The Week of November 1, 2020: Everything Else by CoenM

Champion(s):

grimesr


Runner(s)-Up:

KlionskyG
"Small facts lead to great knowing."

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Quiz Description

Other things that happened this week.

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 03 68 70 56 80 05 45 40 38 26 31 19
1 grimesr 442 98 15
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2 KonkelT 422 95 15
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2 KlionskyG 422 95 15
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4 Vicun-YAH 369 91 15
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5 ecpekkle 362 89 15
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6 GoodmanDL 352 87 15
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7 Mike-Oh 348 84 15
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8 SchiefelbeinM 347 82 15
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9 Timm 341 80 15
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10 MattK 320 77 15
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11 BClemens 317 75 15
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12 TWright17 303 73 15
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13 srs 292 70 15
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14 SokolM 274 68 15
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15 imogen 260 66 15
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16 groug 258 63 15
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17 JamesDenny 254 61 15
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18 UncleTed 252 59 15
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19 DarthPace 251 56 15
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20 GarciaD 249 54 15
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21 Jonathan 247 52 15
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22 jveditz 242 48 15
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22 jnowell 242 48 15
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24 RauscherM 240 45 15
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25 TimL 239 43 15
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26 Vendy12 221 40 15
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27 KPope 215 38 15
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28 Tarn 211 36 15
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29 mwg 207 33 15
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30 DouglasLovesVixey 191 31 00
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31 Bup 188 29 15
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32 RobinJRichards 184 26 15
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33 LynchT 178 23 15
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33 JasonDuiuc 178 23 15
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35 GoldfarbDavidJ 173 19 15
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36 FauxD 170 16 15
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36 NathanL 170 16 15
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38 HoodM 166 12 15
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39 JCEurovision 158 10 15
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40 BlomE 128 8 15
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41 DrSteveC 84 5 15
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42 ColeB 83 3 15
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43 HortonR 35 1 15
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Questions:

Overshadowed by the first full day of ballot counting, the US officially left the climate accord named for what WORLD CAPITAL on November 4?

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Paris

What COUNTRY launched a military offensive against separatists in Tigray, ostensibly for their attack on a military installation? The country spent most of the 1990s in a civil war, and only recently normalized relations with the country created in the aftermath of that conflict.

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Ethiopia

The search for survivors ended in what TURKISH CITY, its third largest, after an earthquake in the Aegean Sea caused several buildings to collapse? All but two of the quake's 116 victims were from the city.

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Izmir

Australia's High Court ruled that the border closure of what STATE, the country's largest, is constitutional? The state closed borders in April and hasn't seen a case since.

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Western Australia

While 57 people are confirmed dead in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta, what CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY may lead that figure to triple as bodies are recovered from a landslide where at least 100 people are thought to be entombed?

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Guatemala

A judge in Minneapolis announced that the four police officers charged in the death of what MAN would be tried together?

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George Floyd

What US AIRLINE announced the first furloughs in its 49 year history, with 42 parts inventory workers given notice? They may wind up keeping their jobs if the government provides further relief for the industry or if their union agrees to pay cuts and other measures.

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Southwest

What CHINESE BILLIONAIRE saw the government cancel the planned $37 billion IPO of his Ant Group after a speech where he was critical of regulations and compared banks to pawnshops?

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Jack Ma

Intelligence officials in Central Europe admitted that mistakes were made in keeping tabs on a suspected jihadist who killed four in a gun attack in what CAPITAL CITY?

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Vienna

Your HallR mini-theme (TM): The Beat Goes On. What US STATE hit the 1 million mark for total Covid-19 infections? Were it still independent, it would be in the top ten countries for total infections.

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Texas

Covid-19 made a return visit to the West Wing, as what WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF reportedly tested positive?

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Mark Meadows

Covid-19 infections took a gruesome turn in Denmark, as all 15 million of what ANIMAL, farmed for its fur, had to be culled after widespread infection with a mutated form of the virus?

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mink