The Week of February 21, 2016 by CoenM

Champion(s):

gregariouschinchilla
Rufio! Rufio! Rufioooooooo!


Runner(s)-Up:

FlaxmanR


Quiz Description

Time marches on.

Full Results:

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1 gregariouschinchilla 513 98 15
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2 FlaxmanR 430 96 00
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3 SchwartzD 425 93 15
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4 cprov77 382 90 15
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5 KingJA 328 88 00
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6 RichmondJ 322 85 00
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7 JohnD 307 81 00
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7 PolinskyL 307 81 00
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9 AllyScully 301 77 15
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10 StahlhutJ 295 75 00
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11 HoH 279 72 00
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12 srs 273 68 00
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12 AmmermanA 273 68 00
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14 KashyapN 262 64 00
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15 HightB 259 60 00
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15 HallR 259 60 15
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17 v0max 249 56 00
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18 GambinoG 248 53 00
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19 FrostL 244 50 00
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19 Makdeezy 244 50 00
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21 MeyerS 241 46 00
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22 GoldsteinB 222 43 00
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23 CarterBurke 218 40 00
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24 BurgerM 208 38 00
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25 ConnorA 179 35 00
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26 PrestonC 175 31 00
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26 felsenheldd 175 31 00
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28 jveditz 168 26 00
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28 GrahamJ 168 26 00
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30 MoyseyC 143 22 00
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31 ChrisRosenberg 142 19 00
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32 John 139 17 00
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33 jefe 136 14 15
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34 DugglebyB 132 11 00
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35 RaiaB 121 9 00
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36 ElendilPickle 109 6 00
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37 ForceStrong 98 3 00
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38 LairdM 30 1 00
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Questions:

The Indian government sent troops into Haryana province to quell riots by member of the Jat caste, who have what TRADITIONAL OCCUPATION?

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farming

Libyan officials confirmed that French special forces have been on the ground for the last two months helping fight against ISIS in what CITY that was previously the site of an attack on a US consulate?

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Benghazi

What FORMER REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE had abuse of power charges, stemming from a 2013 incident where a DA was forced from office, dismissed?

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Rick Perry

Foxconn, a Chinese company best known for assembling a variety of Apple products, bought what Japanese ELECTRONICS GIANT for $6.25 billion?

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Sharp

A St. Louis jury awarded $72 million in damages to the family of a woman whose death from what FORM OF CANCER was reportedly due to the regular use of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder?

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ovarian cancer

What REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR and former federal judge, asked not to be considered for the Supreme Court after his name was floated as a possible replacement for Antonin Scalia?

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Brian Sandoval

The Catholic archdiocese in what US CITY called for its followers to boycott the Girl Scouts - and their cookies! - due to the organization's apparent support for issues and organizations whose beliefs run counter to Catholic positions?

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St. Louis

What FORMER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT endorsed Donald Trump during a press conference in Fort Worth, Texas?

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Chris Christie

A surgical team at the Cleveland Clinic performed the first transplant of what ORGAN in the US, two years after the world's first transplant was performed in Sweden?

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uterus

What FORMER PRESIDENT OF MEXICO spoke out against Donald Trump's plan to build a wall on the US-Mexico border by saying, ā€œIā€™m not going to pay for that f---ing wall!ā€

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Vicente Fox

What BILLIONAIRE released his annual letter to shareholders of his holding company, stating among other things that "[t]he babies being born in America today are the luckiest crop in history."?

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Warren Buffett

Election returns in Iran had all 30 seats representing Tehran in the Majlis were part of the List of Hope, reform candidates aligned with what PRESIDENT OF IRAN?

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Hassan Rouhani