Game 1, Round 1 -- Current events

1. The Royal Bank of Canada received criticism last week for refusing to allow Canadians 
who had dual citizenship with one of certain countries to do what? 

    Open / maintain US dollar accounts 

2. Besides Hillary Clinton, which prominent US senator announced last week that he was 
forming an exploratory committee as a prelude to a potential run for the presidency? 

    Barack Obama 

3. The CBC's first TV weather forecaster, and the first person to be seen live on English 
television in Canada, died last week at the age of 91. Who is he? 

    Percy Saltzman 

4. Who won the 2007 Golden Globe award for best actress in a film drama? 

    Helen Mirren 

5. Which British reality TV show has both the UK and India in an uproar over the allegedly 
racist treatment of Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty? 

    Celebrity Big Brother 

6.  Name the American columnist and humourist who died last week at the age of 81. 

    Art Buchwald 

7.  Consumer Reports was recently forced to backtrack on a report that it had published, 
on what type of product? 

    Child/infant car seats 

8. Medical researchers in Dallas recently concluded that Napoleon Bonaparte died of what ailment? 

    Stomach cancer 

9. What law-enforcement measure did the OPP announce last week that it was dropping? 

    (Weekend) traffic blitzes 

10. The credit card information of Canadian customers of two retail chains was recently hacked 
into, their US parent company revealed last week. Name either one. 

    Winners; HomeSense