The Week of July 20, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

TWright17
There are sewers aplenty yet to dig


Runner(s)-Up:

HortonR
Excelsior!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 TWright17 320 90 15
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2 HortonR 290 70 15
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3 JCEurovision 255 50 15
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4 LynchT 185 30 15
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5 DFisher 95 10 00
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Questions:

What IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY agreed to pay a $221 million fine over allegations of anti-Semitism and workplace harassment due to religion? In return, the school will once again have access to $1.3 billion in federal funding.

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Columbia

The US announced a deal with what ASIAN COUNTRY that will see a 15 percent tariff on goods imported into the US from the country? Details of the deal are unclear, and both sides have significantly different views on who will fund and profit from a $550 billion in investments in US industry.

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Japan

Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison was given a 33 month sentence for using excessive force during a botched raid that killed WHO in 2020? The Department of Justice had argued for no jail time.

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Breonna Taylor

Dozens were killed in clashes between Thailand and what NEIGHBOR, whose decades-long border dispute flared up again when a land mine explosion killed five? Thailand's prime minister was suspended from officer over her handling of another skirmish earlier this year.

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Cambodia

China announced plans for what would be the world's largest hydroelectric dam complex, with five dams on the Yarlung Zambo river in what AUTONOMOUS REGION? India and Bangladesh voiced concerns over the plan, which may impact their access to water from the river.

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Tibet

The US Department of Justice interviewed what ASSOCIATE OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN twice in Florida, where she is serving a 20 year sentence for sex trafficking? She was questioned over two days by deputy attorney general Todd Blanche.

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Ghislane Maxwell

The president of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, which has the largest Jewish and largest Muslim population of any country in Western Europe, announced plans for the country to recognize an independent state of Palestine? The president said the country would make a formal announcement at the UN's General Assembly meeting in September.

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France

Christina Chapman was sentenced to 102 month in prison for her role in helping operatives from what COUNTRY obtain remote IT jobs while posing as Americans? It is believed the country uses money earned from such jobs to fund its nuclear weapons program.

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North Korea

The National Archives released thousands of documents related to the 1968 assassination of what CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER? The family of the leader welcomed the move, but noted that many of the documents may reflect the "invasive, predatory, and deeply disturbing disinformation and surveillance campaign" led by J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI.

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Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your Midi-Theme of the Week: Whole Rest. What HEAVY METAL ICON passed away at the age of 76, weeks after performing a farewell concert with Black Sabbath?

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Ozzy Osbourne

Fans of the flugelhorn and King of the Hill mourned the passing of what MUSICIAN, best known for his instrumental hit "Feels So Good," which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978?

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Chuck Mangione

What SATIRIST AND PIANIST, known for songs including "The Element Song," "National Brotherhood Week," and "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" passed away at 97?

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Tom Lehrer