The Week of April 9, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Runner(s)-Up:

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Quiz Description

Ignore the published end date, this quiz will close at the end of the week.

Full Results:

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1 ChrisRosenberg 330 96 00
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2 GoodmanDL 314 88 15
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3 helene 308 80 15
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4 KPope 307 73 15
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5 LynchT 292 65 15
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6 SokolM 261 57 15
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7 Tarn 254 50 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 253 42 15
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9 alamble 215 30 15
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9 HortonR 215 30 15
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11 DFisher 200 19 15
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12 JCEurovision 191 11 00
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13 KCrest 99 3 00
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Questions:

Air National Guardsman Jack D. Teixeira was charged with allegedly leaking a trove of classified military documents, including several on the war in Ukraine, using what ONLINE PLATFORM originally created to give gamers a way to chat while playing?

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Discord

What FOOD STORAGE COMPANY announced it was in danger of going out of business unless it could secure more financing? The company has faced a slump in sales, even after adding sales in Target to its traditional direct sales model.

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Tupperware

Several faculty unions at what BIG 10 UNIVERSITY ended a five day strike after a tentative agreement was reached that included increased job security and pay for adjunct and graduate instructors?

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Rutgers

What ORGANIZATION announced it would be leaving Twitter after the platform dubbed them "state-affiliated media?”The organization says the label undermines its credibility by downplaying its editorial independence.

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National Public Radio (NPR)

Dry conditions and high winds sparked a forest fire not in California, but what EAST COAST STATE, where the Jimmy's Waterhole fire burned nearly 4000 acres in and around Manchester Township?

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New Jersey

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw at least 56 killed in clashes between the government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Force, mostly in fighting around Khartoum?

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Sudan

Workers installed the new, 80 ton wooden base for what CATHEDRAL’s new spire, raising hopes that the building’s post-fire renovations will be done in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics?

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Notre Dame

The legislature in what US STATE became the first to pass a statewide ban on TikTok? It would ban users from downloading the app from app stores, but still allow users who already have it to continue using it.

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Montana

What RELIGIOUS LEADER came under fire when a video surfaced showing him kissing a boy on the lips and then suggesting that the boy suck his tongue? Supporters cite the leader’s broken English and the local saying “eat my tongue” have led to a misunderstanding of the video.

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Dalai Lama

What CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA SITE was shut down after being bought by the digital media conglomerate Starboard, which noted “[n]o reasonable person believes that a Twitter clone just for conservatives is a viable business any more?”

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Parler

What COUNTRY shut down it’s last three nuclear power plants, a moved hailed by the SPD and coalition partner Green Party? The third coalition party, the Free Democrats, were less enthusiastic.

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Germany

The exchange of hundreds of POWs gave hope that the civil war in what COUNTRY could soon end? Talks led by neighboring Oman have been bolstered by direct negotiations and the restoration of Saudi-Iranian diplomatic relations.

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Yemen