The Week of April 4, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Runner(s)-Up:

ecpekkle

DarthPace


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 20 14 67 94 94 60 07 14 00 94 34 07
1 KonkelT 319 96 15
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34
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2 DarthPace 317 86 00
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94
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60
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07
2 ecpekkle 317 86 15
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67
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07
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94
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4 KlionskyG 271 76 15
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67
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34
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5 LynchT 248 70 15
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60
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34
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6 KPope 242 63 15
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67
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 177 56 15
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60
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07
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8 Timm 165 50 15
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9 Svoyager-11 160 43 15
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34
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10 ChrisRosenberg 152 30 00
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10 HortonR 152 30 15
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10 JCEurovision 152 30 15
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13 JoeM 145 16 15
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14 SokolM 130 10 15
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15 Tarn 88 3 00
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Questions:

What HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER won a fourth term in office, with his Fidesz party winning just over 50 percent of the vote?

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Viktor Orban

Six people were killed and a dozen injured in a mass shooting outside of a bar in what CALIFORNIA CITY? Over 100 shots were fired, believed to be prompted by a street fight just before the shooting.

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Sacramento

What US AIRLINE announced a $3.6 billion takeover bid for discount carrier Spirit, who is still looking at a possible merger with Frontier? The airline announced the bid on the same day it introduced service between Boston and London.

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Jet Blue

Blaise Compaoré, the former president of what AFRICAN COUNTRY, was convicted in the killing of Thomas Sankara, the president before him who was overthrown in a 1987 coup that brought Compaoré to power?

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Burkina Faso

Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania announced they'd discovered a new type of cell, called RAS cells, in what HUMAN ORGAN? The cells share some properties of stem cells, and may be able to reverse damage that cause ...

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lungs

Researchers at FermiLab announced that they discovered that the W form of what SUBATOMIC PARTICLE was about one-tenth of one percent heavier than expected? If the particle's weight is confirmed it could cause a reconsideration of the standard model of physics.

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boson

What COUNTRY ousted its prime minister, former cricket great Imran Khan, in a no confidence vote stemming from the rising cost of living and his falling out with the military and the ISI, the country's intelligence service?

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Pakistan

A Michigan jury acquitted two defendants and were hung on verdicts for the two other defendants in the trial on the conspiracy to kidnap what US STATE GOVERNOR?

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Gretchen Whitmer

What BREAKFAST CEREAL may be magically infectious, with the US Food and Drug Administration investigating over 100 claims that the cereal caused gastrointestinal issues?

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Lucky Charms

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): Gear for War. What NATO MEMBER transferred a Russian-built S-300 air defense system to Ukraine? The US will replace it with a Patriot missile battery. Researchers at FermiLab announced that they discovered that the W form of what SUBATOMIC PARTICLE was about one-tenth of one percent heavier than expected? If the particle's weight is confirmed it could cause a reconsideration of the standard model of physics.

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Slovakia

The US Senate approved a revival of what WORLD WAR II era law, which would expedite the delivery of weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine in return for the promise of future payment?

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Lend Lease

A court in Turkey halted the trial in absentia of 26 defendants accused in the 2018 murder of what SAUDI JOURNALIST and transferred it to a court in Saudi Arabia? The move is thought to be aimed at repairing relations between the two countries, which saw Saudi Arabia ban most imports from Turkey.

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Jamal Khashoggi