues turn blue. > Name the substance. silver > 1922, a "universal energy" is said to be transferred through the > palms of the practitioner to the patient in order to encourage > emotional or physical healing; physical contact is not necessary. reiki > be a form of delusional parasitosis. Morgellons sufferers > believe they have *what* implanted or embedded beneath their > skin? worms; insects > 8. The very fringe practice of iridology claims to be able to > diagnose illness based on the color, texture, and changes in > which part of the body? Be fully specific. iris > prankster and sitcom actor from the 1980s who travelled to the > Philippines in a last-ditch attempt to cure his rare lung cancer; > he died in 1984. Who? Andy Kaufman -- Joshua Kreitzer gromit82@hotmail.com |
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