The Week of December 9. 2018 by CoenM

Champion(s):

RichmondJ


Runner(s)-Up:

BarthR
L’enfer, c’est les autres.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 60 02 06 14 48 29 07 05 71 26 17 40
1 RichmondJ 416 99 15
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48
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15
71
15
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17
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40
2 BarthR 395 97 15
60
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15
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48
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29
15
07
15
15
71
15
15
15
3 LiptonM 394 96 15
15
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15
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48
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29
15
15
15
71
15
26
15
15
40
4 LorinBurte 385 93 15
60
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15
15
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29
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05
15
71
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15
15
40
4 Michalle 385 93 15
60
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29
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05
15
71
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15
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40
4 hypotactic 385 93 15
60
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29
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05
15
71
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40
7 grimesr 383 91 15
60
15
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29
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15
71
15
26
15
17
15
8 DeeKay 373 89 15
60
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05
15
71
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17
15
40
9 BrezinaD 358 87 15
60
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00
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05
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71
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17
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40
9 MoyseyC 358 87 00
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48
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29
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71
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40
11 DreyfusB 346 85 15
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48
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05
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71
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17
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12 MartinJ2 341 84 00
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48
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29
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71
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26
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13 gregariouschinchilla 337 83 15
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29
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26
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40
14 NatashaBB 328 81 00
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48
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29
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71
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00
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40
14 KPope 328 81 15
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06
00
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29
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71
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16 WareD 322 79 15
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29
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26
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17 jonah 316 77 15
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18 akambour 302 76 15
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26
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19 EdwardsT 298 75 00
00
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71
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40
20 Tarn 296 73 15
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29
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26
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21 YuC 291 72 15
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29
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00
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26
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40
22 GoodmanDL 289 70 00
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23 ChrisRosenberg 280 69 00
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71
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24 TaylorMA 272 68 15
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26
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25 KonkelT 271 65 15
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00
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29
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71
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40
25 PrestonC 271 65 00
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71
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40
25 CasaleggiL 271 65 00
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48
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26
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40
28 Nicole 270 62 15
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00
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29 HessJa 267 60 00
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29 AmmermanA 267 60 15
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26
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31 Timm 266 58 00
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71
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32 travis 262 57 00
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48
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07
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26
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33 TimL 261 55 00
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33 jveditz 261 55 15
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35 HightB 260 53 00
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36 Vicun-YAH 255 52 15
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37 ElendilPickle 252 50 00
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38 GarciaD 248 49 00
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39 felsenheldd 245 47 00
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40 srs 241 46 00
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41 BClemens 240 45 00
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42 gaufqwi 238 43 15
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43 Crow-T-Robot 233 42 15
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44 jlboldrick 232 41 15
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45 RobinJRichards 224 39 00
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45 Ren 224 39 00
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47 MatchenD 216 37 00
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48 Longford 213 35 15
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49 MattK 212 34 00
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50 mellyjo 211 33 00
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51 Svoyager-11 206 31 00
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52 GarstJ 205 30 00
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53 HomerS 202 29 00
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54 crm 197 26 00
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54 wouterst 197 26 00
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54 Vendy12 197 26 00
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57 KleinJ 196 23 00
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58 JCEurovision 191 22 15
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59 Kwatz 189 20 00
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60 ShampooCell 186 19 00
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61 RauscherM 173 18 00
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62 PipkeR 168 16 00
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63 HumbabaORiley 165 15 00
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64 ArunH 160 14 15
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65 LynchT 155 12 00
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66 BringMoreLegos 139 11 00
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67 MatherV 136 10 00
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68 MitchellWA 125 8 15
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69 DreierR 119 7 00
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70 DFisher 104 6 00
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71 RJRouge 95 4 00
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72 FauxD 88 3 00
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73 DouglasLovesVixey 46 2 00
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74 IvixorB 0 1 00
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Questions:

A snap election in what EURASIAN COUNTRY saw acting prime minister Nikol Pashinyan's coalition take just over 70 percent of the vote, confirming the peaceful revoution Pashinyan led in April?

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Armenia

What MAGAZINE named Jamal Kashoggi and a group of targeted journalists they called "the guardians for truth" as its Person of the Year?

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Time

In a surprise move, John Roberts and Brett Kavanagh joined the liberal wing of the US Supreme Court to reject a case brought by Kansas and Louisiana to defund what ORGANIZATION, as they claim it sells fetal tissue obtained through abortions?

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Planned Parenthood

In a 200-117 vote, members of what UK POLITICAL PARTY confirmed their confidence in prime minister Theresa May, who later stated that she would not lead the party into the next scheduled parliamentary election?

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Conservative

While it's not quite Amazon's HQ2, what TECH COMPANY announced it would build a $1 billion campus that will bring 5,000 jobs to Austin, Texas?

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Apple

A report by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noted that what SYNTHETIC OPIOID is now the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in the US, with deaths caused by the drug doubling each year from 2013 to 2016?

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fentanyl

A federal judge in Texas found what LAW unconstitutional, stating that the individual mandate is impermissible under the Interstate Commerce Clause?

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Affordable Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare

What COMPANY saw its stock drop 10 percent on Friday in response to a Reuters investigation stating that the company has known for decades that its baby powder contained asbestos?

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Johnson and johnson

What COUNTRY announced it recognized West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but also said it would keep its embassy in Tel Aviv for now, and that it continued to support the use of East Jerusalem as the capital of a separate Palestinian state?

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Australia

This week's HallR(tm) mini-theme: Comings and Goings. What TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL was named as acting Chief of Staff, which will see him move to the White House from the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau?

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John Michael "Mick" Mulvaney

On the way out is what TRUMP CABINET SECRETARY, who is stepping down stating that he did now want to spend "thousands of dollars defending myself and my family against false allegations," referring to a number of investigations into his conduct while Secretary of the Interior?

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Ryan Zinke

What FRENCH CITY reopened its Christmas market on Friday after police confirmed they had killed the suspected gunman who had attacked the market earlier in the week, killing four?

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Strasbourg