The Week of August 3, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

LynchT
Teacher's Motto: I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.


Runner(s)-Up:

DeeKay

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Quiz Description

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2 ChrisRosenberg 218 66 15
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2 DeeKay 218 66 15
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4 HortonR 201 41 15
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5 DFisher 173 25 15
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6 JCEurovision 158 8 15
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Questions:

Democratic lawmakers left Texas in order to prevent a vote on Congressional redistricting, with many winding up in Illinois after what GOVERNOR (whose family owns the Hyatt hotel chain) offered "logistical support?"

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JB Pritzker

Billy Long, the commissioner of what US FEDERAL AGENCY, was removed from his office, just two months after being sworn in? Treasury secretary Scott Bessent was named acting commissioner, making him the sixth person in the role this year.

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Internal Revenue Service

In response to the ongoing starvation in Gaza and Israel's announced plans to take Gaza City, what EUROPEAN COUNTRY announced it would stop exporting military aid to Israel, according to chancellor Frederich Merz?

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Germany

What RETAILER, known for its ear piercing services and accessories for tweens announced it would enter bankruptcy for the second time in seven years? The company said it would look to remain open while grappling with a half billion dollars in debt and increasing costs due to tariffs.

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Claire's

Donald Trump announced a planned 100 percent tariff on microchips and semiconductors, just in time for the CEO of what TECH COMPANY to visit the White House to announce a $100 billion investment in US businesses and manufacturing?

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Apple

The US Coast Guard released their report on the implosion of the Titan submersible while diving on the wreck of what SHIP, finding that the implosion was preventable?

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RMS Titanic

News Corp announced that it would be launching a California version of what TABLOID NEWSPAPER, to debut in early 2026? California is home to the second-biggest group of this paper's readers.

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New York Post

What US AIRLINE grounded flights on Wednesday due to a failure in a system that calculates flight times and manages plane weights and balance? Over 1000 flights were delayed before the system was restored.

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United

The Italian government approved 13.5 billion Euros for the construction of a bridge between the mainland and what ISLAND? Originally proposed in 1971, the two and a quarter mile bridge is expected to open in 2032.

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Sicily

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Health Matters. US Department of Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that the department would pull $500 million in research funding for vaccines based on what MOLECULE? Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman shared the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work in vaccines using this molecule.

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messenger RNA (mRNA)

China fought against an outbreak of chikungunya, a viral disease spread by what INSECT also responsible for similar diseases like dengue fever and Zika?

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mosquito

A study in the journal Cell stated that the modern potato derived from the interbreeding of a plant called Etuberosum and a wild variety of what FRUIT? The potato and the fruit, which also share a common ancestor, are both members of Solanum, the largest genus of the nightshade family.

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tomato