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Mark Brader:

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... For further information
please see my 2024-08-30 companion posting on "Questions from the
Canadian Inquisition (QFTCI*)".

* 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?

8. 4 for Dan Blum, Joshua, and Dan Tilque.

2. It was announced on Monday that this Hungarian-British writer
won the Booker Prize for his novel "Flesh". Name him.

David Szalay.

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.)

Cleveland Guardians.

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?

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!". 4 for Joshua.

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.

Sonder.

6. Citing rising costs, the US Mint stopped making *what* last week?

Pennies (1o coins). 4 for everyone -- Dan Blum, Joshua, Dan Tilque,
and Erland.

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?

450 (accepting 350-550). 3 for Joshua.

In the original game the question said "within 50" and the acceptance
range was given as 350-500!

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?

Mars. 4 for Dan Tilque.

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?

President John F. Kennedy. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.

10. America's Catholic bishops issued a statement this week rebuking
the Trump administration's handling of what issue?

Immigration (migrants). 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.

* 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.)

Saskatchewan Roughriders.

2. The ATP Tennis Tour Finals was played on Sunday. Who won that?

Jannik Sinner.

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?

Curatao. 4 for Dan Blum and Erland.

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?

"Pick a Colour".

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?

Fighter jets, or specifically F-35's. 4 for Dan Blum and Dan Tilque.

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?

Clay Higgins (R-LA, 3rd district).

7. The TTC began to install new signage this week at the Dundas
subway station to reflect its new name. What name is that?

TMU (after Toronto Metropolitan University, who paid for the change).

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?

Chrystia Freeland.

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?

Larry Summers. 4 for Joshua and Dan Tilque.

(As to Dan Tilque's comment, I don't know.)

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?

Superman. 4 for Dan Blum and Joshua.


Scores, if there are no errors:

GAMES-> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 BEST EIGHT Joshua Kreitzer 12 12 19 20 16 16 17 12 23 8 135
Dan Tilque 4 8 4 12 12 16 16 12 20 8 104
Dan Blum 4 8 0 15 16 16 16 8 8 12 99
Erland Sommarskog 12 8 8 3 20 8 24 12 4 4 96
Pete Gayde 8 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 12
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