The Week of December 31, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DouglasLovesVixey
Time Person of the Year


Runner(s)-Up:

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Quiz Description

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1 DouglasLovesVixey 313 94 15
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2 KonkelT 309 83 15
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3 Timm 286 72 00
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4 ChrisRosenberg 276 61 00
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5 SokolM 272 50 15
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6 LynchT 260 38 00
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7 JCEurovision 200 27 15
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8 GoodmanDL 189 16 15
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9 DFisher 117 5 00
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Questions:

Over 80 people died when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake shook the Noto peninsula of what JAPANESE HOME ISLAND?

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Honshu

Over 100 of the Max 9 version of what BOEING AIRPLANE were grounded after an Alaska Airline plane lost a fuselage plug during flight, leaveing a gaping hole in the plane?

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737

The Islamic State claimed responsibility for two bombings in Kerman in what COUNTRY, killing 84? The bombings took place during commemorations of the US-led killing of spymaster Qasem Soleimani.

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Iran

Claudine Gay, the president of what IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY, stepped down due to continued pressure based on her Congressional testimony over campus antisemitism and allegations of plaigarism?

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Harvard

Israel took its war against Hamas to what MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITAL CITY, killing Saleh Arouri, the group's deputy political head and founder of its military wing? Israel has been trading attacks with Hezbollah elsewhere in its country.

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Beirut

What US SECRETARY OF DEFENSE was admitted to the hospital, but didn't notify officials at the Pentagon or the White House until several days after admission? It is not clear why he was admitted.

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Lloyd Austin

Queen Margrethe, Europe's longest reigning monarch, surprised residents of what COUNTRY by announcing that she would abdicate the throne? Crown Prince Frederik will become king upon her abdication.

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Denmark

What US LANDMARK was outfitted with suicide nets, nine years after they were originally approved? Approximately 2000 people are known to have committed suicide by jumping from the structure since its opening in 1937.

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Golden Gate Bridge

What beleaguerd FITNESS COMPANY saw its stock price jump by 15 percent after announcing a partnership with TikTok to create short form fitness videos and host longer live workouts?

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Peleton

Wayne LaPierre, the leader of what PRO-GUN ORGANIZATION since 1991, announced that he would step down at the end of the month? His resignation comes days before his civil trial for misusing organization funds.

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National Rifle Association

The US Food and Drug Administration approved Florida's plan to import prescription drugs from what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY? Pharmaceutical companies are expected to file a lawsuit to block the plan, which is expected to lower drug prices.

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Canada

The UK's Royal Astronomy Society released a new image of what PLANET, showing its real color to be much paler than the deep, cobalt blue in an image taken by Voyager 2 in 1989? The color of the original image was enhanced to better show clouds and other details of the planet's atmosphere.

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Neptune