Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of August 31, 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

A federal judge found that the Trump Administration's sending troops to Los Angeles to serve in a law enforcement role violated what 1878 ACT which largely bars the military from enforcing domestic laws?


Question 2

Israel appeared to put plans to annex much of the West Bank on the back burner after what MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY said it would cross a "red line?" The country said the move would violate 2020's Abraham Accords, which saw the country (along with Bahrain and Morocco) establish diplomatic relations with Israel.


Question 3

The Trump Administration tried to use the Labor Day weekend to deport hundreds of children from what CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY? The government had not gotten permission to remove the children, who entered the US unaccompanied.


Question 4

An immigration raid in Georgia resulted in 475 arrests, nearly all of South Koreans, at an EV battery assembly plant for what AUTOMAKER?


Question 5

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general of what US STATE, announced that they would drop all vaccine mandates for children? It was later clarified that some vaccines required by state law, like measles and polio, would still be mandated.


Question 6

What CANDIDATE FOR NEW YORK CITY MAYOR was linked to both a job in the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the ambassadorship to Saudi Arabia? The potential new jobs are seen as enticements for him to drop out of the mayoral race to help Andrew Cuomo.


Question 7

The failure of the cable powering what TYPE OF CONVEYANCE that travels up and down the Calçada da Glória caused a crash that killed 16 in Lisbon?


Question 8

What FORMER US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND TRUMP LAWYER was injured in an accident in New Hampshire, when he was struck by a car while trying to help a victim of domestic abuse?


Question 9

What CONSERVATIVE MEDIA OUTLET founded by Christopher Ruddy filed suit against Fox News, claiming it engages in anticompetitive practices, such as forcing cable companies to only carry Fox News? The lawsuit was dismissed by judge Aileen Cannon on technical grounds, who gave the company a week to refile.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: It's Not Nice to Fool With Mother Nature. A 6.0 magnitude earthquake in what ASIAN COUNTRY's Kunar province killed over 2200 people? Two aftershocks during the week slowed recovery efforts.


Question 11

A landslide devastated the village of Tarseen, located in what TROUBLED REGION OF SUDAN, killed over 1000 people?


Question 12

Chloe Malle, the daughter of Louis Malle and Candace Bergen, was tapped to take over for long-time editor Anna Wintour at the US version of what FASHION MAGAZINE? Wintour will still serve as chief content officer for all Conde Nast titles.


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