Question 1
* Under the
headline, “Something’s Rotten: The Last Days of Britain,” a U.S. magazine
manipulated a photo of the Duchess of Cambridge, giving her rotten and yellowing
teeth. Which magazine published the controversial cover photo?
New Republic
Question 2
* Fans of TV
cooking shows were saddened by the death of celebrity chef Anthony Sedlak, best
known as host of Food Network Canada’s The Main and a judge on Family Cook Off.
He died in the same province in which he was born. Which?
B.C
Question 3
* Actors Tom
Cruise and Katie Holmes announced they’ve arrived at a divorce settlement. It’s
the third divorce for Cruise. Who was his second wife?
Nicole Kidman
*
Salesforce.com, a company specializing in enterprise cloud computing
applications, bought a small Halifax firm, started by four young entrepreneurs,
for about $70 million. What’s the name of their software?
Golnstant
Question 5
* According to
GPS technology maker TomTom, which Canadian metropolis ranks right behind Los
Angeles as North America’s most congested city when it comes to traffic?
Vancouver
Question 6
* Inmates at a
prison near Santa Rita do Sapucaij, Brazil, can shave days off their sentences
by performing an activity. What is it?
pedalling stationary bikes that produce electricity for the town
* Which
Canada-U.S. border crossing was temporarily closed Thursday while officials
investigated a bomb threat, phoned in to authorities on the Canadian side?
the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich
Question 8
Which
Canadian athlete will be Canada’s flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the
Summer Olympic Games in London?
triathlete Simon Whitfield
* He didn’t
know it right away, but when Karl Kissner of Defiance, Ohio picked up a
soot-covered box in his grandfather’s attic, he had stumbled onto a find that
will probably be worth millions. What was in the box?
a collection of baseball cards
Question 10
* The Supreme
Court of Canada convened to hear arguments related to election irregularities in
the riding of Etobicoke Centre, then later in the week issued a series of
decisions. On what subject?
copyright matters as they relate to music streaming
* A story
emerged this week that a pair of Playboy bunnies tried to recruit porn actor Ron
Jeremy to lure a man from Canada to Hollywood so that animal-rights activists
could apprehend him. The sting was never carried out, but who was the intended
target?
accused killer Luka Magnotta
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