ROUND 1 -- Current Events

1. Let's start the season with some significant figures, albeit small ones. 
   What was BC premier Gordon Campbell's blood alcohol level after his arrest 
   for drunk driving in Hawaii?

A. 0.149% (QM: don't worry about units)


2. Continuing on a numerical theme, it was announced that the fifth 
   Harry Potter book would be released on June 21, and cost $43 Canadian; 
   within 25 pages, how many pages will be in this hefty tome?

A. 768 (accept 743 - 793)


3. Look what happens--Avril Lavigne (AV-rill La-VEEN) wears a red 
   tee-shirt from a business in her home town of Napanee, Ontario during 
   her recent appearance on Saturday Night Live, and now the calls just keep 
   coming in to ask how to buy one. What company did her tee-shirt promote?

A. Home Hardware


4. A hearing to determine whether the two American pilots who dropped 
   bombs killing four Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan will face a court 
   martial is being held at Barksdale Air Force Base. 
   In which US state is it located?

A. Louisiana


5. The Ontario Securities Commission alleged last week that the 
   chairman and several former executives of which Ontario company 
   had engaged in insider trading?

A. ATI


6. When the space shuttle Columbia launched on Friday, it was carrying the 
   first person in space from which country?

A. Israel


7. A group of genetic scientists recently discovered the gene that 
   causes Leigh's syndrome, which has an ununsual concentration in 
   which Canadian province?

A. Quebec


8. Human rights groups as well as the Canadian and US governments are protesting 
   against the fact that which world leader is likely to be appointed to head 
   the UN Commission on Human Rights?
 
A. Col. Moammar Gadhafi


9. It was revealed last week that which two Canadian financial giants attempted 
   to merge last year, a move that was rebuffed by Finance Minister John Manley?

A. Manulife, CIBC


10. A California company, Trek Aerospace, recently offered for sale (on eBay, no less) 
    the prototype of one of its products, but on condition that the purchaser never 
    attempt to use it. What kind of product is it?

A. "personal strap-on flying machine" (accept anything close)