The Week of May 21, 2017 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Runner(s)-Up:


Quiz Description

So much for things being less insane when Trump leaves the country.

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 LorinBurte 496 98 15
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1 MyrowitzJ 496 98 15
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3 DreyfusB 385 95 00
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4 ChrisRosenberg 379 93 15
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5 Lucia 349 91 15
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6 akambour 348 89 15
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7 BClemens 326 87 15
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8 gregariouschinchilla 324 85 00
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9 Timm 318 83 00
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10 grimesr 316 81 15
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11 MoyseyC 313 79 00
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12 HallR 307 76 15
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12 KingJA 307 76 15
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14 Vendy12 306 74 00
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15 jveditz 302 72 15
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16 Michalle 300 70 15
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17 srs 296 68 15
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18 FrayJ 293 65 15
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18 RautY 293 65 00
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20 morbeedo 291 62 15
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21 HoH 284 60 15
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22 Kloefkorn 281 58 15
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23 rouquinne 280 55 15
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23 SternK 280 55 15
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25 GoodmanDL 261 52 15
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26 PolinskyL 258 50 15
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27 GrahamJ 257 49 15
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28 RalliP 253 47 00
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29 DrnovsekZorkoF 245 45 15
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30 helene 242 43 00
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31 ElendilPickle 238 41 00
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32 RonningD 236 39 15
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33 brando3429 233 37 00
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34 FeitelD 214 35 15
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35 Ruwisc 212 33 00
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36 DoyleE 210 30 00
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36 Tarn 210 30 15
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38 BringMoreLegos 207 27 15
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39 garrybl 204 25 00
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40 NatashaBB 200 24 15
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41 KPope 196 22 15
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42 RobinJRichards 195 20 15
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43 ecpekkle 194 18 15
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44 AmmermanA 189 16 00
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45 Crow-T-Robot 149 14 15
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46 John 128 12 15
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47 VenguswamyK 121 10 00
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48 HumbabaORiley 102 8 00
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49 PipkeR 81 6 00
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50 Troydozzy 70 4 15
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51 MarshmellowTerrorist 67 2 15
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52 DouglasLovesVixey 19 1 00
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Questions:

What AUTOMAKER announced the "retirement" of CEO Mark Fields and the promotion to CEO of the chair of its smart mobility division, Jim Hackett, who will look to stop the slide in stock price, down 30 percent since the departure of former CEO Alan Mulally?

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Ford

Name ANY TWO of the three men who appear to be hailing the mothership in the linked photo?

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Donald Trump, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi

A suicide bomber killed 22 and injured dozens in Manchester, England who had just attended a concert by what SINGER?

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Ariana Grande

In an example of global tit for tat, Turkey vetoed NATO cooperation with what CENTRAL EUROPEAN NON-NATO COUNTRY's military in retaliation for that country's attempts to keep Turkey from joining the EU?

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Austria

At a meeting in Vietnam, trade ministers from 11 countries agreed to pick up talks on what FREE TRADE PACT, leaving the door open to help the US enter in the future should the Trump administration's decision to not participate is ever changed?

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Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)

The highest court in what ASIAN REGION ruled that the law restricting marriage to male-female couples violates its constitution, and gave the legislature two years to update the law to allow same-sex marriage?

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Taiwan

What TECH MILLIONAIRE AND ALLEGED JOURNALIST BODY SLAMMER beat Democratic opponent Rob Quist to win the special election for Montana's at-large US House seat?

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Greg Gianforte

What US STATE saw its governor, Phil Scott, veto legislation that would have legalized recreational marijuana use, though he said he'd consider a bill with tougher penalties for illegal marijuana sales and more time to study implementation of legalization?

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Vermont

Donald Trump's attendance at a NATO summit saw two notable incidents: Trump shoving his way past the prime minister of Montenegro for a photo op and his lack of direct support for what ARTICLE OF THE NATO CHARTER, which states that members of the alliance will come to the aid of any member who is attacked? (edited at 6:26 pm, May 30, 2017 (PDT))

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Article 5

The CDC reported that from 1999 to 2014 the death rate for Americans with what DISEASE jumped 55 percent?

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Alzheimer's Disease

What TRUMP ADVISOR was revealed to have met with Russian ambassador Sergey Kislyak during the transition to try to set up a back-channel for communication between the transition team and the Kremlin, one that would potentially operate using Russian diplomatic networks and/or facilities?

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Jared Kushner

The Congressional Budget Office released its scoring of the American Health Care Act, stating that 23 million Americans would lose health care coverage, including 14 million people using what FEDERALLY-PROVIDED COVERAGE, who would lose it over the law's first 10 years?

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Medicade