The Week of July 23, 2017 by CoenM

Champion(s):

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Runner(s)-Up:

Kloefkorn


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 48 82 17 66 14 05 43 17 61 23 22 40
1 LorinBurte 407 99 15
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2 Kloefkorn 400 97 15
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3 srs 370 95 15
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4 Nicole 357 94 15
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5 TimL 348 92 15
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6 BednarczukJ 342 90 00
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7 gregariouschinchilla 334 89 00
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8 MatthewsP 333 87 15
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9 JudyD 327 86 15
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10 RichmondJ 324 84 15
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11 MoyseyC 323 82 15
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12 DreyfusB 321 81 00
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13 ChrisRosenberg 315 79 15
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14 RobinJRichards 310 77 15
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15 Commodore 306 76 15
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16 PrestonC 304 74 15
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17 FriedmanWS 303 72 00
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18 GoodmanDL 298 71 00
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19 HightB 292 69 15
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20 Michalle 287 68 15
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21 ChengB 285 66 15
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22 KashyapN 280 64 15
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23 jveditz 279 63 00
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24 LearyField 278 61 15
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25 KPope 275 59 15
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26 HallR 271 57 00
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26 kanyewesteros 271 57 15
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28 orwant 269 54 00
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28 TerrieV 269 54 00
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30 Vendy12 266 51 00
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31 PolinskyL 263 50 15
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32 RebstockJ 262 48 00
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33 BeningoS 250 46 15
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34 MatchenD 248 45 15
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35 LiptonM 247 43 00
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36 Crow-T-Robot 242 41 00
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37 akambour 240 40 00
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38 AmmermanA 236 38 15
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39 MatherV 224 36 15
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39 IvixorB 224 36 15
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41 HoH 222 33 00
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42 RautY 221 31 00
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43 DoyleE 220 30 15
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44 ElendilPickle 217 28 15
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45 BringMoreLegos 201 26 00
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45 ecpekkle 201 26 00
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47 rwv37 197 23 00
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48 morbeedo 195 22 00
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49 RabinK 185 19 15
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49 rosnera 185 19 15
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51 Ruwisc 178 17 00
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52 TreeceW 158 15 15
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53 ntndeacon 148 13 00
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54 lorijane 139 12 00
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55 GrahamJ 135 10 00
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56 VenguswamyK 134 9 00
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57 JCEurovision 123 7 00
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58 WattsR 113 5 00
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59 KonkelT 110 4 15
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60 EggCzar 98 2 00
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61 DouglasLovesVixey 0 1 00
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Questions:

Ten died and at least 30 were hospitalized due to heat stroke and other issues when roughly 100 people were found in the back of a truck in what TEXAS CITY?

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San Antonio

Israel dismantled the security apparatus installed in the wake of the killing of two policemen near what HOLY SITE, ending two weeks of tension between Israel and Palestine that saw seven additional people killed and a Palestinian boycott of the site?

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Haram al-Sharif or Temple Mount

A study from a center at Boston University found that of 111 brains of NFL players donated for study 110 showed signs of what DEGENERATIVE DISEASE, believed to be caused by repeated blows to the head?

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chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

What COUNTRY announced a plan to end sales of new gasoline and diesel powered cars by 2040 to address air pollution?

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Great Britain

While John McCain got much of the press over the failure of the Senate to pass the "skinny repeal" of the ACA, what SENATOR was a consistent vote against the various repeal/replace bills, even when Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke called her to suggest her votes could jeopardize Department of the Interior funding for her state?

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Lisa Murkowski

A tweet from Donald Trump announced a ban on what GROUP OF PEOPLE from serving in the military, apparently including those already serving, a change that was apparently not vetted by the Pentagon, Joint Chiefs, or Congressional armed services committees?

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transgendered

While we do not currently have nominees to be ambassador to places like Germany and Saudi Arabia, we do have a nominee to be ambassador at large for religious freedom, as Donald Trump named what US GOVERNOR has his pick for the position?

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Sam Brownback

Reince Prebus became the shortest-tenured White House chief of staff in history when he was fired and planned to be replaced by what SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY?

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John Kelly

Name EITHER NORTH CAROLINA ISLAND put under an evacuation order when power was accidentally cut by construction crews working on the Bonner Bridge?

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Ocracoke or Hatteras

A HallR mini-theme(TM) this week with things that are going away. What MICROSOFT UTILITY, a 32 veteran of the desktop, was going to be "deprecated" in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, but after an outpouring of support will continue to be available for free in the Windows Store?

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Paint

Adobe announced the de facto death of what SOFTWARE PLATFORM at the end of 2020, when it will no longer distribute or support its Player?

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Flash

A drink, currently available internationally and whose name highlights a substance that isn't in the drink at all, will replace what DIET COLA on American shelves in August?

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Coke Zero