The Week of January 22, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

RichmondJ


Runner(s)-Up:

Svoyager-11
Doubt anyone will ever see this, since I didn't join in until after the Phillies quiz (oh, my!)


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 RichmondJ 445 96 15
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2 Svoyager-11 384 88 15
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3 KonkelT 330 80 00
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4 ChrisRosenberg 307 73 00
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5 KPope 285 65 00
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6 RautY 222 57 00
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7 JCEurovision 207 50 00
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8 Tarn 177 38 00
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8 LynchT 177 38 00
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10 DouglasLovesVixey 137 26 15
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11 alamble 115 19 00
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12 SokolM 91 11 00
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13 DFisher 84 3 00
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Questions:

Almost all of the 220 million people in what ASIAN COUNTRY were left without power when a "frequency variation" caused a system-wide grid failure? The country had been shutting down power plants overnight to conserve fuel.

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Pakistan

Another 2024 US Senate race began to take shape as Democrat Ruben Gallego announced he would run to replace what DEMOCRAT TURNED INDEPENDENT representing Arizona?

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Kyrsten Sinema

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set what METAPHORICAL TIMEPIECE to 90 seconds to midnight from 100 seconds, a change due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the ongoing threat from climate change?

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Doomsday Clock

Russia expelled Margus Laidre, the ambassador from what BALTIC NATION, saying that the country had "purposefully drestroyed" relations between the two countries? The country responded by expelling Russia's ambassador.

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Estonia

The US announced it would send 31 of what MAIN BATTLE TANK to Ukraine? The US had previously refused to send the tank, citing its technical complexity and fuel usage.

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M1 Abrams

In what US CITY were five police officers charged with second degree murder in the death of Tyre Nichols?

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Memphis

The presidents of what TWO SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES suggested that they may adopt a common currency - potentially called the 'sur' - to strengthen regional trade and lessen reliance on the US dollar?

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Argentina and Brazil

What US FEDERAL AGENCY announced new rules for blood donation that emphasize individual risk factors rather than applying bans based specifically on sexual orientation?

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Food and Drug Administration

Lawyers for what FORMER VICE PRESIDENT and potential 2024 presidential candidate announced that classified documents were found among papers stored at his private residence?

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Mike Pence

UNESCO named the historic UKRANIAN CITY, known as the Pearl of the Black Sea, a World Heritage Site in Danger due to the threat of damage due to war? Russia opposed the designation, claiming that Ukraine was bombing its own historic sites.

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Odesa

The US Department of Justice announced it had disrupted Hive, an online group behind what PRACTICE where hackers take over a computer system and demand payment to return the system and its data to it's owner's control?

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ransomware

Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill making gender-affirming care for transgender youth in what US STATE illegal? Cox stated he signed the bill to stop treatments until medical resarch can better demonstrate the long-term effects of such treatments.

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Utah