The Week of February 18, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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


Runner(s)-Up:

gaufqwi


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 jveditz 391 96 15
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2 gaufqwi 322 88 15
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3 Timm 284 80 15
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4 JCEurovision 262 73 15
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5 DouglasLovesVixey 253 61 15
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5 SokolM 253 61 15
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7 ScrosatiS 246 50 00
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8 LynchT 231 42 15
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9 helene 230 34 15
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10 KonkelT 169 23 15
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10 ChrisRosenberg 169 23 00
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12 DFisher 138 11 00
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13 BoulierJ 107 3 15
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Questions:

The US and EU announced hundreds of new sanctions on Russia, including one against the company that runs what PAYMENT SYSTEM that shares its name with a former Russian space station?

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Mir

What COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY saw a widespread network outage leave its mobile phone customers without service for 12 hours? The company announced it would give affected customers a $5 statement credit.

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AT&T

What SPANISH CITY's Campanar neighborhood saw a high rise fire kill at least nine, with another dozen residents still missing? Cladding on the building's exterior may have exacerbating the fire, similar to the 2017 Grenfell fire in London.

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Valencia

The Dow Jones Industrial Average announced it was adding what ONLINE RETAILER to its index? The retailer will replace Walgreens Boots Alliance on the index.

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Amazon

Several IVF providers in what US STATE halted operations in the aftermath of a state supreme court opinion that said embryos are children?

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Alabama

The US returned to the moon for the first time in 50 years, with a private lander from Intuitive Machines named for what MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURE? A form of this person's name was the call sign for Apollo 13's command module.

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Odysseus

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw its president, Macky Sall, confirm that he would leave office at the end of his term, but did not set a date for the election of his successor? He canceled elections scheduled for this week due to questions of eligibility of some of the 20 candidates for the office.

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Senegal

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY legalized the possession and use of cannabis, but limited sales to "cannabis social clubs?" The clubs are not like the cafes in neighboring The Netherlands, as consumption of marijuana will not be allowed on site.

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Germany

Capital One announced a bid to buy what CREDIT CARD COMPANY in a $35.3 billion all-stock transaction? The company, with 50 million cards in operation, was founded in 1985 by Sears.

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Discover

What POLIITCAL ACTION COMMITTEE (or the BROTHERS THAT FOUNDED IT) announced it still endorsed Nikki Haley for president, but would no longer provide funds for her campaign? The announcement came after Haley lost the Republican primary in her home state of South Carolina.

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Americans for Prosperity Action or Koch

Ford hallted delivery of the all-electric Lightning version of what POPULAR PICKUP TRUCK for unspecified quality checks? Ford said the practice is common during model year changes, but did not hold the gas and hybrid versions of the truck.

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F-150

The surgeon general of what US STATE contradicted CDC and general medical guidance by saying that parents should decide if children exposed to measles should return to school, rather than quarantine for three weeks before returning? The state recently saw an outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Westin.

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Florida