The Week of October 23, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Runner(s)-Up:

Timm


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 22 86 08 58 36 00 36 00 08 86 86 79
1 KonkelT 365 96 15
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79
2 Timm 345 89 15
22
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36
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86
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3 HortonR 330 82 15
22
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36
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36
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86
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4 JCEurovision 208 75 15
22
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08
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58
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5 alamble 207 67 15
22
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08
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36
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36
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6 helene 206 60 15
22
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08
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86
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 199 53 15
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36
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36
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15
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8 SokolM 193 46 00
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08
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36
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36
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08
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9 KCrest 178 39 00
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08
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10 Tarn 177 32 15
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36
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36
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15
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11 LynchT 156 21 15
22
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08
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36
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11 DFisher 156 21 15
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36
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13 KPope 143 10 15
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14 ChrisRosenberg 104 3 00
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Questions:

What CONSERVATIVE PARTY MP succeeded Liz Truss as the UK's prime minister? At 42 he is the youngest PM in 200 years, and is the first PM of Asian descent.

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Rishi Sunak

US Attorney General Merrick Garland announced charges against 13 individuals from what COUNTRY involving interference in three separate cases involving forced repatriation, influence peddling, and interference in a criminal prosecution?

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China

A second woman came forward to allege that what US SENATE CANDIADTE pressured her to have an abortion in 1993?

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Herschel Walker

Israel signed a US-brokered deal with what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY regarding their maritime border? The deal resolved disputes over oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Lebanon

Pediatric hospitals reported a surge in cases of what INFECTION, causing cases of pneumonia primarily in young children? Please give the full name or its three-letter abbreviation

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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV)

What SPACE AND AUTOMOTIVE ENTREPRENEUR moved into the social media space by finally completing his purchase of Twitter?

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Elon Musk

Climate activists once again attacked art to try to make their point, using tomatoes against what JAN VERMEER WORK? As with previous attacks, the painting was not damaged.

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Girl with a Pearl Earring

What ASIAN CAPITAL CITY saw over 150 people die due to a crowd surge in its Itaewon neighborhood?

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Seoul

The husband of what SPEAKER OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was hospitalized with a fractured skull after a man broke into their house and attacked him with a hammer?

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Nancy Pelosi

Unilever recalled 19 brands of dry shampoo, including those by Dove, Suave, and TRESemme, due to their having high levels of what CARCINOGEN in their aerosol propellant?

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Benzene

Russia pulled out of the agreement allowing Ukraine to ship grain from its Black Sea ports, blaming them and what NATO MEMBER COUNTRY for an attack on their Black Sea fleet? Russia also accused this country of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines; the country denied involvement in both incidents.

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United Kingdom

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw over 100 killed and more than 300 wounded due to a dual car bombing in its national capital? Extremist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility, saying it targeted the education ministry as it was leading children away from Islam.

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Somalia