The Week of December 24, 2017 by CoenM

Champion(s):

RichmondJ


Runner(s)-Up:

KelsoT
I have to have a motto? NO ONE TOLD ME I HAD TO HAVE A MOTTO!


Quiz Description

Here's to 2018 being less of a dumpster fire than 2017.

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 RichmondJ 417 98 15
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2 KelsoT 410 96 15
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3 grimesr 409 94 15
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4 EggCzar 383 92 00
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5 RonningD 356 89 15
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6 TaylorMA 353 87 15
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7 ElendilPickle 347 85 15
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8 LorinBurte 331 82 15
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9 srs 330 80 00
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10 ClouseBrian 315 78 15
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11 Michalle 314 76 15
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12 KingJA 313 73 00
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13 KPope 312 71 15
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14 AmmermanA 310 69 15
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15 MoyseyC 307 67 00
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16 Jsemleslie 302 64 15
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17 Kloefkorn 297 62 15
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18 Vendy12 292 60 15
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19 GoodmanDL 289 57 00
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20 RautY 285 55 00
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21 PolinskyL 271 53 00
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22 DreyfusB 259 51 15
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23 jveditz 256 48 15
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24 felsenheldd 255 46 15
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25 BeckerJ3 254 44 00
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26 BidlackB 251 42 15
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27 GrahamJ 246 39 15
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28 ChrisRosenberg 243 37 15
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29 BorisGr 241 35 00
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30 TimL 228 32 00
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31 BClemens 227 30 15
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32 rwv37 222 28 00
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33 Nicole 219 26 15
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34 VerandaGardener 215 23 00
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35 HightB 190 21 00
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36 Crow-T-Robot 182 19 00
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37 HumbabaORiley 169 17 15
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38 MirandaM 152 14 00
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39 ArunH 144 12 15
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40 DreierR 132 10 00
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41 BringMoreLegos 131 7 00
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42 JCEurovision 122 5 00
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43 lorijane 91 3 15
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44 DouglasLovesVixey 78 1 00
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Questions:

What CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY announced that it would follow the lead of the US by moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem?

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Guatemala

Tunisia banned flights from what AIRLINE from landing in Tunis after several Tunisian women were delayed or banned from flights, restrictions thought to be related to Tunisia's support for Qatar?

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Emirates

Protests erupted in Peru when what FORMER PRESIDENT was granted a pardon due to failing health, cutting short a 25 year sentence for human rights abuses?

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Alberto Fujimori

An election commission rejected the candidacy of what ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST for Russia's 2020 presidential election due to a corruption conviction the activist calls politically motivated?

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Alexei Navalny

The US National Archives announced it would no longer keep a copy of each posting to what SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, but will rather keep a select number of posts?

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Twitter

What WORLD CAPITAL saw multiple terror bombings, one near a security office that killed 10, the other at a cultural center that killed 30?

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Kabul

Protests in Mashhad over high prices spread to other cities in what COUNTRY, where they morphed into general anti-government protests, leading to several arrests?

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Iran

South Korea impounded a ship for allegedly violating UN sanctions by delivering what FUEL to North Korea?

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oil

The Trump administration fired the remaining members of the presidential advisory council for what DISEASE, noting that previous administrations had done the same, and stating that the fired members could reapply for their positions?

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HIV/AIDS

Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request by the group Judicial Watch, the US State Department released roughly 2800 emails, some classified, found on the laptop of the then-husband of what FORMER AIDE TO HILLARY CLINTON?

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Huma Abedin

Nepal banned solo climbers and some disabled climbers from what MOUNTAIN hoping to improve safety and prevent fatalities?

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Mt. Everest

A New York Times report stated that the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election started when officials in what COUNTRY notified the FBI that Trump aide George Papadopoulos told one of its diplomats stationed in the UK that the Russians had dirt on Hillary Clinton?

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Australia