The Week of October 21, 2018 by CoenM

Champion(s):

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Runner(s)-Up:

EggCzar


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 59 62 80 82 04 32 20 34 07 99 55 12
1 LorinBurte 421 99 00
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2 EggCzar 415 97 15
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3 grimesr 413 95 00
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3 hypotactic 413 95 00
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5 Vicun-YAH 386 92 00
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6 RichmondJ 384 90 00
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7 BarthR 378 89 00
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8 BClemens 366 87 15
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9 MirandaM 328 85 00
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10 Commodore 313 84 00
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11 IyerM 311 82 15
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12 CarterBurke 309 80 15
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13 Snuffleupagus 307 79 00
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14 Vendy12 295 77 15
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15 casketromance 291 75 00
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16 AnthonyBianca 275 74 15
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17 DeeKay 265 72 15
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18 felsenheldd 263 70 15
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19 GarciaD 257 69 00
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20 Michalle 241 67 00
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21 Svoyager-11 233 65 00
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22 akambour 228 63 15
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22 RauscherM 228 63 15
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24 Nicole 215 60 15
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25 orwant 212 59 15
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26 mellyjo 207 55 15
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26 Ren 207 55 15
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26 KPope 207 55 15
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29 BringMoreLegos 203 52 00
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30 DreyfusB 196 50 00
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31 HessJa 188 48 00
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31 LiptonM 188 48 00
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33 NatashaBB 184 45 00
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34 gaufqwi 180 44 15
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35 ElendilPickle 175 42 15
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36 Tarn 170 40 15
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37 Longford 167 39 00
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38 LynchT 166 37 15
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39 Bup 165 35 00
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40 tomasnomas 160 33 00
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40 NullDiggity 160 33 00
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42 AmmermanA 157 30 15
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43 helene 155 29 15
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44 YuC 154 27 00
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45 FauxD 150 25 00
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46 MoyseyC 148 24 00
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47 CasaleggiL 143 22 00
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48 Timm 137 20 15
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48 srs 137 20 15
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50 Crow-T-Robot 135 17 15
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51 MatchenD 134 15 15
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52 GarstJ 118 12 00
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52 JCEurovision 118 12 00
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52 ecpekkle 118 12 00
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55 DFisher 93 9 00
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56 PipkeR 92 7 00
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57 HumbabaORiley 90 5 00
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58 DouglasLovesVixey 86 4 00
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59 LeungT 83 2 00
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60 ArunH 70 1 00
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Questions:

What US CABINET DEPARTMENT was reported to be spearheading a change to the definition of gender under TItle IX, which would strictly define gender based on genatalia at birth, which would exclude transgendered people from many legal protections?

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Health and Human Services

What COUNTRY announced that it would not renew the lease agreement for two parcels of land made with Israel in 1994 as part of a broader peace agreement that will stay in place?

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Jordan

Paul Biya won a seventh term as president of what AFRICAN NATION, in a vote marked by low turnout, especially in the country's two Anglophone provinces?

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Cameroon

The European Commission (the EU's executive arm) rejected the 2019 draft budge of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, citing deficit spending that would add to the country's 2 billion-plus Euro debt?

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Italy

What FORMER US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE announced that she was withdrawing from public life due to a diagnosis of dementia?

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Sandra Day O'Connor

One ticket sold in South Carolina matched all of the numbers drawn Tuesday for what MULTI-STATE LOTTERY, whose jackpot was in excess of $1.5 billion?

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Mega Millions

A Florida man is being held on charges of sending several pipe bombs to political figures and news organizations with what FORMER DNC CHAIR's name as the return address? Two bombs intended for Eric Holder and Joe Biden were sent back to this address.

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Debbie Wasserman Schultz

The UN's chief humanitarian officer warned the Security Council that up to half of the population of what COUNTRY - totaling roughly 14 million people - were at risk for famine as a result of the civil war pitting Houthi rebels against a government backed by a coalition of Arab states?

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Yemen

An anti-Semetic gunman killed 11 by shooting up a synagogue in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of what US CITY?

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Pittsburgh

What PALESTINIAN TERROR ORGANIZATION agreed to an Egypt-brokered cease fire with Israel after trading rocket and air attacks in the aftermath of four Palestinians being killed in protests against Israel's ongoing action against Gaza?

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Islamic Jihad

What ASIAN COUNTRY was thrown into political turmoil when president Maithripala Sirisena replaced the prime minister with former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and suspended parliament?

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Sri Lanka

What WYOMING COLLEGE STUDENT, the victim of a gruesome anti-gay murder in 1998 that attracted national attention, was finally laid to rest at the Washington National Cathedral?

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Matthew Shepard