The Week of March 5, 2017 by CoenM

Champion(s):

grimesr


Runner(s)-Up:

RichmondJ


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 49 13 34 74 18 63 25 33 17 59 52 54
1 grimesr 464 99 15
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2 RichmondJ 430 97 15
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3 MyrowitzJ 405 95 15
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4 rouquinne 403 93 00
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5 Kloefkorn 394 91 15
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6 KelsoT 389 90 15
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7 BellA 385 88 15
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8 BClemens 370 86 15
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9 gregariouschinchilla 353 84 15
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10 KingJA 341 83 15
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11 GoodmanDL 337 81 15
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12 ecpekkle 333 79 15
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13 Crow-T-Robot 323 77 15
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14 EdwardsT 322 75 15
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15 MatthewsP 321 74 15
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16 GrahamJ 318 72 15
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17 CarterBurke 317 69 00
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17 WinchellV 317 69 15
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19 Timm 312 66 15
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20 LearyField 296 65 15
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21 Vendy12 288 63 00
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22 AmmermanA 280 60 15
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22 PeterB 280 60 00
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24 MoyseyC 275 58 00
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25 PruettC 271 56 00
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26 jveditz 269 54 00
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27 HessJa 264 52 15
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28 DreyfusB 261 50 00
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29 akambour 260 49 00
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30 AinslieM 254 47 15
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31 ElendilPickle 252 45 00
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32 HallR 245 43 00
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33 LiptonM 241 41 15
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34 LuskT 232 39 15
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34 felsenheldd 232 39 15
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36 ChrisRosenberg 231 36 00
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37 RautY 229 34 15
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38 ChengB 217 33 15
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39 VenguswamyK 211 31 15
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40 ScrosatiS 208 29 15
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41 KPope 202 27 00
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42 BringMoreLegos 200 25 00
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43 HightB 179 24 00
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44 lorijane 171 22 00
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45 RonningD 166 20 15
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46 HoH 163 18 00
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47 bmrafferty 160 16 00
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47 mellyjo 160 16 00
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49 JJA 156 12 00
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49 BednarczukJ 156 12 00
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51 LeungT 148 9 00
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52 WeaverR 142 8 00
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53 Tarn 96 6 00
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54 HumbabaORiley 81 4 00
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55 AllardM 48 2 00
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56 DouglasLovesVixey 0 1 00
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Questions:

Name EITHER CAR BRAND (one based in Germany, the other in the UK) that General Motors sold to the French company that makes Peugeot and Citroen cars, greatly diminishing GM's presence in Europe?

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Opel or Vauxhall

The new travel ban presented by the Trump administration notably removed what COUNTRY from the list of seven countries affected by the original executive order travel ban?

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Iraq

China warned the US about heightening nuclear tensions in the region after the US agree to deploy a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile system in what COUNTRY, in response to continued North Korean missile tests?

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South Korea

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY approved a move to detain all asylum seekers in camps (called "assigned residency"), consisting mainly of shipping containers retrofitted for occupancy?

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Hungary

House Republicans introduced their plan to replace the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), which maintains the ACA's provision that children can stay on their parents' health insurance until they turn what AGE?

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26

The Islamic State carried out an attack on a military hospital in what ASIAN CAPITAL CITY, leaving more than 30 dead and 50 injured?

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Kabul

What FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND AMBASSADOR TO CHINA was nominated by Donald Trump to serve as the US ambassador to Russia?

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Jon Huntsman, Jr.

The New York Times reported that former national security advisor Michael Flynn was paid to lobby for what EURASIAN country, on a contract that ran during Flynn's time as an advisor to the Trump campaign?

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Turkey

While the scandal would quickly grow to involve all services, what BRANCH OF THE US MILITARY was the first caught up in online sharing of nude photos of female members, on a Facebook page with roughly 30,000 members?

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Marines

The re-election of Donald Tusk as European Council president came in spite of the attempt of what COUNTRY - of which Tusk was formerly prime minister - to block his new term in office over a "multi-speed" EU that could allow stronger member nations to create policies at the expense of weaker members?

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Poland

What US ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK was fired after he refused to quit his job as part of a mass resignation requested by attorney general Jeff Sessions?

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Preet Bharara

The US State Department was "unaware" of a visit to the White House by Luis Videgaray, foreign minister of what COUNTRY, furthering the idea that the State Department is being sidelined on matters of foreign policy?

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Mexico