The Week of November 16, 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:

gaufqwi


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 ChrisRosenberg 315 90 15
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2 gaufqwi 270 70 15
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3 LynchT 265 50 00
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4 JCEurovision 170 30 00
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5 DFisher 100 10 00
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Questions:

What PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY, on the strength of drugs like Mounjaro and Zepbound, became the first in its sector to reach $1 trillion in market valuation?

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Eli Lilly

What SOUTH AFRICAN CITY played host to the G20 summit, notable for the absence of the US, which boycotted over alleged violence against white South Africans?

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Johannesburg

What FORMER US TREASURY SECRETARY AND PRESIDENT OF HARVARD, under fire for his multiple appearances in emails with Jeffrey Epstein, announced he would step back from his public commitments?

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Larry Summers

What TELECOMM COMPANY announced it would layoff 13000 employees in order to "reorient our entire company around delivering for and delighting our customers,” according to CEO Dan Schulman?

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Verizon

A federal court rejected what US STATE's House redistricting plan, citing comments made by governor Greg Abbott tying the redistricting to race?

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Texas

Two Ukrainians allegedly working for Russia were arrested for sabotage against trains in what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY TO UKRAINE? The sabotage included an explosion damaging a rail line, and damage to the electrical system on the same line near Lublin.

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Poland

Donald Trump said "we agree on a lot more than I would have thought" after meeting what MAYOR-ELECT OF NEW YORK CITY at the White House?

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Zohran Mamdani

Sheikh Hasina, the former prime minister of what COUNTRY, was sentenced to death in absentia for the killing of up to 1400 during the protests which drove her from office? Hasina, currently living in exile in India, is unlikely to be extradited to face punishment.

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Bangladesh

What UNIFORMED SERVICE, part of the US Department of Homeland Security, made and reversed a policy change that would have seen swastikas and nooses from hate symbols to "potentially divisive?"

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Coast Guard

What SOCIAL MEDIA APP introduced a feature showing the location of users, which inadvertently showed that many accounts that support Donald Trump that claimed to be American were actually based in locations like Russia, Serbia, and Nigeria?

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X (formerly Twitter)

After a group of six Democratic lawmakers, all military or intelligence veterans, released a video reminding active duty military of their right to refuse illegal orders, Donald Trump accused the group of what CRIME, which incites rebellion against the established order?

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Sedition

The 1939 first issue of the comic book series featuring what TITLE SUPERHERO sold at auction for over $9 million, believed to be a record for a single comic book?

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Superman