The Week of August 17, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DeeKay


Runner(s)-Up:

JCEurovision
Vive la République, vive la France!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 DeeKay 297 92 15
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2 JCEurovision 252 78 15
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3 LynchT 238 64 15
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4 gaufqwi 194 50 00
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5 RuizJ 179 35 00
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6 DFisher 163 21 00
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7 ChrisRosenberg 135 7 15
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Questions:

While Israel called up reservists for planned new push into Gaza City, the government approved a settlement plan in what PALESTINIAN TERRITORY that would effectively cut it in half?

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West Bank

Twenty years of leftist governance ended in what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY with two center-right candidates - Rodrigo Paz and Jorge Quiroga - heading to a runoff election for President? The MAS party had held the presidency since the 2006 election of Evo Morales.

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Bolivia

The FBI executed a search warrant at the house and office of what FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR to Donald Trump, searching for classified documents?

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John Bolton

With more troops and federal agents patrolling Washington, Donald Trump said he was considering a similar takeover of what CITY? The city's mayor, Brandon Johnson, called Trump's approach "uncoordinated, uncalled for, and unsound."

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Chicago

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said that current economic conditions may shift a policy stance towards a cut in the prime rate at the annual economic symposium held at what SKI RESORT TOWN in Wyoming?

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Jackson Hole

PostNord announced it was ending physical mail deliver in what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, citing a 90 percent drop in mail volume since 2000 and recent postage rate hikes? The company traces its roots to a 1624 decree by King Christian IV that regulated mail delivery.

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Denmark

The US government took a 10 percent stake in what CHIP MAKER, just weeks after Donald Trump suggested the company fire its CEO? The move came after Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the government a 15 percent commission on chips sold in China.navy

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Intel

The US sent three guided missile destroyers to patrol the coast of what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, saying it was looking to disrupt drug trafficking? In response, president Nicolas Maduro mobilized the 4.5 million militia.

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Venezuela

Donald Trump continued to press for a review of the content of several Smithsonian museums, complaining that the museums are "where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad" what PECULIAR INSTITUTION "was?"

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slavery

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Annoying Side Battles in the Culture War. Brian Cornell stepped down as the CEO of what RETAILER, whose in-store sales continue to slump in the wake of boycotts over the company's ending of DEI programs?

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Target

What RESTAURANT CHAIN sparked criticism with a redesign of its logo, removing a man sitting near a namesake item and updating the design of the restaurant's name?

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Cracker Barrel

Walmart expanded its recall of products containing what frozen SHELLFISH, due to possible radioactive contamination with cesium-137 during shipping?

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shrimp