The Week of October 8, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Runner(s)-Up:

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

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

Timm


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 00 67 17 09 67 17 17 00 17 17 42 00
1 KonkelT 332 95 15
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42
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2 Timm 308 79 15
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67
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42
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2 helene 308 79 15
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67
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42
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2 jveditz 308 79 15
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67
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42
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5 LynchT 293 62 15
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6 KPope 261 54 15
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 210 45 15
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8 JCEurovision 163 33 15
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8 KCrest 163 33 15
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10 SokolM 154 20 15
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11 RuizJ 148 12 15
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12 DFisher 139 4 15
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Questions:

What US REPRESENTATIVE from Ohio became the Republicans' choice for Speaker of the House after their first choice, Steve Scalise, withdrew from consideration?

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Jim Jordan

As Israel prepared for ground operations in Gaza, the US positioned a strike group led by an aircraft carrier named for what US PRESIDENT in the Mediterranean to deter further action against Israel? A second group led by the USS Dwight D Eisenhower arrived later in the week.

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Gerald Ford

China deported nearly 600 people who entered the country illegally after crossing the border from what BORDERING COUNTRY? China classifies them as economic migrants rather than defectors, allowing them to be deported.

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North Korea

What COUNTRY voted against giving official recognition to its aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population in its constitution? The measure also would have created a parliamentary advisory council for this population.

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Australia

What TECH GIANT had a busy week, finally getting UK approval for its $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard while being notified by the US Internal Revenue Service that it may owe $29 billion in back taxes?

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Microsoft

What US REPRESENTATIVE FROM NEW YORK faced ten new fraud charges related to his handling of campaign finance? His reelection campaign also lost money in the last quarter due to legal bills and refunded contributions.

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George Santos

Caroline Ellison, former CEO of Alameda Research, testified in the trial of Sam Bankman-Fried that he regularly used funds invested in what CRYPTOCURRENCY EXCHANGE to cover Alameda's losses?

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FTX

A ticket sold in California was the single jackpot winner in what MULTISTATE LOTTERY, whose $1.76 billion prize was the second-largest in history.

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Powerball

Viewers in parts of the Americas were treated to a type of solar eclipse that shares a nickname with what JOHNNY CASH SONG? In this eclipse, the moon blocks most of the sun, but light does appear arond the edge of the moon's disk.

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ring of fire

What CONSUMER ELECTRONICS RETAILER announced it would stop selling DVD and Blu-ray discs next year? They will continue to sell physical copies of video games.

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Best Buy

Jeff Landry, the attorney general of what US STATE, became its governor-elect by earning more than 50 percent in its primary election? A Republican, he will replace the term-limited Democrat John Bel Edwards.

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Louisiana

A Minnesota man pled guilty to the 2005 theft of a pair of shoes that featured in what 1939 MOVIE? One of only four original pairs in existance, the theif took the shoes thinking they were made with real rubies.

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The Wizard of Oz