Summer 2006: Week 3, Round 1
Current Events

 

1. What CBS correspondent was critically wounded by a car bomb in Baghdad this week?

 

A: Kimberly Dozier

 

2. What is the name of the 14 year-old Canadian girl who placed second at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.?

 

A: Finola Hackett

 

3. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally had their baby girl this past week. What is her first name?

 

A: Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt

 

4. Academy award winning actress Mira Sorvino also celebrated the birth of a baby boy this week. Unlike the unusual names that other celebrity babies have been recently saddled with, he has a more traditional name. What is it?

 

A: Johnny

 

5. What business leader and philanthropist donated $37 million to University Health Network, the largest single donation to a Canadian hospital?

 

A: Peter Munk

 

6. What DC Comics super hero is being resurrected as a lesbian?

 

A: Batwoman

 

7. The Supreme Court ruled in a "famous trademark" case in favour of a small two-restaurant chain in Quebec over a well-known toy company on Friday. What was the name in question?

 

A: Barbie

 

8. What Liberal leadership candidate came under fire this week after allegations surfaced that the MP deliberately circumvented a law banning corporate political donations by receiving large donations from the children of his supporters?

 

A: Joe Volpe

 

9. The Conservative government would like to raise the age of consent for sex to what age?

 

A: 16 years old

 

10. What proposal to reform the Senate did the Prime Minister Harper introduce this week?

 

A: Imposing an 8 year term to Senators