The Week of January 26, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

SokolM


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 SokolM 325 95 15
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2 helene 275 85 15
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3 JCEurovision 265 75 00
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4 ChrisRosenberg 255 65 15
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5 HortonR 215 55 15
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6 LynchT 195 45 15
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7 brianghoward 170 35 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 155 25 15
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9 DFisher 150 15 15
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10 jess 125 5 15
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Questions:

An American Airlines flight landing at what US AIRPORT was struck by a US Army helicopter, killing all aboard both aircraft? The accident investigation and recovery of the victims was hampered by both aircraft ending up in a nearby river.

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Reagan National

The values of companies such as Nvidia and Microsoft took a nose dive after the unveiling of what CHINESE AI PLATFORM that cost less to develop and uses les computing power than platforms like OpenAI?

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DeepSeek

Emails to federal employees offering buyouts if they resigned were said to resemble similar offers made to employees at what SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY in 2022, including the same email subject, 'A Fork in the Road?'

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Twitter (X)

To the surprise of no one, Alexander Lukashenko won a seventh term as president of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY? He received over 87 percent of the vote in what was almost universally seen as a sham election.

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Belarus

What COMPANY recalled its edible Sooth N Chew teething sticks, citing concerns over choking?

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Gerber

In what US STATE did the legislature reject a special session called by its governor, convened its own special session, and passed the TRUMP Act on immigration? The governor, a former Republican presidential candidate, called the bill weak and vowed to veto it.

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Florida

Students reinvigorated protests in what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, which saw prime minister Milos Vucevic in hopes of reducing tension? The protests, focused on endemic corruption, started after a deadly roof collapse at a train station last November.

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Serbia

The Trump administration announced that airstrikes in what HORN OF AFRICAN COUNTRY had killed a "senior ISIS attack planner" and several others, while not harming any civilians? The White House did not give a number of ISIS members killed or the name of the planner.

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Somalia

In what COUNTRY was Mount Taranaki given personhood rights? The mountain and its surroundings will now be managed by the local government and indigenous iwi, following the example of rights previously granted to a forest and a river.

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New Zealand

Your HallR mini-theme of the week: Tariff Time. Donald Trump levied a 25 percent tariff against good from what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY after it refused to take a military flight of deportees? The country later relented, avoiding the tariff.

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Colombia

Doug Ford, the premier of what CANADIAN PROVINCE, called a snap election in hopes of getting a majority that would allow him to fight the tariffs levied by the US on Canada? The tariffs are expected to target the province's auto industry, what had been carved out of previous trade deals.

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Ontario

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists changed its countdown to doomsday clock for the first time in two years, setting it to HOW MANY SECONDS until midnight? Answers within 5 seconds will be accepted.

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