The Week of July 7, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Fair winds and following seas to HallR, with many thanks for his Lighter Side of the New quizzes.

Full Results:

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1 helene 343 93 15
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2 jveditz 288 81 15
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3 DFisher 251 68 00
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4 JCEurovision 239 56 15
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5 LynchT 186 43 15
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6 ChrisRosenberg 185 31 00
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7 SokolM 133 18 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 118 6 00
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Questions:

The second round of France’s parliamentary election saw no bloc win a majority, leading Gabriel Attal, who holds what POSITION, to tender his resignation? President Emanuel Macron asked him to stay in office until a replacement could be found.

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Prime Minister

What US CITY, well known for its high summer temperatures, recorded a high of 120 degrees F for the first time in its recorded weather history? It also set a record for the most consecutive days with a high temperature of at least 115 degrees.

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Las Vegas

What MEDIA CONGLOMERATE, whose properties include CBS, MTV, and its self-named movie studio, agreed to a $8 billion merger with Skydance Media? The deal ends control of the company by Shari Redstone through the National Amusements holding company.

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Paramount

President Biden held a lengthy press conference as part of a summit involving leaders of nation that are part of what ALLIANCE? He addressed his age and re-election campaign, as well as the alliance’s positions on Russia and China.

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NATO

Donald Trump was shot in the ear during an assassination attempt at a rally in what US STATE?

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Pennsylvania

What NEW YORK CONGRESSWOMAN introduced articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito?

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Alexandra Ocasio Cortez

Another medical school announced it would largely be tuition free when undergraduate alum Michael Bloomberg made a $1 billion donation?

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Johns Hopkins

C. L. Daniel, a World War One veteran, was the first person identified from a mass grave of victims in what US CITY’s 1921 race riot?

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Tulsa

A mass beaching of over 100 dolphins along what MASSACHUSETTS LANDFORM was the largest incident of its type in US history?

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Cape Cod

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw police chief Japhet Koome resign and president William Ruto sack most of his cabinet as protests sparked by a planned change in tax rates continued? At least 40 people have died in the protests.

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Kenya

Russia denied it planned to assassinate the head of Rheinmetall, the largest arms manufacturer in what COUNTRY? The company is a prime producer of armaments sent to Ukraine.

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Germany

What ACTOR saw his manslaughter case dismissed by a judge in New Mexico? She found that the prosecution had withheld evidence from the defense.

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Alec Baldwin