Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of April 6, 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

While Donald Trump paused most of the country-specific tariffs imposed last week, the tariffs against China remained in place, now totaling what PERCENTAGE? Answers within 20 will be accepted as correct.


Question 2

The US started indirect discussions with what COUNTRY regarding its nuclear program? Oman facilitated the dialogue, and may host direct talks later this month.


Question 3

A federal judge found that the White House could not ban what NEWS ORGANIZATION from presidential events due to disputes over content? The ban started over the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico.


Question 4

The US announced plans to revoke visas for people from what AFRICAN COUNTRY, which refused to take a deported individual they said was Congolese? The diplomatic row heightened tensions in the country’s transitional government, which is verging on collapse.


Question 5

Over 220 people were killed in what CARIBBEAN COUNTRY when the roof of the Jet Set nightclub collapsed during a show? The cause of the collapse is unknown.


Question 6

What ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS announced a primary challenge looking to unseat US Senator John Cornyn? The AG, who survived a bipartisan impeachment attempt, is painting Cornyn as insufficiently pro-Trump.


Question 7

A federal judge ruled that Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist and graduate student at what IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY, could be deported as a national security risk?


Question 8

What PIPELINE, whose XL extension was hotly contested, reported a leak of 147000 gallons of oil? The pipeline has leaked over 1.2 million gallons since 2017.


Question 9

The Trump administration ordered the transfer of federal land on the Mexico border to the military, including the 60 foot wide “reservation” strip of land running along the border named for what US PRESIDENT?


Question 10

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced a massive research and testing program that he claims will find the cause of what SPECTRUM OF NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONDITIONS by September?


Question 11

The UK government passed an emergency measure to take control of the last mill in the country to produce what METAL? The Chinese company that was planning to close the plant will retain ownership.


Question 12

What COMPANY, best known for using sweepstakes to market magazines, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy? They plan to move to a fully digital business model; no word if the Prize Patrol will go virtual.


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