The Week of July 10, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Runner(s)-Up:

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 KonkelT 389 96 15
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2 GoodmanDL 366 89 15
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3 LynchT 308 82 15
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4 ChrisRosenberg 301 75 00
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5 ecpekkle 273 64 00
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5 DouglasLovesVixey 273 64 00
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7 eternally5th 257 53 00
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8 Tarn 251 46 00
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9 KCrest 235 39 00
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10 SokolM 223 32 00
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11 DFisher 221 25 00
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12 JCEurovision 207 14 00
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12 KPope 207 14 00
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14 BoulierJ 141 3 00
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Questions:

What US STATE saw its second temporary restraining order against its anti-abortion "trigger" law, originally signed by governor Kathleen Blanco in 2006? Opponents contend the law is unconstituionally vague.

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Louisiana

What NORTH AMERICAN CAPITAL CITY's Cite Soleil neighborhood saw nearly 100 killed amid critical shortages of food, fuel, and water due to a gang war? The gangs are vying for territory that includes the Varreux oil terminal.

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Port au Prince

A lawsuit contends that we may be tasting the genotoxicity when we eat what CANDY, which uses titanium dioxide in its bright coloring? Candy maker Mars said in 2016 they were planning to discontinue using the chemical, but has not yet removed it from the candy.

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Skittles

The US introduced what THREE DIGIT PHONE NUMBER for emergency mental health services? The hotline builds on the 1-800-273-8255 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, which will remain in operation.

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988

Over 4000 of what BREED OF DOG were rescued from a breeding facility in Virginia, where a string of animal welfare violations had not been remedied? The facility, which bred the dogs for medical research, will be shut down by its parent company.

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beagle

The first batch of images from the James Webb Space Telescope included a view Stephan’s Quintet, a group of five galaxies which may be best known for appearing in what 1946 MOVIE, where they represented angels?

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It’s a Wonderful Life

In what EUROPEAN COUNTRY did prime minister Mario Draghi offer his resignation, only to have it rejected by the country's president? Draghi offered to resign after a party in his ruling coalition failed to support an economic relief bill.

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Italy

What US SENATOR took the reasoning of the overturn of Roe v. Wade to same sex marriage, saying that the 2015 Obergefell decision that legalized same sex marriage across the country was "clearly wrong' and that legalization should be left to the individual states?

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Ted Cruz

The select committee investigating the January 6 Capitol riot subpoenaed phone records from what FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, asking for texts from January 5 and 6, after the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general reported that many texts may have been erased? The agency blames a system migration for the loss of texts.

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Secret Service

Your HallR mini-theme of the week: Yugo-a-Go-Go. What FORMER YUGOSLAVIAN REPUBLIC was admitted to the Eurozone, becoming the 20th country to join and the first since Lithuania in 2015? Their local currency, the kuna, will be valued at just over 7.5 to the Euro until the new currency is formally adopted on January 1, 2023?

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Croatia

What FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC said it would back a French plan and adopt language into its constitution recognizing its Bulgarian minority and offering certain protections to that minority? This is hoped to clear the path to EU membership, which had been blocked by Greece until the 2019 Prespa Agreement.

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North Macedonia

Four former executives at Tepco were ordered to pay 13 trillion yen (approximately $95 billion) in damages to the operator of what NUCLEAR POWER PLANT that suffered a post-tsunami meltdown in 2011? Three executives were acquitted of criminal wrongdoing, though that verdict is under review.

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Fukushima