The Week of September 3, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

helene
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.


Runner(s)-Up:

HortonR
Excelsior!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 helene 351 95 15
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2 HortonR 332 87 15
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3 LynchT 318 79 15
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4 gaufqwi 310 70 15
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5 KPope 285 62 15
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6 Timm 255 54 15
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7 JCEurovision 246 45 00
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8 KonkelT 236 37 15
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9 RautY 159 25 00
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9 DouglasLovesVixey 159 25 15
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11 SokolM 149 12 15
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12 DFisher 127 4 00
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Questions:

What US CITY continued its summer of record heat, recording its 54th day with a high of at least 110 degrees F? The previous records of 53 days was set in 2020.

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Phoenix

A section of what WORLD HERITAGE SITE was "irrevocably damaged" when workers dug through it with an excavator to create a shortcut to a construction site?

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Great Wall of China

For the second time this year, a federal court threw out the Congressional district map for what US STATE, which did not include a second majority-minority district as had been previously ordered?

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Alabama

Over 2000 died when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit what AFRICAN COUNTRY? The epicenter of the quake was in the Atlas mountains, near Toukbal mountain and the Oukaimeden ski resort.

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Morocco

The US announced it would provide Ukraine with tank shells made with a depleted form of what ELEMENT, which increases its armor-piercing capabilities?

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uranium

Scientists in Israel announced they had created a model of what STAGE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT without using sperm or egg cells? They used stem cells to create a model that looks like it is 14 days after fertilization.

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embryo

Utah became the latest state - after New Hampshire and Colorado - to see a lawsuit filed to block Donald Trump from the 2024 presidential primary ballot under section 3 of what AMENDMENT TO THE US CONSTITUTION that bans people from holding office who engaged in insurrection or rebellion?

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14th Amendment

The Biden administration announced plans to cancel oil and gas drilling permits issued by the Trump administration in what US STATE's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?

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Alaska

World leaders at the G20 summit agreed to make the union representing the countries of what CONTINENT a permanent member of the group?

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Africa

Your HallR mini-theme of the week: War, what is it good for? What CARIBBEAN NATION arrested 17 people who were allegedly involved in a human trafficking scheme where men from the country were enticed into fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine?

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Cuba

The US National Security Council announced that Vladimir Putin may meet with what other WORLD LEADER to finalize a deal for arms? The meeting is expected to take place in Russia.

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Kim Jong-Un

The grand jury investigating attempts to overturn Georgia's 2020 presidential election results also suggested charges be levelled against three US Senators: then Georgia senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue and what OTHER SENATOR who briefly ran for president against Donald Trump in 2016?

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Lindsay Graham