Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of March 30, 2025 by CoenM

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Instructions

Answer the questions below to the best of your ability without using outside resources. Outside references include (but certainly are not limited to) searching for an answer on the internet, looking at maps, using a calculator, or asking a friend (or foe) if they know the answer. Basically, you are relying on your brain (and maybe a pencil and paper).

For each correct answer, you will receive 15 points. You must also mark 5 questions as "money" questions. For each money question that you answer correctly, you will receive bonus points equal to the percent of players who answered incorrectly. (That is, if 25% of players got a question right, its money bonus would be worth 75 points.) You still don't get any points for a wrong answer, though, so try to select the hardest questions you think you have answered correctly. (Note: You can't use outside resources to help pick your money questions either.)

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Questions

Question 1

Torrential rain and tornado-spawning storms moved through the middle of the US, with damage in what US STATE leading to 10 of the 16 known deaths from the storm? Governor Bill Lee declared a state of emergency prior to the storms, and the federal government passed a declaration freeing up relief aid.


Question 2

WHAT FAR-RIGHT FRENCH POLITICIAN was convicted of embezzling EU funds tor non-EU political use? The conviction prevents her from holding office for 5 years, which would prevent her from running for president in 2027.


Question 3

A study in Nature stated that people who received a vaccine for what DISEASE, common among older people who have previously had chicken pox, were 20 percent less likely to develop dementia than the unvaccinated?


Question 4

What US SENATOR set a new record by speaking for over 25 hours on the Senate floor in general opposition to Trump administration actions and policies? He bested a record set by Strom Thurmond, which many saw as ironic.


Question 5

What US NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR came under further scrutiny when it was revealed he's used Gmail for official business? He also saw some staffers fired by Donald Trump at the urging of far-right influencer Laura Loomer.


Question 6

Hungary announced it would withdraw from the International Criminal Court just in time for a visit by what WORLD LEADER, the subject of an arrest warrant issued by the ICC last November?


Question 7

What RESTAURANT CHAIN, known best for its wings and breasts, filed for bankruptcy? It will sell its company-owned branches to a group including current franchisees and some of the chain's founders?


Question 8

A string of protests using what TWO WORD NAME were held across the US, voicing dissent in the Trump administration's handing of the economy and the gutting of government agencies?


Question 9

Donald Trump gave a 75 day extension for what SOCIAL MEDIA APP's Chinese owner to sell it to an American buyer?


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Liberating. In the aftermath of Donald Trump's tariff announcement, what COUNTRY announced retaliatory tariffs of 34 percent? Other responses by the country included suspending imports of poultry and announcing an investigation into a local DuPont subsidiary.


Question 11

The original tariff announcement and the retaliatory tariffs in the last question spurred losses in several stock markets, including what EXCHANGE that veered into bear market territory thanks to losses in the "Magnificent Seven" tech stocks? It suffered its worst week since the start of the COVID pandemic, shedding over 8 percent of total value.


Question 12

A study in Nature Metabolism stated what what ARTIFICIAL SWEETENER - which uses chlorine to replace three hydroxyl groups - can actually make obesity worse by stimulating areas of the brain that increase sensations of hunger?


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