Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of February 20, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...

Runner(s)-Up:

ecpekkle

Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 GoodmanDL 361 98 15
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2 ecpekkle 358 94 15
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3 JCEurovision 325 91 15
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4 UncleTed 324 87 00
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5 LynchT 309 83 00
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6 KPope 299 80 00
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7 RobinJRichards 292 76 00
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8 griffism 284 73 00
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9 GarciaD 281 67 15
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9 imogen 281 67 00
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11 SokolM 273 62 15
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12 GriffinJoe 266 58 15
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13 ChrisRosenberg 256 55 00
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14 Tarn 238 51 15
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15 jveditz 227 48 15
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16 HortonR 212 42 00
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16 KlionskyG 212 42 15
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18 Timm 211 37 15
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19 MasonC 208 33 15
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20 Vendy12 200 30 00
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21 BoulierJ 191 26 00
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22 alamble 180 23 00
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23 KingJA 168 19 00
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24 KonkelT 163 16 00
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25 randalleng 139 12 15
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26 Stevo600 128 8 00
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27 gaufqwi 113 5 00
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28 DouglasLovesVixey 112 1 00
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Questions:

Question 1

A $26 billion settlement was reached between a number of states and localities and companies being sued for their roles in the opioid crisis, with $5 being paid by what HEALTHCARE COMPANY through its pharmaceutical division, Janssen?

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Johnson & Johnson

Question 2

Donald Trump launched what new SOCIAL MEDIA APP, an alternative to Twitter? Trump was permanently banned from Twitter after the January 6th riot.

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Truth Social

Question 3

Citibank became the first of the five largest banks in the US to announce it would end the collection of what FEES, assessed when an account holder withdraws more money than what is currently in the account?

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overdraft

Question 4

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY decriminalized abortion within the first 24 weeks of pregnancy? The change expands on a 2006 law that okayed abortion in cases of rape, where the life of the mother is in jeopardy, or where the fetus is not viable.

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Colombia

Question 5

in what US STATE did the governor direct state agencies to conduct investigations of gender-affirming care for transgender children after the state attorney general issued an opinion calling such care child abuse?

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Texas

Question 6

Three former Minneapolis police officers were convicted of violating the civil rights of what MAN murdered by fellow officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020?

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George Floyd

Question 7

President Biden nominated what JUSTICE OF THE DC CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS to the US Supreme Court? She will take the seat currently held by Stephen Breryer, who is retiring at the end of the current term.

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Ketanji Brown Jackson

Question 8

The US women's national team in what SPORT settled its discrimination case against the sports national governing body, receiving back pay and a commitment for equal pay with the men's team?

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soccer

Question 9

Two unpublished studies provided further support to the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic to be a wet market in what CHINESE CITY?

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Wuhan

Question 10

Your HallR mini-theme of the week: Life During Wartime. The Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted several countries to pledge military equipment to Ukraine, most notably what EUROPEAN COUNTRY which has previously avoided sending military equipment to warzones? It also lifted its ban on selling arms to countries that planned to then export them, allowing The Netherlands to send anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.

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Germany

Question 11

After some hesitation, the US and the EU announced plans to remove specific Russian banks from what NETWORK that allows for timely and secure exchanges between banks?

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SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)

Question 12

While fighting continued around Ukraine's major cities, Russian troops did take control of what NUCLEAR POWER SITE, apparently to gain control of its still-functioning reactors? The fighting raised radiation levels at the site forty-fold, which was attributed to radioactive dust sent airborne during the fighting.

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Chernobyl