The Week of April 14, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

Timm


Runner(s)-Up:

DouglasLovesVixey
Time Person of the Year


Quiz Description

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1 Timm 392 93 15
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2 DouglasLovesVixey 321 81 00
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3 SokolM 299 68 15
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4 helene 279 56 15
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5 LynchT 269 43 00
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6 ChrisRosenberg 191 31 00
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7 DFisher 187 18 00
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8 JCEurovision 159 6 00
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Questions:

What AUTOMAKER announced it would lay off at least 10 percent of its 140,000-plus workforce? This follows production slowdowns as its Gigafactory in Shanghai and plant in Austin, Texas.

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Tesla

A jury was sworn in for Donald Trump's New York trial on 34 counts of falsifying business records stemming from an alleged payment of $130,000 in "hush money" to Stormy Daniels by what FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY?

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Michael Cohen

Israel's response to Iran's drone and missile assault was to fire its own missiles and drones at an airbase located near what IRANIAN CITY, the country's third largest?

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Isfahan

What US SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY saw his impeachment charges dismissed without a trial? The dismissal was based on the argument that the charges were not constitutional.

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Alejandro Mayorkas

What MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY saw its heaviest single day of rainfall since records were first kept in 1949, with nearly 10 inches in some parts of the country? Rain in its most populous city flooded its airport and parts of the 12 lane Sheikh Zayed Road.

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UAE

Congress reauthorized the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which had been delayed due to concerns over what DOMESTIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AGNECY having access to information obtained without a search warrant?

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Fire gutted the Borsen, the 400 year old former home of what EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITY's stock exchange? The inferno toppled its spire and caused its façade to collapse.

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Copenhagen

What US DOMESTIC AIRLINE asked the Federal Aviation Administration to ground all of its flights due to an IT issue? The loss of a door plug during one of its flights earlier in the year led to a safety investigation into some Boeing aircraft.

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Alaksa Airlines

The US reimposed sanction against what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY for failing to live up to an agreement to hold free and fair elections this year? Opposition candidate María Corina Machado was disqualified from running for president, her replacement denied ballot access, and members of the campaign staff arrested.

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Venezuela

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Campus Crackdown. What IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY arrested over 100 students for trespassing on its campus while protesting the war in Gaza? The move came after its president, Dr. Nemat Shafik, testified before a Congressional committee on the school's response to campus anti-Semitism.

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Columbia University

What WEST COAST US UNIVERSITY came under fire for cancelling the graduation speech of valedictorian Asna Tabassum, citing security concerns due to her pro-Palestinian social media posts? The school would later "release" outside speakers and honorees from attending commencement ceremonies.

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University of Southern California

What STREAMING SERVICE saw positive results from its crackdown on password sharing, as it added 9 million new subscribers in the first three months of this year? It now counts a record 269.6 million subscribers.

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Netflix