The Week of December 20, 2020 by CoenM

Champion(s):

srs
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Runner(s)-Up:

ecpekkle


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 07 09 66 11 00 31 05 13 21 09 66 21
1 srs 363 98 15
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2 ecpekkle 346 96 15
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3 MattK 327 94 15
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4 KreitzerJ 320 92 15
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5 DreyfusB 308 90 15
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6 grimesr 293 87 15
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6 KPope 293 87 15
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8 shambolic 281 83 15
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8 Svoyager-11 281 83 15
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10 LynchT 277 80 15
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11 jnowell 276 78 15
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12 MoyseyC 272 76 15
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13 GoldfarbDavidJ 271 74 15
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14 QuinnA 264 72 15
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15 Joe 263 70 15
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16 ElendilPickle 257 68 15
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17 SokolM 252 66 15
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18 BClemens 246 64 15
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19 imogen 240 62 15
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20 SchiefelbeinM 236 60 15
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21 RobinJRichards 229 57 15
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21 AbdalianA 229 57 15
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23 groug 227 54 15
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24 GoodmanDL 226 52 15
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25 TaylorMA 225 50 15
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26 GarciaD 222 47 15
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27 MatthewsP 221 45 15
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28 KonkelT 220 43 15
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29 BeningoS 216 41 15
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30 mjmillerjr 212 38 15
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30 DeeKay 212 38 15
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32 KlionskyG 207 34 15
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32 HortonR 207 34 15
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34 JamesDenny 206 30 15
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34 mwg 206 30 15
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36 TWright17 202 27 15
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37 UncleTed 200 25 15
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38 Vendy12 186 23 15
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39 jveditz 175 21 15
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40 Tarn 172 19 15
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41 Atomiccoffey 165 17 15
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42 EggCzar 159 15 00
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43 alamble 156 12 15
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43 DMTsurel 156 12 15
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45 DouglasLovesVixey 146 9 00
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46 edmundsd 143 6 15
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46 Jsmartins 143 6 15
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48 ColeB 139 3 15
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49 JCEurovision 128 1 00
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Questions:

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY announced that was facing an outbreak of a new strain of Covid-19, resulting in a number of new travel restrictions for anyone looking to leave?

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United Kingdom

The US Justice Department announced new charges against the Libyan bombmaker whose device was used in the 1988 explosion that downed a Pan Am 747 over what SCOTTISH TOWN?

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Lockerbie

California governor Gavin Newsom picked what SECRETARY OF STATE to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris' US Senate seat? He will be the first Latino US Senator from California.

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Alex Padilla

What CENTRAL AMERICAN NATION saw its Congress pass a law that would allow President Daniel Ortega to name individuals as traitors and ban them from running against him in the country's 2021 presidential election?

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Nicaragua

Covid-19 finally reached what CONTINENT, as 36 people at a Chilean research station tested positive for the virus?

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Antarctica

What US SERVICE ACADEMY disclosed a cheating scandal involving at least 70 students, violating the school's honor code? A majority of the students completed a six month rehabilitation program and will be on probation for the remainder of their academic career.

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US Military Academy (aka West Point)

Donald Trump voiced his displeasure with the Covid-19 relief bill passed by Congress, saying he wanted relief checks of what AMOUNT rather than the $600 in the passed bill?

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$2000

What US STATE CAPITAL had a RV explode in its downtown on Christmas morning? Three people were injured and dozens of buildings damaged: remains found at the scene were later matched to a person of interest.

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Nashville

The UK and the EU finally agreed to a post-Brexit trade deal, with a settlement on what INDUSTRY? The deal will see current rules left largely in place for five and a half years, but with an increase in the UK’s catch quota built in.

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Fishing

What TWO PLANETS formed a “great conjunction,” appearing so close in the sky that they appeared to be one planet? This “Christmas star” formation is the closest the two planets appeared to be to each other in over 800 years.

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Jupiter and Saturn

What HAWAIIAN VOLCANO, quiet for nearly two years after a 30-plus year eruption, started to erupt again? The current eruption formed a lake of lava inside the volcano that was over 550 feet deep.

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Kilauea

Donald Trump’s rash of pardons included four military contractors from what COMPANY, who had been convicted of murdering 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007?

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Blackwater