The Week of February 21, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

jveditz
You'll Have to Speak Up, I'm Wearing a Towel


Runner(s)-Up:

srs
If you want a fancy interface, go to LL. If you want non-recycled questions, come to Alpaca Farm.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 63 00 04 13 35 82 69 19 32 07 10 13
1 jveditz 392 98 15
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35
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2 srs 377 95 15
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69
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32
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3 GoodmanDL 374 92 15
63
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82
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32
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4 DreyfusB 312 89 00
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5 grimesr 299 84 00
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82
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5 Tarn 299 84 00
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7 KPope 287 79 15
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82
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07
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8 Timm 284 76 15
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9 McGeeDean 281 73 00
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10 BClemens 280 70 15
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11 ecpekkle 274 67 15
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12 GarciaD 271 64 00
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13 RobinJRichards 266 60 15
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14 DrSteveC 249 57 15
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15 NathanL 238 53 00
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15 groug 238 53 00
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17 HortonR 235 48 15
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18 MattK 219 45 00
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19 KonkelT 215 42 00
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20 gaufqwi 210 39 00
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21 KlionskyG 201 35 15
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22 LynchT 191 32 00
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23 alamble 185 29 00
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24 ewolf 176 26 00
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25 Vendy12 166 23 00
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26 SokolM 165 20 15
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27 shambolic 148 17 00
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28 DouglasLovesVixey 139 14 00
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29 RautY 130 10 00
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30 GovindGrewal 129 7 00
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31 JCEurovision 126 4 00
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32 Atomiccoffey 124 1 00
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Questions:

Boeing recommended grounding all planes of what MODEL NUMBER using a specific type of Pratt & Whitney engine after a United Airlines flight suffered engine failure that strewed debris while flying over Denver?

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777

Art conservators in Norway determined that the words "Can only have been painted by a madman" penciled onto the upper left corner of what PAINTING were written by its creator, Edvard Munch?

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The Scream

The US Supreme Court ruled against Donald Trump, refusing to block prosecutors in what US STATE from issuing a subpoena to get several years of Trump's personal and corporate tax documents? The investigation is looking into potential wrongdoing in the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels and other alleged illegal activities by the Trump Organization.

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New York

Dominion Voting Systems filed another defamation lawsuit, seeking $1.3 billion from what COMPANY and its CEO, Mike Lindell, for continuing to make statements about Dominion rigging its voting machines in favor of Joe Biden?

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MyPillow

Joe Biden's nomination of Neera Tanden to lead what OFFICE ran into trouble as Democratic US Senator Joe Manchin and Republicans Susan Collins and Mitt Romney all stated they would not vote to confirm her? Their opposition is focused primarily on her partisan tweets attacking Republicans and here recent deletion of some of those tweets.

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Office of Management and Budget (OMB)

Ghana became the first country to receive vaccines through what WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PROGAM where countries in the developed world purchase or donate vaccines for countries in the developing world?

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Covax

US Senators Mitt Romney and Tom Cotton unveiled an alternative plan to President Biden's push for a $15 minimum wage, which phases in changes until it hits what DOLLAR AMOUNT in 2025, at which point future increases would be pegged to inflation?

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$10

The US bombed sites in what MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY, retaliating against Iranian forces behind recent missile strikes in Iraq?

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Syria

What NATIVE AMERICAN NATION removed the phrase “in blood” from its Constitution, which had been added to prevent descendants of slaves from claiming citizenship?

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Cherokee

Charlotte Bennett, a former aide, became the second woman to accuse what US GOVERNOR of sexual harassment?

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Andrew Cuomo

The US Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization to a one-shot Covid-19 vaccine made by Janssen, the vaccine division of what COMPANY?

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Johnson & Johnson

Approximately 300 schoolgirls were kidnapped in the northwest of what AFRICAN COUNTRY? No group claimed responsibility for this kidnapping or another that took 38 students and staff last week, suggesting both were kidnappings for ransom.

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Nigeria