The Week of January 15, 2017 by CoenM

Champion(s):

Kloefkorn


Runner(s)-Up:

MyrowitzJ
The smartest part of me will always be my ass.


Quiz Description

I feel like something pretty big happened this week. Hope I remembered to write a question on it, whatever it was!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 11 09 83 24 05 20 58 77 12 23 27 14
1 Kloefkorn 383 99 15
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2 MyrowitzJ 369 97 15
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3 LorinBurte 367 96 15
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4 srs 362 94 15
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4 Timm 362 94 15
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6 PruettC 361 91 15
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7 Rhea428 356 90 15
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8 KelsoT 349 88 15
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8 MorrisK 349 88 15
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10 grimesr 336 86 15
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11 RobinJRichards 323 84 15
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12 jveditz 309 82 15
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12 Snuffleupagus 309 82 15
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14 DreyfusB 303 80 15
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15 CarterBurke 302 78 15
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16 GrahamJ 294 77 15
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17 ReinholdH 291 75 15
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18 ChengB 290 74 15
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19 ChrisRosenberg 288 72 15
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20 Crow-T-Robot 286 71 15
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21 rouquinne 279 69 15
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22 RichmondJ 275 68 15
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23 MatthewsP 274 66 15
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24 John 269 64 00
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24 oldschoolways 269 64 15
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26 AmmermanA 253 62 15
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27 FrankensteinP 246 61 15
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28 FrayJ 245 59 15
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29 PolinskyL 239 58 15
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30 MoyseyC 238 56 15
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31 ElendilPickle 235 55 15
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32 Ethan 234 52 00
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32 Vendy12 234 52 15
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32 akambour 234 52 15
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35 BClemens 224 49 15
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36 casketromance 221 47 15
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37 WhitmireS 219 46 15
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38 KashyapN 208 44 15
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39 flahr 207 43 15
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40 FeitelD 205 41 15
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41 JCEurovision 201 40 15
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42 VenguswamyK 200 38 15
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43 CainM 199 37 15
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44 RubensteinM 198 35 15
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44 RautY 198 35 15
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46 BringMoreLegos 197 33 15
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47 mellyjo 192 31 15
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48 OBrienJ 190 30 15
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49 LiptonM 187 28 00
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50 HightB 186 26 15
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50 RonningD 186 26 15
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52 HomerS 185 24 15
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53 OlewnickB 182 22 15
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54 Tarn 179 21 15
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55 ScrosatiS 177 19 15
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56 BeningoS 174 17 15
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56 HumbabaORiley 174 17 15
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58 felsenheldd 171 15 15
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59 HallR 169 13 00
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60 GoodmanDL 167 12 15
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61 HoH 165 11 15
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62 BednarczukJ 154 9 00
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63 JJA 153 8 15
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64 McClellanS 152 6 15
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65 AinslieM 142 5 00
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66 DoyleE 141 3 15
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67 geof 114 2 15
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68 DouglasLovesVixey 42 1 00
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Questions:

Abdulgadir Masharipov was arrested and confessed to the New Year's massacre in a nightclub in what CITY, where he was arrested?

Click to Reveal Answer
Istanbul

Among those who had their prison terms commuted by President Obama was what FORMER ARMY INTELLIGENCE ANALYST, who was originally sentenced to 45 years for providing classified emails and cables to WikiLeaks?

Click to Reveal Answer
Chelsea Manning

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau brought suit against what STUDENT LOAN SERVICER, which handles $300 billion in loans for more than 12 million people, claiming a variety of errors related to repayment of loans?

Click to Reveal Answer
Navient

Earthquakes in what COUNTRY prompted the evacuation of its capital's subway system and triggered an avalanche that buried a luxury hotel?

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Italy

What TRUMP CABINET NOMINEE expressed regret over his previous claim (during a failed Presidential bid) that he would eliminate the department he's been tabbed to run?

Click to Reveal Answer
Rick Perry

Yahya Jammeh finally agreed to step down as president of what COUNTRY, after Adama Barrow was sworn in as the new president two days earlier?

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The Gambia

One of the first acts of the Trump administration came when HUD suspended a rate cut for mortgage insurance provided by what AGENCY?

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Federal Housing Administration (FHA)

A suicide bomber infiltrated a military camp in Gao, killing 60 and wounding over 100 in an attempt to scuttle the 2015 peace accord put into place in what COUNTRY?

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Mali

What WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY made a statement that the inauguration of Donald Trump was the most attended and most viewed in US history?

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Sean Spicer

A South Korean court rejected a request to issue an arrest warrant for Lee Jae-yong, the head of what CORPORATION, as part of the ongoing political scandal that led to the resignation of the president?

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Samsung

President Xi Jinping became the first Chinese leader to address the World Economic Forum, held in what SWISS RESORT TOWN, saying that both sides would lose in a US-China trade war?

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Davos

What ALLEGED MEXICAN DRUG LORD was extradited to the US, where he faces 17 different counts and the potential seizure of $14 billion in assets?

Click to Reveal Answer
Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman