These questions were written to be asked in Toronto on 2016-07-25,
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. The current-events
round from the Final will follow in about 2 weeks, completing the
current-events game for this season.
All questions were written by members of the Usual Suspects and
are used here by permission, but have been reformatted and may
have been retyped and/or edited by me. For further information
see my 2016-05-31 companion posting on "Questions from the Canadian
Inquisition (QFTCI*)".
* Game 10 (2016-07-25), Round 1 -- Current Events
1. Canada gained a UNESCO World Heritage Site last week, so
designated because of its collection of fossils, some in excess
of 500,000,000 years old. In which province is it located?
2. Last week 26-year-old model and social media celebrity Qandeel
["KAN-deal"] Baloch was murdered, apparently strangled by
her own brother in a so-called honour killing because of her
provocative online persona. In what country did this occur?
3. Many qualities win competitions: talent, perseverance, and luck
among them, but what did Will Power win last Sunday? -- Yeah,
Will Power is the dude's name. Tell us what he won.
4. What form of payment did the three Wal-Mart stores in Thunder
Bay stop accepting last week, with a threat from the company
to extend the ban country-wide? Be specific.
5. If there's one thing we hate here at Trivia Central, it's drunk
people trying to fly airplanes. Two pilots from which airline
were arrested last week in Glasgow on suspicion of being
intoxicated, just before their flight was set to take off?
6. Following the coup attempt the previous week, the Turkish
government last week carried out a purge of supposed followers
of what Muslim cleric, who it is also demanding be extradited
from the US?
7. Who is the well-known writer, film director, and TV producer,
among his other talents, who died last week at age 81?
8. Name the Canadian scientist, metallurgist, anti-nuclear activist,
author, and educator who died last Friday at age 94.
9. He's only just turned 3, but Prince George is already causing
grief for his parents after pictures of him doing *what* were
released last week? (In response, of course. the Twitter-verse
did what it does.) Be specific.
10. Last week it was Hillary Clinton's turn to name a vice-
presidential minion -- er, running mate. Who did she pick?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto "Logic is logic. That's all I say."
m...@vex.net -- Oliver Wendell Holmes
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