ROUND 1 -- Current Events

ROUND 1: Current Events

1. Name the four-time world champion snowboarder who died along with 
   six other people in an avalanche near Revelstoke, BC last week.

A. Craig Kelly


2. Who was the renowned caricaturist of theatre and other show 
   business figures who passed away last week at the age of 99?

A. Al Hirschfeld


3. Which job, albeit a volunteer one, did Lynsey Bennett recently 
   lose, perhaps for holding another, part-time, job; perhaps for 
   refusing to live in her boss's condo; or perhaps for some even 
   murkier reason that we don't even know yet?

A. Miss Canada International (accept Miss Canada)


4. Within 3 percentage points, what percent of the vote did Jack Layton 
   receive in winning the federal NDP leadership on the first ballot?

A. 53.5% (accept 50.5% - 56.5%)


5. Name the Finnish hockey team that signed Hayley Wickenheiser to a 
   contract last week. The adventurous among you can give the name of 
   the city; the merely bold can give the team name in Finnish; and 
   the weak-kneed may give the team name in English. You get the same 
   points in each case!

A. Kirkkonummi (city); Salamat (Finnish team name); Lightning (English name)


6. Who won the 2003 Golden Globe award for best actor in a musical or comedy?

A. Richard Gere (for his role in Chicago)


7. The makers of the film "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" are 
   being accused by some of modeling the face of the character Dobby 
   the elf on that of which world leader?

A. Vladimir Putin


8. The family of 19-year-old Melissa Crawford, who suffered brain damage at 
   birth due to medical error, was awarded the largest-ever lump-sum malpractice 
   judgment in Canada. Within half a million dollars, how much did they receive?

A. $9.5 million (accept $9M to $10M)



9. On Sunday, commercial passengers flew between what two countries for the 
   first time in 50 years without having to change planes enroute? 

A. China and Taiwan


10. Which country was hit by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake last week?

A. Mexico