The Week of January 11, 2026 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

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 70 15
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3 JCEurovision 205 50 15
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4 ChrisRosenberg 180 30 15
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5 DFisher 165 10 15
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Questions:

The US Justice Department announced an investigation into what CHAIR OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE, apparently over his testimony to Congress regarding renovations to Fed headquarters?

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Jerome Powell

New York City saw over 15000 workers in what HEALTH CARE POSITION go on strike? The action, involving three of the largest unions in the city, does not affect city-run hospitals.

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nurses

What recent NOBEL LAUREATE gifted her Nobel medal to Donald Trump, apparently hoping he would then back her to become president of Venezuela? The Nobel Foundation released a statement noting that prizes cannot be "passed on or further distributed."

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Maria Corina Machado

What US AGENCY announced a change to its cost-benefit analysis of rules around fine particle and ozone emissions, saying it would no longer consider the economic impact on human health?

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

The holding company of what LUXURY RETAILER, which also owns Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman, filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy?

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Saks Fifth Avenue

In the same week that China announced a $1.2 trillion trade surplus for 2025, it struck a trade deal with what NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRY which will see the country reduce tariffs on Chinese EVs and China reduce tariffs on agricultural products?

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Canada

President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency in what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY as fires tore through the Biobio and Nuble regions, burning over 20,000 acres and killing 18?

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Chile

Users of what MOBILE SERVICE couldn't hear each other now when a software error caused a widespread outage leaving thousands of customers without cellular service for most of a day? The company said it would issue $20 credits to anyone affected.

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Verizon

What ASIAN COUNTRY saw crane accidents that caused fatalities on consecutive days? A crane collapsed on a moving train, killing 32, and the next day a crane collapsed onto a highway, killing two.

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Thailand

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Homeland Insecurity. The first ten days of the year saw four deaths of people in ICE custody, including Geraldo Lunas Campos, a Cuban migrant whose death at a tent camp in what TEXAS MILITARY BASE was ruled a homicide by the local medical examiner?

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Fort Bliss

Over 80 Democratic members of the US House of Representatives signed on to articles of impeachment filed against what SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY? The articles charge her with obstructing Congress, violating the public trust, and self dealing.

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Kristi Noem

NASA rolled out the rocket that will launch the second mission in what PROGRAM, which will send astronauts around the Moon in preparation for the following mission's lunar landing?

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Artemis