The Week of January 12, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 HortonR 304 93 15
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2 helene 253 81 15
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3 DouglasLovesVixey 251 62 15
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3 SokolM 251 62 15
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5 ChrisRosenberg 211 43 15
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6 LynchT 186 31 15
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7 JCEurovision 171 18 15
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8 DFisher 168 6 15
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Questions:

The report compiled by former special counsel Jack Smith was released, with Smith noting that there was evidence to convict Donald Trump for trying to interfere with the 2020 election results due to his role in the events of what DAY in 2021?

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January 6

Israel reached a cease fire deal with what ISLAMIC MILITANT GROUP, which will see a phased release of many, but not all, Israeli hostages?

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Hamas

What SOCIAL MEDIA SITE went offline in the US for about a day, coming back online after Donald Trump said he'd delay the site's banning for 90 days?

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Tik Tok

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of Defense, underwent a rocky confirmation hearing, highlighted by his inability to name members of ASEAN when asked by what SENATOR - herself a combat veteran?

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Tammy Duckworth

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a ban of the number 3 version of what COLOR FOOD DYE as a potential carcinogen? Enforcement of the ban will start in 2027.

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red

What BANK was fined $2 billion for not putting more money in your wallet, as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found it engaged in deceptive practices around its high-yield savings plan, 360 Performance Savings?

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Capital One

What MILITARY ALLIANCE announced Baltic Sentry, a mission to protect undersea power and data cables? Russia is suspected in a number of incidents that damaged cables on the Baltic seabed.

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NATO

As one of his final acts in office, President Biden said he would remove what CARIBBEAN COUNTRY from the list of state sponsors of terrorism? In return, the country released over 500 prisoners, including opposition leader Jose Daniel Ferrer.

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Cuba

In what ASIAN COUNTRY did police arrest impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, whose protective service had stymied a previous attempt?

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South Korea

What BIOTECH FIRM, struggling with lower than expected sales of its mRNA Covid-19 vaccine, was given nearly $600 million by the US Department of Health and Human Services to speed development of a bird flu vaccine? It had previously received $176 million towards a "pandemic influenza vaccine" that targets a number of viruses, including bird flu.

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Moderna

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Jeff Bezos, successfully launched the first test flight of a new rocket named for what ASTRONAUT, the first American to orbit the Earth?

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John Glenn

What DIRECTOR, best known for films like Mulholland Drive and the TV show Twin Peaks passed away at 79?

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David Lynch