The Week of August 16, 2020 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ElendilPickle


Runner(s)-Up:

SchiefelbeinM
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Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 04 79 49 54 83 04 43 08 35 10 08 46
1 ElendilPickle 440 99 15
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54
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83
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43
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46
2 SchiefelbeinM 401 97 15
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54
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08
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46
3 DeeKay 378 96 15
04
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54
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83
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08
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15
15
4 colleenw 375 94 15
00
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54
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83
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08
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46
5 IyerM 362 92 15
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54
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83
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04
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10
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46
6 MoyseyC 357 91 15
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54
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35
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08
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46
7 UncleTed 351 89 15
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54
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43
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08
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35
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46
8 RichmondJ 346 88 15
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54
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43
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46
9 srs 344 86 15
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54
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35
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46
10 griffism 340 85 15
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54
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83
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11 EggCzar 338 82 15
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54
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46
11 ecpekkle 338 82 15
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54
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35
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46
13 JNathan 321 80 15
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79
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43
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08
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46
14 LakeMA 317 78 15
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54
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83
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46
14 KesslerA2 317 78 15
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83
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16 TimL 313 75 15
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54
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17 TWright17 311 74 15
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35
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18 grimesr 287 72 15
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19 MartinJ2 285 71 15
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54
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35
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08
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20 hypotactic 277 69 15
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54
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46
21 JCEurovision 270 67 15
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54
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35
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22 MattK 269 66 15
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49
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35
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46
23 JamesDenny 266 64 15
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54
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35
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23 MatchenD 266 64 15
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54
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43
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35
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25 KlionskyG 265 61 15
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79
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46
26 LynchT 252 58 15
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46
26 Atomiccoffey 252 58 15
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79
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46
26 jveditz 252 58 15
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54
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43
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29 Tarn 242 54 15
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83
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46
29 petkunm 242 54 15
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31 GoodmanDL 239 51 15
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31 KonkelT 239 51 15
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33 GoldfarbDavidJ 234 49 15
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34 HortonR 226 47 15
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35 Vendy12 224 46 15
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36 orwant 221 44 15
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37 mwg 219 42 15
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37 ChrisRosenberg 219 42 15
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39 MiriamL 217 39 15
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39 TaylorMA 217 39 15
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41 GarciaD 212 36 15
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42 AlexanderT 211 35 15
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43 YuC 209 32 15
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43 classicroadster 209 32 15
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45 DreyfusB 206 30 15
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46 Aniket 202 28 15
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47 IFSEsq 201 27 15
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48 HoodM 198 25 15
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49 BlomE 191 24 15
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50 MaccaroneM 181 21 15
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50 gaufqwi 181 21 00
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52 benwick 173 19 15
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53 Nicola 170 17 15
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53 shambolic 170 17 15
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55 KPope 168 14 15
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56 ArunH 163 13 00
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57 Timm 156 11 15
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58 SokolM 151 10 15
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59 DMTsurel 142 8 15
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60 RuizJ 132 7 15
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61 KCrest 120 5 15
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62 WeaverR 88 3 15
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63 Jonathan 82 2 15
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64 DouglasLovesVixey 78 1 15
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Questions:

What US NATIONAL PARK recorded a high temperature of 130F (54.4C), believed to be the hottest reliably recorded temperature in history? Previous highs - one in the same location, another in Tunisia - are disputed.

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Death Valley

What SUPERMARKET CHAIN saw a lawsuit over whether or not its employees can wear Black Lives Matter masks while on the job expand to include 28 plaintiffs over nine states?

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Whole Foods Market

What RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER took ill on a flight from Siberia to Moscow, with many believing he was poisoned prior to boarding? After a small standoff he was flown to Germany, where he continues to be in a coma.

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Alexei Navalny

What AFRICAN NATION saw its military successfully launch a coup against president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, fueled by a dispute over pay and ongoing skirmishes with jihadists?

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Mali

In her acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination for vice president, Kamala Harris included as her family what TYPE OF RELATION, whose Tamil word translates to "aunt" but can also include step-mothers and younger friends of one's mother?

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aunts

What ISLAND lost a reported 586 billion tons of ice in 2019, which on its own is responsible for a 1.5 millimetre rise in global sea levels?

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Greenland

Donald Trump blamed deep state actors - or 'whoever" - in what FEDERAL AGENCY for intentionally slowing down testing of Covid-19 vacccines? Trump did not provide any information in support of this claim.

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Donald Trump called for a boycott of what AMERICAN TIRE COMPANY, saying they banned employees from wearing "MAGA" hats in support of him? The company clarified that policy forbids all clothing that expresses political sentiment.

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Goodyear

Apple filed evidence in Epic Games' anti-trust lawsuit suggesting that Epic was seeking special treatment to allow players of what GAME to make in-game payments that would circumvent the Apple Store and its 30 percent cut of sales? The game has been removed from the Apple Store for violating its terms of service.

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Fortnite

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Pardons of Future Past. Donald Trump granted a pardon to what SUFFRAGETTE, although several historians - and the director of a museum about her - stated that she did not want a pardon for having illegally voted?

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Susan B. Anthony

What FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL was indicted for fraud involving a "Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign where he's alleged to have put some of its funds to personal use?

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Steve Bannon

The ongoing wildfires in California and the Covid-19 pandemic converged as high infection rates among what GROUP OF PEOPLE have severely limited their use by the state to fight the fires?

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prisoners