The Week of December 5, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

jveditz
You'll Have to Speak Up, I'm Wearing a Towel


Runner(s)-Up:

KashyapN


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 jveditz 345 97 15
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2 KashyapN 340 92 15
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3 KlionskyG 325 87 15
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4 MattK 320 82 15
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5 RobinJRichards 305 75 15
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5 LynchT 305 75 15
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7 KPope 280 67 15
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8 KonkelT 250 62 15
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9 JCEurovision 240 57 15
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10 DouglasLovesVixey 220 52 15
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11 alamble 215 47 15
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12 MasonC 190 37 15
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12 ecpekkle 190 37 15
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12 KCrest 190 37 15
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15 gaufqwi 165 22 15
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15 Vendy12 165 22 15
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15 Tarn 165 22 15
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18 SokolM 160 12 15
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19 Squidpickles 150 7 15
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20 Timm 145 2 15
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Questions:

Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted as president of what ASIAN COUNTRY in February, was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of urging political unrest against the military and violating Covid-19 rules?

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Myanmar

What LONG TIME KANSAS SENATOR and 1996 presidential candidate passed away at the age of 98?

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Bob Dole

The US Justice Department filed its first lawsuit regarding Congressional redistricting, suing what STATE, saying its new map violates the Voting Rights Act by minimizing representation for Black and Hispanic residents?

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Texas

The 2022 Georgia governor's race got an additional jolt when what FORMER REPUBLICAN US SENATOR jumped into the race as a primary challenger to sitting governor Brian Kemp?

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David Perdue

What MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY announced plans to go to a four and a half day work week, with a weekend now running from Friday afternoon through Sunday? Currently they observe a Friday and Saturday weekend that's common in the Islamic world.

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United Arab Emirates

In Germany, Angela Merkel stepped down after 16 years in power, as what SOCIAL DEMOCRAT assumed the chancellorship?

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Olaf Scholz

What FOOD COMPANY announced it would hire permanent replacement workers at four plants whose workers went on strike in October? The union rejected a new five year deal struck last week.

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Kellog

The EU agreed to allow what FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC to join its free travel area? An EU member since 2013, it is also trying to join the single-currency Euro market.

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Croatia

What OCEANIC COUNTRY unveiled a plan where anyone born after 2008 would be unable to purchase tobacco products? The law would annually raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco, eventually making it off limits to all.

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New Zealand

A string of tornados tore through the middle of the US, with what STATE expecting at least 100 dead according to its governor, Andy Beshear?

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Kentucky

The US Justice Department ended an investigation into the 1955 lynching of what TEENAGER in Mississippi? It was unable to prove the involvement of more than the two men who admitted to the crime after they were acquitted.

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Emmett Till

The UK's High Court ruled that what WIKILEAKS FOUNDER could be extradited to the US to face trial over the thousands of leaked documents published on that site? Extradition had previously been denied based on concerns over the conditions of imprisonment in the US.

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Julian Assange