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* Final (2025-12-01), Round 1 - Current Events
1. This Montreal figure skater captured her first international gold
medal this past Sunday, at the ISU Challenger Series PGE
Warsaw Cup. Who is she?
2. On Monday at a Premier League match against Manchester United,
veteran midfielder Idrissa Gueye was sent off the field with
a red card for slapping his own teammate. What team does he
play for?
3. This Canadian curling champion and veteran broadcaster passed
away last week at the age of 65, following a battle of with
cancer. Who was she?
4. This past week it was announced that the Trump administration
will raise prices and add new fees next year for international
tourists visiting these attractions. What are they?
5. Pope Leo XIV began his first international trip this past
Thursday, a 6-day tour of two countries. Name *either one*.
6. This charismatic reggae pioneer and actor, whose hits included
"Many Rivers to Cross", "You Can Get it If You Really Want",
and "Vietnam", and who starred in the landmark movie "The Harder
They Come", died at the age of 81. Who is he?
7. Apple TV pulled this series days before it was scheduled to
debut, following an accusation that its director plagiarized key
elements of the show's plot from a little-known novel published
in 1973. Name the show.
8. Bruna Caroline Ferreira, originally from Brazil, who has family
ties to a member of the White House staff, is being detained at
an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana
after being picked up at her son's school in Boston. Who is
the White House staffer who she has ties to.
9. Campbell's said that it no longer employs an executive who
was caught on tape and accused in a lawsuit of making offensive
comments and disparaging the company's food products. What is
the executive's name?
10. The Pentagon says it is investigating this Democratic senator
over possible breaches of military law after he, a former Navy
pilot, joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that
called for troops to defy "illegal orders". Name him.
11. This two-time major championship winner, whose legacy was
tainted by a racially insensitive comment about Tiger Woods,
has died at 74. Who is he?
12. One of Canada's most decorated female Olympians has been
banned from competitive swimming for 2 years after repeatedly
failing to make herself available for anti-doping spot-checks
or to provide up-to-date information on her whereabouts that
would enable authorities to conduct such tests. Who is she?
13. The Quebec government plans to enact a series of measures
expanding its secularism rules across public institutions,
including a ban on *what kind of space* in universities and
CEGEPs.
14. This career environmentalist resigned from the Liberal cabinet
Thursday afternoon, citing the Carney government's new energy
accord with Alberta and its overall track record on climate.
Who is he?
15. This author has explored themes of racism and isolation through
decades of storytelling and scholarship, but now he has withdrawn
a coming novel from publication after revelations that the he
is not part Cherokee as was once claimed. Who is he?
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