The Week of April 21, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KPope

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Runner(s)-Up:


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 ChrisRosenberg 334 88 00
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1 KPope 334 88 00
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3 LynchT 286 72 15
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4 SokolM 249 61 15
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5 GoodmanDL 214 50 00
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6 Timm 181 38 00
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7 JCEurovision 165 27 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 109 16 00
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9 DFisher 107 5 00
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Questions:

Voters in what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY overwhelmingly passed several measures aimed at curbing violence from drug gangs, including using the army to fight domestic crime? President Daniel Noboa...

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Ecuador

While police broke up pro-Palestinian protest encampments at several US universities, District of Columbia police passed on doing so at what DC UNIVERSITY due to concerns over the optics of dispersing a small and peaceful protest?

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George Washington University

What PARISIAN NIGHTCLUB saw the sails on its iconic rooftop windmill fall off? No injuries were reported.

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Moulin Rouge

What SPACECRAFT resumed sending readable data after a hardware failure was fixed by NASA scientists 15 billion miles away? Give the craft’s name and number.

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Voyager 1

What US GOVERNMENT AGENCY’s board voted 3-2 to ban most non-compete clauses? The US Chamber of Commerce said it would challenge the rule change in court

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

What US STATE indicted Mark Meadows, Rudy Giuliani, and nine other people for a scheme to replace Biden electors with ones supporting Trump? Biden won the state in 2020 by 10000 votes.

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Arizona

The UK parliament finally passed a controversial law that would allow the country to send some asylum seekers to what AFRICAN COUNTRY to await the results of their claim?

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Rwanda

The US Environmental Protection Agency passed new rules on reducing emissions and other waste products that may see a significant reduction in power plants that use what FOSSIL FUEL? The fuel accounts for 16 percent of the electricity generated in the US.

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coal

What CLOTHING RETAILER, a mall favorite that also owns the UpWest and Bonobos brands, filed for bankruptcy? Changes in work wear and declining in-person retail were blamed for the move, which will see 95 of its locations permanently close.

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Express

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): See you in court! The first week of Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial was dominated by David Pecker, publisher of what SUPERMARKET TABLOID, who talked about how the publication would “catch and kill” stories detrimental to Trump?

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National Enquirer

What FORMER MOVIE PRODUCER had his 2020 New York rape conviction overturned on appeal? He is expected to be retried while remaining in custody due to a 2022 rape conviction in California.

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Harvey Weinstein

Artificial intelligence and advanced scanning technology were used to decipher writing on a scroll carbonized during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius That disclosed the burial location of what ANCIENT GREEK PHILOSOPHER? The scroll was a history of the Academy, which he founded.

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Plato