Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of August 16, 2026 by CoenM

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Instructions

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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Questions

Question 1

What US STATE had tens of thousands of residents in its northwest corner go into a second week without power after being hit by storms packing torrential rain and 100 mile an hour winds? Flooding caused widespread damage downstate in places like Wayne and Delaware counties, while Carmel saw its bridge over the White River get washed away.


Question 2

After trade talks broke down, the Trump administration announced 50 percent tariffs against what COUNTRY, covering goods like liquor, building materials, and hockey sticks?


Question 3

For the first time in US history, the national debt topped how many TRILLION dollars? The debt works out to roughly $116,500 per person.


Question 4

Russia warned what NATO MEMBER NATION that there would be "consequences" if it continued to provide drones to Ukraine? The country has provided Ukraine with over 150,000 drones this year, in addition to Storm Shadow missiles.


Question 5

What MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY announced a ban on trade with Iran, citing missile attacks against the country and oil tankers belonging to ADNOC, its state-owned energy company? The country accounted for nearly 30 percent of Iran's imports and was a hub for the re-exporting of Iranian goods.


Question 6

A study of a personalized vaccine from Moderna combined with Merck's Keytruda showed significant delay in the recurrence of what type of SKIN CANCER? While it only accounts for about one percent of skin cancers, this type causes the majority of deaths from skin cancer.


Question 7

What SUPERMARKET CHAIN announced a recall of all GreenWise blueberry products, citing contamination with E. coli? The chain, with over 1400 stores in the southeastern US, is owned by its employees and members of the founding Jenkins family.


Question 8

Thirteen current and former members of the Delta Upsilon and Sigma Chi fraternities at what BIG TEN UNIVERSITY were charged with running a cocaine trafficking ring?


Question 9

What CONSPIRACY THEORIST saw a Texas court reduce the civil judgement against him for defamation and emotional distress from $50 million to about $6 million? The judgement, stemming from his claims that the mass shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school was a hoax, is in addition to a $1.25 billion judgement levied against him in Connecticut.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Angry Orange. Donald Trump threatened to bomb what MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY if it "gets in the way" of US plans regarding the Strait of Hormuz? The country, which has been involved with negotiations between the US and Iran, is also negotiating with Iran over a separate plan to manage shipping through the strait.


Question 11

Trump also scaled back wargame plans with what ASIAN ALLY, complaining of the cost and the "hostile" nature towards the country's sole neighbor? Trump also noted that the country passed on helping the US in its war against Iran.


Question 12

The trial of Duane "Keffe D" Davis over his role in the 1996 murder of what HIP HOP SUPERSTAR started in Las Vegas? Davis has testified that his nephew fired the shots that killed the rapper.


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