The Week of May 21, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

jveditz
You'll Have to Speak Up, I'm Wearing a Towel


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 GoodmanDL 366 95 00
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2 jveditz 341 87 15
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3 Timm 299 79 15
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4 KonkelT 298 70 15
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5 LynchT 259 62 15
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6 Tarn 244 54 15
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7 JCEurovision 230 45 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 228 37 15
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9 helene 173 29 15
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10 StoneE3 171 20 15
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11 SokolM 133 12 15
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12 DFisher 108 4 15
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Questions:

What US STATE GOVERNOR entered the race for the 2024 Republican nomination for president with a buggy conversation on Twitter Spaces?

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Ron DeSantis

What LEADER OF AN EU-MEMBER COUNTRY said at the Qatar Economic Forum that "There is no chance to win this war" as part of his justification of vetoing further EU military aid to Ukraine?

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Viktor Orban

A UN-sponsored tribunal announced the arrest of Fulgence Kayishema, who had been a fugitive since a 2001 genocide conviction over the deaths of 2000 people during what AFRICAN COUNTRY's ethnic violence in 1994?

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Rwanda

What RETAILER pulled some items from its Pride collection, and moved others to the back of certain stores, after a number of threats made towards employees by hostile customers?

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Target

What ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS was impeached by the state's House of Representatives? While most of the counts involve him intervening with the FBI on behalf of a donor, some are related to his 2015 federal indictment on securities fraud.

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Ken Paxton

What INSURANCE COMPANY announced a less than neighborly change in who they insure in California, saying that they would no longer open new housing insurance policies in that state due to the threat of wildfires and the increasing costs of rebuilding?

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State Farm

What SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA saw one of its few remaining pro-democracy political parties, the Civic Party, vote to disband? Several members of the party were detained under a national security law enacted after 2019 pro-democracy demonstrations.

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Hong King

Russian and Wagner Group troops claimed to have finally taken what UKRANIAN CITY, the site of a months-long siege? The Ukranian government said their troops were still active around the city, while Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin said he would withdraw his troops and hand positions over to the Russian army.

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Bakhmut

China got involved in a border skirmish with what OTHER COUNTRY over water rights? Iran claims the country is holding back water from the Helmand River, in violation of a 1973 agreement.

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Afghanistan

Three members of what FAR RIGHT GROUP were sentenced to prison for their roles in the January 6 riot at the Capitol? The longest sentence went to group founder Stewart Rhodes, who was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy.

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Oath Keepers

President Biden and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced an agreement to extend the debt ceiling for another two years in exchange for a number of concessions, including a reduction in funds to hire more investigators for what US FEDERAL AGENCY? The first bill passed by the current Republican-led House was for such a reduction.

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Internal Revenue Service

Ford made a surprise announement that their electric vehicles would now be able to use the Supercharger stations that were previously exclusive to what AUTOMAKER? It is expected that Ford's next generation of electric vehicles will use the same plugs as the other automaker's cars, removing the current need for an adapter.

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Tesla