Game 6, ROUND 1: Current Events/Canadiana

 

Trista picked Ryan, Joe picked Zora, and Aaron and Helene are splitsville, 
but we don't wanna hear about any of it. Tonight's current events round is 
all Canadian, all the time. So you tell us if you think anything 
interesting happens in this country. 


1. Name the central Newfoundland town that was evacuated last 
   week after being flooded. 

A. Badger 


2. Which persona non grata, who left Canada three years ago for 
   the US, was deported back to this country last week and went
   directly to jail? 

A. Ernst Zundel 


3. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council ruled this week that 
   a skit on pedophilic priests that appeared on which TV show did
   not constitute "abusive or undue discrimination" against
   Catholics? 

A. Open Mike with Mike Bullard (full title not required)


4. Which Canadian magazine that focused on so-called digital
   culture is suspending publication in March, according to 
   its owners? 

A. Shift 


5. In which Canadian city's airport did an Air France Concorde 
   with engine trouble make an emergency landing this week? Among
   the casualties was model Naomi Campbell, who could not pay for
   her $3.99 breakfast at a local Burger King with a US $100 bill. 

A. Halifax 


6. Which company offered $7.1 billion to buy Canada Life, thereby 
   outbidding Manulife? 

A. Great-West Life 


7. An Air Canada baggage handler was charged with theft after 
   what object was found listed for auction on eBay? 

A. An airline flight manual (also accept "pilot's manual", 
   "operations manual" or anything close) OR "flight charts", 
   which were also offered 


8. Why did some Toronto real estate flyers get the attention of
   Ontario's privacy commissioner last week? 

A. Someone's confidential medical records were printed on 
   the back (specifically, results of a mammogram and pelvic exam) 


9. Why did BC firm CSTC Inc. make news in three different countries
   last week? 

A. It was accused (by the US Federal Trade Commission) of 
   providing bogus cancer treatments at a Mexican clinic 


10. On Friday the Prime Minister reversed a provision of Tuesday's
    budget that made $10 million in funding for amateur athletes
    contingent on what event occurring? 

A. Vancouver being awarded the 2010 Winter Olympics