Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of July x, 2025 by CoenM

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Instructions

Answer the questions below to the best of your ability without using outside resources. Outside references include (but certainly are not limited to) searching for an answer on the internet, looking at maps, using a calculator, or asking a friend (or foe) if they know the answer. Basically, you are relying on your brain (and maybe a pencil and paper).

For each correct answer, you will receive 15 points. You must also mark 5 questions as "money" questions. For each money question that you answer correctly, you will receive bonus points equal to the percent of players who answered incorrectly. (That is, if 25% of players got a question right, its money bonus would be worth 75 points.) You still don't get any points for a wrong answer, though, so try to select the hardest questions you think you have answered correctly. (Note: You can't use outside resources to help pick your money questions either.)

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Questions

Question 1

After a ruling by the US Supreme Court that opened the way for mass federal worker firings, what FEDERAL DEPARTMENT let go 1300 employees, over 1100 in the civil service and nearly 250 in the foreign service?


Question 2

The US has seen nearly 1300 cases of what DISEASE in 2025, the most since it was declared eradicated in 2000?


Question 3

The UK and what MAINLAND EUROPEAN COUNTRY announced a "one in, one out" immigration deal, where for each migrant the UK sends the other country for processing, they will send one with ties to the UK? The aim is to reduce the number of small boat migrations from the country to the UK.


Question 4

Donald Trump's comments on the English language skills of Joseph Boakai, the president of what AFRICAN NATION, were met with surprise as the country's official language is English, a legacy of its founding by former American slaves?


Question 5

Apparently looking to distract from his administration's handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump threatened to revoke the citizenship of what COMEDIAN AND FORMER TALK SHOW HOST, who has relocated to Ireland?


Question 6

Linda Yaccarino announced that she was stepping down after two years as CEO of what SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY? Her role, always overshadowed by the company's owner, became more cloudy when the company was sold to its related AI company.


Question 7

Italian chocolate maker Ferrero bought what US BREAKFAST CEREAL PRODUCER for $3.1 billion?


Question 8

The US Transportation Security Administration announced that air travelers would no longer have to take off what ITEMS when going through airport security? The change comes nearly 25 years after Richard Reid used these in an attempted airline bombing.


Question 9

What PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION handily survived a censure vote brought by a block of far-right EU parliamentarians?


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Time to make the TACOs? Donald Trump announced plans to levy a 50 percent tariff on imports of what METAL on national security grounds? The US imports about half of the metal it uses, with Chile and Canada the major suppliers.


Question 11

Trump also announced plans to levy a 50 percent tariff against goods from Brazil, citing a "witch hunt" against what FORMER PRESIDENT on trial for his alleged role in trying to stage a coup?


Question 12

What TEXTILE will be displayed in the UK for the first time in over 900 years, as it will go on loan to the British Museum starting in fall 2026? The loan coincides with the renovation of its permanent home in Normandy and the 1000th anniversary of the birth of William the Conqueror.


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