The Week of July 16, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

MoskowitzJim


Runner(s)-Up:

JCEurovision
Vive la République, vive la France!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 MoskowitzJim 286 95 15
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2 JCEurovision 280 86 15
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3 KPope 277 77 15
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4 helene 260 68 15
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5 GoodmanDL 251 59 15
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6 LynchT 241 50 15
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7 HortonR 225 40 00
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 222 31 00
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9 DFisher 202 18 15
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9 SokolM 202 18 15
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11 KonkelT 182 4 15
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Questions:

The Pentagon announced that millions of emails - many of which included sensitive information - were accidentially sent to what AFRICAN COUNTRY due to a typo that turned the US military internet suffix into the one used by the country?

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Mali

Ukraine claimed responsibility for another attack on the Kerch bridge, which links Russia to what PENINSULA? The bridge, which links the peninsula to Russia by road and rail, was previously attacked in October 2022 using a truck bomb.

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Crimea

What US CITY saw its 23rd consecutive day with a high temperature of at least 110 degrees F, a record for US cities in the top 25 for population? The city also set a record for consecutive nights with a low temperature above 90 degrees F.

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Phoenix

Morality police returned to the streets in what COUNTRY, ten months after Mahsa Amini died in custody after she was arrested for an improper hijab?

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Iran

Russia refused to renew a deal that allowed Ukraine to ship grain on what BODY OF WATER? Russia would later attack Ukranian ports, destroying at least 60000 tons of grain.

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Black Sea

What COUNTRY maintained silence over the status of US Army private Travis King, who apparently chose to defect there rather than return to the US? He faced separation from the Army due to having been jailed while serving abroad.

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North Korea

Wildfires ravaged Greece, with colossal fires on what ISLAND, where 19000 people were evacuated off island? Many of the more than 40000 tourists on the island, mostly from Germany and the UK, had flights home canceled until early next week.

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Rhodes

What US STATE approved a new US House district map that failed to include a second district with a majority of voting age Black residents, as ordered by the US Supreme Court?

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Alabama

Protestors in Baghdad tried to storm the Green Zone, a secured area for embassies and government buildings, in response to burnings of what BOOK in Denmark and Sweden?

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Quran

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Muted Musicians. What CROONER, best known for his version of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” and most recently for his duets with Lady Gaga, died at 96 due to complications from Alzheimer’s Disease?

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Tony Bennett

Police in Nevada executed a search warrant for computer and other electrical devices in a home owned by a LA gang member who claims to be a witness in the 1996 killing of what RAPPER?

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Tupac Shakur

Elon Musk announced that he would be changing the name of Twitter to what SINGLE LETTER? CEO Linda Yaccarino said the rebranding was part of remaking the service into an “everything app” used for things like news, video, and payments.

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