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The Week of April 20, 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

Hundreds of thousands of people crowded into St. Peter's Square to attend the funeral of what POPE, who passed away earlier in the week at the age of 88?


Question 2

Firefighters in what US STATE battled the Jones Road wildfire, which has burnt over 15000 acres in Ocean County? A 19 year old was arrested on suspicion of setting the fire.


Question 3

Donald Trump called what FED CHAIR a "major loser" for not lowering interest rates? Trump has floated the idea of firing him, but it is unclear if he has the power to do so.


Question 4

A 30 year old man was arrested after driving into a crowd at a Filipino festival in what CANADIAN CITY, an attack that killed eleven people?


Question 5

A paper in Science Advances announced the discovery of a new color, called olo, that can only be seen when certain cells in the retina are stimulated with WHAT?


Question 6

At least 40 people died and over 1000 were injured in an explosion at a port in Bandar Abbas in what COUNTRY? The explosion was believed to be related to the storage of chemicals used to make missile propellant.


Question 7

Renovations at a town hall in The Netherlands led to the accidental disposal of 46 artworks, including a silkscreen print of Queen Beatrix by what ARTIST? The print was part of his Reigning Queen series, 16 prints of four monarchs including Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Margerethe II of Denmark, and Queen Ntomi of (then) Swaziland.


Question 8

Tensions between India and Pakistan rose after a militant group killed 26 in an attack in what disputed REGION? India said that the group that claimed responsibility is linked to the Pakistani military, which that country denied.


Question 9

US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kenned, Jr. announced a plan to ban all artificial food dyes, and called what COMMON FOOD INGREDIENT "poison," but noted that it would be unlikely that the government could ban it.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Follow the Money. What FORMER NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN was sentenced to 87 months in federal prison on identify theft and fraud charges stemming from his 2022 campaign?


Question 11

What US STATE GOVERNOR was caught up in a scandal where $10 million in a Medicade settlement was given to a charity run by his wife, Casey, which then funneled the cash to "dark money" groups that donated most of it to PACs against a state referendum on marijuana legalization?


Question 12

Citing a lack of editorial independence, Bill Owens resigned as the executive producer of what TV NEWS MAGAZINE? The network's response to Donald Trump's lawsuit over the show's October interview with Kamala Harris was seen as the motivating factor for his resignation.


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