The Week of November 23, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 50 17 17 00 17 34 84 34 17 50 50 17
1 HortonR 352 91 15
50
15
15
15
15
17
15
34
15
84
15
15
00
00
15
17
2 ChrisRosenberg 318 75 15
50
15
15
15
15
17
15
00
15
34
15
17
15
50
00
15
3 gaufqwi 268 58 00
15
15
17
15
00
15
15
00
15
34
15
15
50
15
15
17
4 LynchT 223 41 15
50
15
15
15
00
00
15
34
00
00
15
17
00
00
15
17
5 DFisher 206 25 00
15
17
15
15
00
15
17
00
00
00
00
15
50
15
15
17
6 JCEurovision 143 8 00
00
00
15
00
15
17
00
00
15
34
15
17
00
00
15
00

Questions:

Federal criminal cases against James Comey and Letitia James were dismissed when a federal judge ruled that what PROSECUTOR, a former Trump aide with no prosecutorial experience, was unlawfully appointed to the role?

Click to Reveal Answer
Lindsay Halligan

What TRUMP CABINET SECRETARY denied a Washington Post report that he ordered that strikes against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean result in the killing of all passengers?

Click to Reveal Answer
Pete Hegseth

The US government halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people from what ASIAN COUNTRY after a refugee from that country allegedly shot two National Guard troops in Washington, DC, killing one? The alleged shooter served with a CIA-backed unit in his home country before moving to the US.

Click to Reveal Answer
Afghanistan

What SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION of China saw a fire at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex explode into an inferno causing 146 confirmed deaths? At least 150 people are still missing.

Click to Reveal Answer
Hong Kong

What AEROSPACE COMPANY grounded over 6000 of its A320 jets for an emergency software upgrade?

Click to Reveal Answer
Airbus

What MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY agreed to pay $75 million to the federal government to settle a civil rights investigation?

Click to Reveal Answer
Northwestern

In what AFRICAN COUNTRY was Umaro Cissoko Embalo ousted in a coup, with the new military leader installing a 28 person government comprised mostly of the ousted president's supporters? The coup is seen as a way to void the results of a recent election, which the government was expected to lose.

Click to Reveal Answer
Guinea-Bissau

What ASIAN CITY passed Tokyo as the world’s largest city, with 42 million residents? Nusantara is expected to replace it as national capital by 2028.

Click to Reveal Answer
Jakarta

Perhaps fittingly for an American pope, Leo XIV arrived in what COUNTRY on Thanksgiving to start his first overseas trip? The visit celebrated the 1700th anniversary of the First Council of Nicaea.

Click to Reveal Answer
Türkiye

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Yum? What FOOD COMPANY fired its vice president for IT, Martin Bally, after he was heard on a call as saying their food was "shit made for fucking poor people?" On the same call Bally denigrated the company's Indian employees and accused the company of using bioengineered meat in its products.

Click to Reveal Answer
Campbell

What SODA COMPANY launched a new line of prebiotic sodas, which use less sugar and has fiber to support gut health? The move follows the company's acquisition of prebiotic soda company poppi earlier in the year.

Click to Reveal Answer
Pepsi

What PLAYWRIGHT, who won five Tonys for Best Drama (including a first win for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and an Oscar for the screenplay of Shakespeare in Love, died at the age of 88?

Click to Reveal Answer
Tom Stoppard