The Week of October 25, 2015 by CoenM

Champion(s):

MeyerS
I'm just this guy, you know?


Runner(s)-Up:

JordanG
I have always enjoyed eating cheese


Quiz Description

You know what? Not that much happened this week, come back next week. Kidding! Stuff happened, 12 questions about some of that stuff, lather rinse repeat.

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 19 57 63 48 17 42 10 78 25 65 33 76
1 MeyerS 487 99 15
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2 JordanG 453 97 15
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3 MercureT 440 94 15
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3 gregariouschinchilla 440 94 15
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5 Guynemer 427 91 15
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6 UllspergerA 415 89 15
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7 HightB 357 87 15
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8 JohnD 349 85 15
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76
9 RobinJRichards 348 83 15
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10 helitzur 338 82 15
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11 KingJA 328 80 15
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12 PolinskyL 327 78 15
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13 LackC 325 76 00
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14 GoodmanDL 323 74 15
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15 felsenheldd 322 72 15
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16 WareD 319 70 15
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17 CarterBurke 313 68 15
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18 PetersonGG 309 66 15
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19 srs 297 65 15
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20 MorrisK 292 63 15
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21 ChrisRosenberg 287 61 15
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22 GambinoG 285 59 15
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23 phelanguist 281 56 15
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23 jefe 281 56 00
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25 Allicolls 280 53 00
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26 McDougallJV 279 50 00
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26 metrognome 279 50 15
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28 randalleng 258 48 15
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29 musicguy595 254 46 15
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30 RaiaB 245 44 15
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31 RichmondJ 244 42 15
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32 MoyseyC 241 40 15
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33 PrestonC 232 38 15
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34 LewandowskiMJ 218 36 15
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35 FrankensteinP 213 34 15
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36 minarik15 211 33 15
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37 AdamK 208 31 00
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38 ConnorA 199 29 15
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39 Akosua 197 27 00
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40 WangA 196 25 00
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41 HoH 192 23 15
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42 BeningoS 188 21 15
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43 GoldsteinB 184 19 15
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44 LairdM 183 17 00
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45 FrostL 180 16 15
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46 ElendilPickle 148 14 15
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47 Consigliari 135 12 15
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48 MangaserA 114 9 15
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48 WeaverL 114 9 00
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50 milton 107 6 15
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51 OlewnickB 106 4 15
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52 Dmm9999 70 2 00
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53 HealyT 59 1 15
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Questions:

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake centered in Afghanistan killed upwards of 385 people, the majority of which lived in what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY?

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Pakistan

Art museums and fans of what ARTIST have taken to collecting and sending him Legos after the company refused to fill a bulk order, citing that they would not supply bricks for artwork with a political agenda?

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Ai Weiwei

The Chinese government protested the passage of the USS Lassen by artificial islands built among what ISLAND CHAIN, which China claims as their own?

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Spratly Islands

Comedian Jimmy Morales won the runoff election to become president of what COUNTRY, whose current president, Otto Perez Molina, is in prison awaiting trial on corruption charges?

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Guatemala

The third debate among Republican candidates for US President saw the group unified on one topic: their disdain for what NETWORK, who was hosting the debate?

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CNBC

Walgreens Boots Alliance announced this week that they were offering $17.2 billion to buy what rival DRUG STORE CHAIN?

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Rite Aid

A Polish court rejected an extradition request from US prosecutors for what DIRECTOR, who fled the US in 1978 fearing a plea bargain made in a sexual abuse case would be overturned?

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Roman Polanski

David Lopez Jackson was arrested in connection with two of the seven attempted church arsons in what US CITY AND NAMESAKE COUNTY?

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St. Louis

The White House announced that several dozen Special Operations Forces would be sent to what COUNTRY to help fight ISIS?

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Syria

The trial of New York mobster Vincent Asaro revealed new details of the 1978 robbery of $6 million from what AIRLINE, notably dramatized in the film Goodfellas?

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Lufthansa

A Russian airliner heading to St. Petersburg from what COUNTRY reportedly broke up in midair and crashed just minutes after takeoff, killing all on board?

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Egypt

The Cassini probe flew within 50km of what MOON OF SATURN in order to analyze the output of the moon's geysers, in the hope of finding evidence that the moon could support life?

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Enceladus