* Game 9 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The US government shutdown ended this week, after several
Democratic and independent senators voted for a Republican-backed
spending package? How many Democrats and independents voted
for the package?
5. This short-term rental and boutique hotel company that had a
licensing deal with Marriott abruptly shut down its operations
on Monday, stranding its guests worldwide. Name the company.
6. Citing rising costs, the US Mint stopped making *what* last week?
* Game 10 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The Grey Cup was played on Sunday. Who beat the Montreal
Alouettes by a score of 25-17? (Place name or team name.)
3. Which Caribbean island, home to 185,000 people, became the
smallest nation (according to FIFA's terminology) to ever
qualify for a World Cup?
5. US president Donald Trump said Monday he will sell certain
military technology to Saudi Arabia despite some concerns
within the Administration that China would gain access to
the technology. What does Trump intend to sell?
9. Which public figure stepped back from multiple roles, including
the board of OpenAI and his teaching duties at Harvard, after
a tranche of documents released by Congress showed him seeking
relationship advice from Jeffrey Epstein?
10. While cleaning out their late mother's California loft last
Christmas, three brothers found an original first-edition
copy of a June 1939 comic book, which later sold for a record
$9,120,000 US. Who is the title superhero?
* Game 9 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The US government shutdown ended this week, after several
Democratic and independent senators voted for a Republican-backed
spending package? How many Democrats and independents voted
for the package?
4. Cleto Escobedo III, a bandleader and saxophonist, passed away
last week at the age of 59. On which TV talk show was he the
leader of the house band?
6. Citing rising costs, the US Mint stopped making *what* last week?
7. The Art Gallery of Ontario announced last week that it has
received a significant donation of 20th- and 21st-century art,
including works by pop titans Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein,
and David Hockney. They said there were "more than" *how many
works*, within 100?
9. Jack Schlossberg, a 32-year-old political scion of a prominent
political family, announced that he is possibly running for a
Congressional house seat in New York. Who is his grandfather?
10. America's Catholic bishops issued a statement this week rebuking
the Trump administration's handling of what issue?
* Game 10 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
3. Which Caribbean island, home to 185,000 people, became the
smallest nation (according to FIFA's terminology) to ever
qualify for a World Cup?
9. Which public figure stepped back from multiple roles, including
the board of OpenAI and his teaching duties at Harvard, after
a tranche of documents released by Congress showed him seeking
relationship advice from Jeffrey Epstein?
10. While cleaning out their late mother's California loft last
Christmas, three brothers found an original first-edition
copy of a June 1939 comic book, which later sold for a record
$9,120,000 US. Who is the title superhero?
* Game 9 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The US government shutdown ended this week, after several
Democratic and independent senators voted for a Republican-backed
spending package? How many Democrats and independents voted
for the package?
2. It was announced on Monday that this Hungarian-British writer
won the Booker Prize for his novel "Flesh". Name him.
3. Stephen Vogt was named the American League Manager of the Year
by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. What team
does he manage? (Place name or team name.)
4. Cleto Escobedo III, a bandleader and saxophonist, passed away
last week at the age of 59. On which TV talk show was he the
leader of the house band?
5. This short-term rental and boutique hotel company that had a
licensing deal with Marriott abruptly shut down its operations
on Monday, stranding its guests worldwide. Name the company.
6. Citing rising costs, the US Mint stopped making *what* last week?
7. The Art Gallery of Ontario announced last week that it has
received a significant donation of 20th- and 21st-century art,
including works by pop titans Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein,
and David Hockney. They said there were "more than" *how many
works*, within 100?
8. The Blue Origin space venture of billionaire Jeff Bezos launched
its giant New Glenn rocket from Florida on Thursday on its debut
flight for paying customers, carrying two satellites on their
way to *what destination* in the company's first NASA-scale
science mission?
9. Jack Schlossberg, a 32-year-old political scion of a prominent
political family, announced that he is possibly running for a
Congressional house seat in New York. Who is his grandfather?
10. America's Catholic bishops issued a statement this week rebuking
the Trump administration's handling of what issue?
* Game 10 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The Grey Cup was played on Sunday. Who beat the Montreal
Alouettes by a score of 25-17? (Place name or team name.)
2. The ATP Tennis Tour Finals was played on Sunday. Who won that?
3. Which Caribbean island, home to 185,000 people, became the
smallest nation (according to FIFA's terminology) to ever
qualify for a World Cup?
4. Laotian-Canadian poet Souvankham Thammavongsa has won the
$100,000 Giller Prize for the best Canadian fiction of the
year with her debut novel about a boxer-turned-manicurist.
What is the title of the novel?
5. US president Donald Trump said Monday he will sell certain
military technology to Saudi Arabia despite some concerns
within the Administration that China would gain access to
the technology. What does Trump intend to sell?
6. On Tuesday the US Congress voted to release the "Epstein files"
with an astonishing vote of 427-1, and 5 members who did
not vote. Who was the one Congressman who voted no?
7. The TTC began to install new signage this week at the Dundas
subway station to reflect its new name. What name is that?
8. This former Trudeau-era cabinet minister has been appointed the
next chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust, the
Oxford-based organization that administers one of the world's
oldest and most prestigious scholarships. Who is she?
9. Which public figure stepped back from multiple roles, including
the board of OpenAI and his teaching duties at Harvard, after
a tranche of documents released by Congress showed him seeking
relationship advice from Jeffrey Epstein?
10. While cleaning out their late mother's California loft last
Christmas, three brothers found an original first-edition
copy of a June 1939 comic book, which later sold for a record
$9,120,000 US. Who is the title superhero?
* Game 9 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
1. The US government shutdown ended this week, after several
Democratic and independent senators voted for a Republican-backed
spending package? How many Democrats and independents voted
for the package?
6. Citing rising costs, the US Mint stopped making *what* last week?
* Game 10 (2025-11-17), Round 1 - Current Events
3. Which Caribbean island, home to 185,000 people, became the
smallest nation (according to FIFA's terminology) to ever
qualify for a World Cup?
On 11/25/25 15:39, Mark Brader wrote:
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