The Week of October 12, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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


Runner(s)-Up:

JCEurovision
Vive la République, vive la France!

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


Quiz Description

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2 LynchT 215 50 15
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2 JCEurovision 215 50 15
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4 DFisher 170 12 15
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Questions:

Flooding in the western part of what US STATE by Typhoon Halong forced the displacement of over 2000 people, with governor Mike Dunleavy saying that many of them would not be able to return to their villages for at least 18 months?

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Alaska

The Donald Trump revenge tour continued with the indictment of what FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY AsDVISOR on a charge of mishandling classified information?

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John Bolton

Fighting between Afghanistan and what NEIGHBOR resumed after a cease fire ended nearly a week of cross-border attacks? The neighbor claims it is responding to increased militant attacks after the Taliban's 2021 takeover.

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Pakistan

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson continues to push off swearing in Adelita Grijalva, who is succeeding her father in representing what STATE? While Johnson tied the swearing in to the government shutdown, many see it as a ploy to prevent the release of the Epstein files, which Grijalva supports.

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Arizona

As many as seven million people participated in what PROTESTS against the Trump administration, held in 2600 locations worldwide?

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No KIngs

A judge approved a temporary injunction against the giveaway of land in what US CITY for a future Trump presidential library? The injunction claims that the land, currently belonging to a community college, was given away without prior notice required under public disclosure laws.

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Miami

Donald Trump commuted the prison sentence of what FORMER NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN, who had served four of the 87 month sentence for wire fraud and identity theft?

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George Santos

Donald Trump announced a potential second summit with Vladimir Putin to be held in what EUROPEAN CAPITAL, in a country whose authoritarian leader is seen as the most pro-Putin figure in the EU?

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Budapest

What BRITISH ROYAL said he would give up his titles, including Duke of York, over his association with Jeffrey Epstein? He's also being investigated for allegedly asking a police officer to dig up dirt on Virginia Giuffre, who accused the royal of sexual abuse.

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Prince Andrew

Your HallR Mini-Theme of the Week: Not So Sweet. What SWISS FOOD CONGLOMERATE announced it would cut 16000 jobs as part of a cost-cutting effort? Tariffs and increased cocoa prices due to bad weather were blamed for the company's financial difficulties.

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Nestle

Trader Joe's was sued over its premade PB&J sandwiches, which were said to too closely resemble what SMUCKERS PRODUCT? Smuckers cited similarities in packaging and crimping in its suit.

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Uncrustables

The British Library reissued a library card for what AUTHOR AND PLAYWRIGHT, 130 years after they rescinded it for the author's conviction on charges of "gross indecency?"

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Oscar Wilde