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have changed due to newer news, you are still expected to give
the answers that were correct on that date.
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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 Unnatural Axxxe, 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 recent
companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian Inquisition
(QFTCI*)".
* Final (2026-03-29), Round 1 - Current Events
1. Two Air Canada pilots died in a plane crash at New York's La
Guardia Airport last Sunday. Where did their flight originate?
2. A multi-million-dollar home owned by a vice-president of this
company was hit by gunfire. The Rosedale home of the same
company's CEO was hit by gunfire in 2024. Name the company.
3. President Trump added a new statue of this person to the grounds
of the Eisenhower Executive Office adjacent to the White House.
What person?
4. Toronto City Council passed, 19-7, a motion by Councillor John
Burnside to ban what?
5. The Supreme Court of Canada heard several days of testimony
regarding a challenge to Quebec's Bill 21. Who does the bill
ban from doing what?
6. Doug Ford, to the annoyance of what he called "lefties",
announced he would create the province's first "special
economic zone" somewhere in Toronto. Where?
7. This actress, known for playing Lex Luthor's assistant and
girlfriend in the Christopher Reeve "Superman" movies, passed
away last week at age 82. What's her name?
8. NASA unveiled revamped space exploration plans that kick off
this week -- fingers crossed -- with the launch of a trip around
the moon. Future plans include a nuclear-powered journey to
Mars, but what major piece of space infrastructure did they ax?
9. "Project Hail Mary" crossed the $100-million uS mark at
the box office. It stars Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, an
astronaut-scientist. What is the name of his alien friend,
who is *not* voiced by Sylvester Stallone?
10. Canada announced it had met NATO's goal of spending 2% of GDP on
fedense -- or as America calls it, on war. Canada has also
pledged to meet NATO's next target of 5%. In what year does
*that* kick in?
11. The Blue Jays kicked off another season of baseball Friday,
without fan favorite Bo Bishette. With what team did he sign
a 3-year contract?
12. a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $375,000,000 US over
misleading claims about child safety. The next day, an L.A. jury
handed down a $6,000,000 US penalty to Meta and another company
for people addictive. What other company?
13. The International Olympic Committee announced a ban last
Thursday. Who did they ban from doing what?
14. "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is due to air its final
expisode in May. Its eponymous host revealed his next gig will
be as a screenwriter on what film franchise?
15. The journal "Marine Mammal Science" revealed that a behavior
by sperm whales -- an inspiration for the novel "Moby-Dick"
-- was captured on video for the first time. What were the
whales doing?
After completing this round, please decode the rot13: Vs lbh tnir
gur nafjref "Arj Lbex" be "Tbbtyr" (gur pbzcnal) sbe nal dhrfgvba,
tb onpx naq or zber fcrpvsvp.
--
Mark Brader | "Red lights are not my concern.
Toronto | I am a driver, not a policeman."
msb@vex.net | --statement made after collision, 1853
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