The Week of September 10, 2017 by CoenM

Champion(s):

lshultz82


Runner(s)-Up:

AmmermanA
Ask me about my Latin motto contest.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 16 08 24 74 31 37 77 27 13 12 40 88
1 lshultz82 490 99 15
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2 AmmermanA 481 97 15
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3 rouquinne 440 96 15
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4 LorinBurte 432 94 15
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5 gregariouschinchilla 407 92 15
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6 KashyapN 395 91 15
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7 ChengB 394 89 15
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8 Kloefkorn 392 88 15
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9 ElendilPickle 340 86 15
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10 akambour 338 84 15
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11 jveditz 316 83 15
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12 GiaquintoM 297 81 15
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13 MoyseyC 295 80 15
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14 GrahamJ 285 78 00
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15 srs 283 76 15
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16 grimesr 282 75 15
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17 DreyfusB 276 73 15
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18 EdwardsT 270 72 15
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19 PolinskyL 267 70 15
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20 JCEurovision 260 69 00
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21 Michalle 259 67 15
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22 MatherV 258 64 15
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22 Commodore 258 64 15
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22 LuskT 258 64 15
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25 EggCzar 256 61 15
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26 RichmondJ 254 59 15
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27 rwv37 248 57 15
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28 Tarn 237 56 15
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29 Nicole 231 54 00
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30 LiptonM 230 53 15
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31 RobinJRichards 229 51 15
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32 HightB 228 50 15
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33 MorrisTA 226 47 15
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33 BringMoreLegos 226 47 15
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35 ecpekkle 223 45 15
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36 BednarczukJ 219 42 15
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36 cruzich 219 42 15
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38 WareD 218 40 15
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39 Troydozzy 216 38 15
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40 RKania 215 37 15
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41 FriedmanWS 213 35 15
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42 VenguswamyK 212 34 15
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43 DugglebyB 207 32 15
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44 Timm 205 30 00
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45 DoyleE 203 28 15
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45 Longford 203 28 15
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47 Stevo600 202 26 15
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48 TimL 197 23 15
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48 HallR 197 23 15
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50 GoodmanDL 196 21 15
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51 KearnsT 195 19 15
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52 ChrisRosenberg 194 18 00
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53 HoH 191 16 15
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54 MatchenD 189 15 15
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55 lorijane 188 13 15
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56 Vendy12 186 11 15
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57 LivenickT 178 10 15
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58 KPope 163 8 00
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59 RautY 160 7 00
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60 Crow-T-Robot 126 5 00
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61 PipkeR 96 3 00
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62 ArunH 73 2 15
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63 DouglasLovesVixey 27 1 00
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Questions:

What SATELLITE ended its mission to Saturn by plunging into its atmosphere after getting a speed boost from one last visit to Titan?

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Cassini

While the pro-Trump "Mother of All Rallies" drew around 1000 people to Washington DC, a gathering of what FANS OF THE INSANE CLOWN POSSE drew three times as many people to the nation's capital to protest their being classified as a criminal gang?

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Juggalos

This week marked the passing of Edie Windsor, whose lawsuit against the US government that led to the invalidation of section 3 of what LAW was a milestone in the legalization of same-sex marriage?

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Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)

Halimah Yacob became the first female president of what COUNTRY, rising to the post without an election as she was the only candidate to clear the very narrow candidate eligibility criteria set by the Presidential Elections Commission?

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Singapore

In a State of the EU speech, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker dismissed the EU membership plans for what COUNTRY, noting “[a]ccession candidates must give the rule of law, justice and fundamental rights utmost priority. This rules out EU membership for for the foreseeable future.”

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Turkey

What LODGING CHAIN's management informed its operators that they were not allowed to provide Immigration and Customs Enforcement with daily lists of guests, after local operators in the Phoenix area were found doing so?

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Motel 6

Two men have been arrested following an attack on the London Underground where dozens were injured when a bomb partially exploded in a train arriving at what STATION on the Wimbledon branch of the District Line?

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Parsons Green

The three party coalition government in what COUNTRY collapsed when one party quit the coalition when it was disclosed that prime minister Bjarni Benediktsson withheld information about his father's support for restoring some civil rights to a convicted pedophile?

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Iceland

Several days of protests roiled what US CITY in the aftermath of Jason Stockley's acquittal in the 2011 shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith?

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St. Louis

Time for another mini theme (HallR TM), "This Week in Chinese Hoaxes." What US STATE blamed an over 80 percent loss of its peach and pecan crops due to a warmer than expected summer?

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Georgia

As the US continued to recover form Hurricane Irma, both the Netherlands and France stepped up troop deployments and relief shipments to what CARIBBEAN ISLAND, where shortages had led to looting and other violence?

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St. Martin/Sint Maartin

While most eyes were focused on Jose and Maria, what PACIFIC STORM strengthened to a hurricane, and was projected to make landfall in Baja California on Monday?

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Norma