The Week of March 18, 2018 by CoenM

Champion(s):

akambour
Full price for gum? That dog won't hunt, monsignor!


Runner(s)-Up:

EdwardsT
Yes, I will have another


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 02 14 13 31 11 05 43 02 11 46 25 49
1 akambour 360 99 15
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2 EdwardsT 354 97 15
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3 raccoonleaf 348 96 15
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4 gregariouschinchilla 342 94 15
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5 PolinskyL 339 93 15
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6 GoodmanDL 336 91 15
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7 WinchellV 323 90 15
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8 MilesTeg 318 88 15
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9 HoH 316 86 15
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9 DoyleE 316 86 15
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11 jveditz 312 84 15
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12 Shosin 310 82 15
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13 RobinJRichards 302 81 15
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14 Michalle 299 78 15
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14 srs 299 78 15
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16 Vendy12 298 76 15
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17 KingJA 295 74 15
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17 Timm 295 74 15
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19 Nicole 294 71 15
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19 KashyapN 294 71 15
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21 KPope 292 68 15
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22 gaufqwi 287 67 15
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23 apeekrtr 283 65 15
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24 BClemens 277 64 15
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25 Commodore 275 62 15
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26 EggCzar 273 61 15
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27 Tarn 268 59 15
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27 NatashaBB 268 59 15
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29 KennellyA 266 56 15
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30 LorinBurte 264 55 15
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31 ChrisRosenberg 262 53 15
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31 ericddixon 262 53 15
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33 helene 261 50 15
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34 grimesr 260 49 15
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35 BringMoreLegos 251 47 15
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36 rwv37 250 45 15
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36 TimL 250 45 15
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38 MirandaM 247 43 15
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39 petkunm 242 40 15
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39 Vicun-YAH 242 40 15
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41 ecpekkle 239 38 15
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42 GarciaD 236 37 15
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43 MoyseyC 230 35 15
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44 AmmermanA 220 34 15
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45 DreyfusB 219 31 15
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45 griffism 219 31 15
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47 HessJa 216 29 15
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48 ElendilPickle 215 28 15
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49 McClintockJ 205 26 15
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50 PipkeR 201 25 15
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51 MajewskiK 193 23 00
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52 JCEurovision 191 21 15
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53 TaylorMA 188 20 15
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54 GuptaAMajor 180 18 15
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54 Lucia 180 18 15
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56 Longford 178 15 15
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57 ArunH 173 14 15
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58 BradleyP 171 12 15
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59 ADSanchez 169 11 15
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60 Crow-T-Robot 167 9 15
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61 DreierR 165 8 15
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62 HumbabaORiley 153 6 15
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63 IvixorB 145 5 15
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64 wouterst 139 3 15
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65 MatchenD 119 2 15
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66 DouglasLovesVixey 118 1 15
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Questions:

Western leaders gave the diplomatic equivalent of a golf clap to the re-election of what WORLD LEADER to another six year term, earning just over three-quarters of the vote in an election widely seen as engineered for a big win?

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Vladimir Putin

A student-led demonstration known by what FOUR WORD NAME saw over 800 gatherings worldwide, pushing for an end to gun violence in schools and changes to gun laws?

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March for Our Lives

Despite previous assurances that everything was going swell, H. R. McMaster resigned as national security advisor, leading Donald Trump to nominate what FORMER UN AMBASSADOR to replace him?

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John Bolton

Sudan, the last male of the northern white species of what MAMMAL, died at at nature preserve in Kenya? Scientists hope to develop IVF techniques to revive the species using the remaining two living females.

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rhinoceros

Foreign interference in presidential campaigns apparently isn't just for the US - what FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT was detained over allegations that he accepted €50 million from the government of LIbyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 campaign?

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Nicolas Sarkozy

What US STATE CAPITAL began to breathe easier when the main suspect in a string of bombings - who was confirmed as the perpetrator after a video confession was found - used one of his devices on himself rather than be taken into custody?

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Austin, Texas

Israel confirmed for the first time that it was behind the 2007 bombing of a suspected nuclear reactor in what COUNTRY, a revelation thought to be a not-so-subtle threat to Iran and its nuclear ambitions?

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Syria

A woman in Arizona became the first known pedestrian fatality from being hit by an autonomous vehicle when she was hit by a test car operated by what RIDE SHARING SERVICE?

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Uber

Donald Trump fired off another shot in a possible trade war, imposing limits on trade with what COUNTRY in the hopes of reducing the US trade deficit with that country by $50 billion?

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China

Time for another HallR-style mini-theme(TM). Your topic: I... declare... BANKRUPTCY!!!! Striking at a demographic just a little older than Toys R Us, what RETAILER, a mall fixture aimed at accessorizing tweens, announced it would be filing for bankruptcy?

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Claire's

What FILM STUDIO, already reeling from a sexual assault scandal, filed for bankruptcy, an expected move after an acquisition deal collapsed when an additional $50 million in debt was discovered earlier in March?

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Weinstein Company

The intellectual property owner of what FORMER TOY RETAILER that went out of business in 2009 announced it would relaunch the brand in the wake of the Toys R Us closure, planning to open up to 1000 pop up stores for the holiday season?

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KB Toys