Game 3, Round 1: Current events

1. Before Saturday's Calgary Flames - Vancouver Canucks game, 13-year-old 
Akina Shirt sang "O Canada" in what language, the first time this had been done at an NHL game?

    Cree [in which the anthem is called "Ka Kanatahk"]

2. Labatt's made a $201.4 million takeover bid for what competing brewery last week? 

    Lakeport (Lakeport Brewing Income Fund)

3. The wife of this former world leader demanded and got a public apology from 
her husband last week after he made suggestive comments about a number of women. 

    Silvio Berlusconi 

4. Ontario's minimum hourly wage was raised by 25 cents last week. 
What is it now (an exact figure please)? 

    $8.00 

5. Norah Jones's new album was released on January 30. She quipped on Citytv 
that the title was inspired by a line from  the Devo song "Whip It"; 
who knows?--it might be true. Name the album. 

    Not Too Late

6. A young British actor, closely associated with a well-known movie role, has 
caused a stir by posing for semi-nude promotional photos for his upcoming stage role, 
in which he will perform fully naked. Name either the play or the actor. 

    Equus; Daniel Radcliffe (who otherwise plays Harry Potter) 

7.  Speaking of Harry Potter, on what date in 2007 will "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", 
the final book in the series, be released? 

    July 21

8. Name the 2006 Kentucky Derby winner that was put down last week after a long and 
ultimately unsuccessful recuperation from a broken leg. 

    Barbaro 

9. Which US city experienced a security scare after a number of small blinking signs, 
intended to hype an animated cartoon character, were distributed around the city? 

    Boston 

10. Another "world's oldest person" died last week, but we won't ask about her. 
But at the other end of the life cycle, what is the claim to fame of Antonio 
Vasconcelos, of Cancun, Mexico, who was born last Monday? We're not sure whether 
he set any records, but he is a remarkable young man considering his extreme youth.

    He weighed 14.1 pounds at birth (accept any reference to him being 
    a big honkin' baby)