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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The US Federal Reserve approved a quarter point cut to its benchmark lending rate. Name ANY PERCENTAGE within the new range of this lending rate.
Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz and Silver Lake were named by the White House as the planned US ownership group for what SOCIAL MEDIA APP? Michael Dell and the Murdoch family were later mentioned as potential owners as well.
What LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST had his show taken off the air indefinitely for comments he made regarding the political aftermath of the killing of Charlie Kirk?
The US took time out from sinking suspected Venezuelan drug boats to decertify what OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY as a partner in drug control measures? The country, the world's largest producer of cocaine, saw the amount produced rise by 50 percent between 2022 and 2023.
What US "BORDER CZAR" was reportedly recorded by the FBI taking a $50000 bribe last year? The investigation was dropped after a review by the FBI and the Department of Justice, according to FBI director Kash Patel.
Russia continued its testing of NATO by sending three jets into the airspace of what BALTIC NATION? Former prime minister and current European Commission vice president Kaja Kallas called it an "extremely dangerous provocation."
Donald Trump announced a new $100,000 annual fee for what TYPE OF VISA, typically used by tech companies to hire highly skilled workers?
Name EITHER OF THE EVENT ATTENDANCE VENDORS (one of whom owns the other) accused by the US Federal Trade Commission of misleading consumers about the price of event attendance? They were also accused of colluding with scalpers, giving them early purchase access.
The widow of what RUSSIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE said the two independent labs confirmed that her husband died of poisoning?
Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Gimme! Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against what NEWSPAPER over articles that questioned his successes? A federal judge rejected the suit due to its length and irrelevant content, but gave Trump 28 days to refile.
Trump also said this week that he'd like to regain Bagram airbase in what COUNTRY? Trump agreed to relinquish the base in his first term as part of a withdrawal plan signed with the country's then-government.
What ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, known for films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Three Days of the Condor, and for founding the Sundance Film Festival, passed away at age 89?