The Week of June 16, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

helene
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.


Runner(s)-Up:

SokolM


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 helene 345 95 15
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2 SokolM 275 85 15
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3 Timm 255 75 15
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4 LynchT 240 65 15
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5 ChrisRosenberg 235 55 00
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6 DFisher 205 45 00
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7 JCEurovision 180 35 00
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 170 25 00
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9 gaufqwi 165 15 00
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10 HortonR 160 5 15
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Questions:

The US midwest and northeast saw several days of temperatures approaching 100 degrees F, thanks to what METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENON, where a stationary high pressure system in the upper atmosphere pushes against the air mass below it, causing it to compress and heat up?

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heat dome

Amid much pomp and circumstance, Vladimir Putin's visit to what ASIAN COUNTRY culminated in the signing of a new strategic partnership agreement, which included language that the countries would provide mutual assistance if the other was subject to "aggression?"

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North Korea

Louisiana enacted a law that would require every classroom in a publicly-funded school to display a poster of what BIBLICAL SET OF RULES?

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Ten Commandments

President Biden announced a new policy that would allow undocumented spouses of US citizens to normalize their legal status at an event commemorating the 12th anniversary of what PROGRAM that offered legal protection for undocumented children brought into the US by their parents?

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA/Dreamers)

The FBI raided a home belonging to Sheng Thao, the first term mayor of what CALIFORNIA CITY? They did not give a reason for the raid, but they also raided two houses belonging to the Duong family, whose recycling business has been investigated for questionable campaign contributions.

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Oakland

As the only announced candidate to replace current secretary general Jens Stoltenberg (whose term ends in October), Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte became the front-runner to lead what ALLIANCE founded in 1949? The Netherlands was one of its 12 founding members.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Over 1300 people died while completing what PILGRIMAGE, the vast majority of them unauthorized pilgrims who had no means of getting out of Mecca's high heat?

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Hajj

What SPANISH CITY became the latest to pass a measure aimed at the negative impact of tourism, planning to revoke all licenses for short-term apartment rentals by 2028?

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Barcelona

Gilead Sciences ended its trials for a PrEP vaccine for what VIRUS after results showed a zero infection rate for participants receiving the injection? The vaccine was also more effective than daily oral PrEP medications like Descovy and Truvada.

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HIV

Pilots for what IRISH AIRLINE voted to undertake an "industrial action" after their union and the airline were unable to resolve a pay dispute? The action will see pilots go on short strikes on specific days rather than not working at all.

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Aer Lingus

The FBI offered a reward for information on who was responsible for the South Fork and Salt fires in what US STATE? Two people died and over 1400 structures burned in fires affecting Lincoln County and parts of the Mescalero Apache reservation.

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New Mexico

What BASEBALL LEGEND, who spent the bulk of his career with the New York/San Francisco Giants, for whom he made a famous over the shoulder basket catch in Game 1 of the 1954 World Series, passed away at the age of 93?

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Willie Mays