The Week of June 24, 2018 by CoenM

Champion(s):

BarthR
L’enfer, c’est les autres.


Runner(s)-Up:

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 37 27 13 09 71 08 78 06 06 06 60 19
1 BarthR 435 99 15
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09
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71
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78
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60
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2 LorinBurte 429 97 15
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27
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13
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71
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78
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15
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60
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3 RichmondJ 394 96 15
37
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09
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71
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78
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19
4 grimesr 393 95 15
37
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71
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08
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78
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5 BrezinaD 379 93 15
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27
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71
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00
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60
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6 DreyfusB 373 92 15
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27
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78
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06
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60
15
7 MoyseyC 365 90 15
37
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13
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71
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00
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60
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8 ecpekkle 360 89 15
37
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71
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08
00
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60
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9 apeekrtr 355 88 15
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27
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71
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60
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10 srs 312 86 15
37
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13
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78
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11 AnthonyBianca 303 85 00
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71
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06
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12 CourtneyKhaaaaaan 299 83 15
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13 Michalle 289 82 00
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14 NullDiggity 288 80 15
37
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15 EggCzar 283 79 15
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16 MatchenD 280 78 00
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17 BClemens 277 76 15
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18 LittmanM 273 74 15
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18 TerrieV 273 74 00
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20 gregariouschinchilla 268 72 15
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21 Svoyager-11 262 71 00
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22 GoodmanDL 259 69 15
37
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09
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78
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23 DFisher 253 68 15
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27
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06
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24 jnowell 249 66 00
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25 KashyapN 245 65 00
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78
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26 Timm 244 64 15
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27 FauxD 241 62 15
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06
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28 KPope 237 61 00
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27
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08
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78
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29 AmmermanA 236 59 15
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29 jveditz 236 59 15
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31 gaufqwi 233 56 15
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31 TimL 233 56 15
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33 brando3429 226 54 15
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34 FriedmanWS 218 52 00
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35 RauscherM 216 51 15
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36 energydelay 215 50 15
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37 HessJa 212 47 15
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37 Vendy12 212 47 15
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39 Ren 211 45 15
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40 Nicole 208 44 00
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41 IyerM 206 42 15
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41 GarciaD 206 42 15
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43 MirandaM 202 40 00
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44 YuC 201 38 15
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45 RalliP 200 37 15
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46 wouterst 199 35 00
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47 tomasnomas 196 34 15
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48 LeungT 193 33 15
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49 DeeKay 190 31 15
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50 McClintockJ 183 30 00
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51 mellyjo 181 28 00
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52 DreierR 180 26 00
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52 Nicholas 180 26 00
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54 MitchellWA 175 23 00
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54 Jecrwin 175 23 00
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54 petkunm 175 23 15
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57 RobinJRichards 174 19 15
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57 helene 174 19 00
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59 JCEurovision 173 17 15
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60 BringMoreLegos 172 16 15
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61 ADSanchez 170 14 15
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62 reallydumb4real 165 13 00
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63 MatherV 162 11 00
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64 RonningD 159 10 15
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65 HoH 147 9 00
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66 Vicun-YAH 146 7 15
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67 ArunH 143 6 00
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68 Crow-T-Robot 132 4 00
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69 Mudrak 129 3 00
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70 NatashaBB 126 2 00
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71 DouglasLovesVixey 52 1 15
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Questions:

What EURASIAN PRESIDENT was re-elected and had his AK Party (along with smaller nationalist party allies) capture a majority in parliament?

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Recep Erdogan

What US VEHICLE MAKER announced it would be shifting production to its international facilities in Australia, Brazil, India, and Thailand to meet demand in the EU that would be impacted by EU tariffs on their products, only to then be threatened by Donald Trump that he'd have the company's taxes raised?

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Harley Davidson

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a 28 year old who describes herself as a socialist, upended long-time US Rep Joe Crowley in the Democratic primary for the 14th Congressional District seat of what US STATE?

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New York

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the drug Epidiolex for treatment of some forms of childhood epilepsy, making it the first FDA-approved drug derived from what PLANT?

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cannabis (marijuana)

UNESCO removed what CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY's barrier reef from its list of endangered world heritage sites, noting the country's work to preserve the reef, such as the 2017 moratorium on oil exploration in any of its territorial waters?

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Belize

Another example of the champion's curse came to pass at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, as what DEFENDING CHAMPION bowed out at the group stage following a 2-0 loss to South Korea?

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Germany

The Supreme Court ruled that public unions could not require "fair share" payment from employees who do not join the union, in a case brought against what UNION (part of the AFL-CIO), the largest public sector employee union in the US?

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AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees)

What US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, who has become a swing vote during his tenure, announced that will retire from the court in July?

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Anthony Kennedy

The White House announced that Donald Trump would be meeting with what WORLD LEADER in Helsinki in July to discuss bilateral issues and international relations?

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Vladimir Putin

A monitoring group announced that satellite imagery of the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center in what COUNTRY indicates it is rapidly expanding?

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North Korea

A federal judge blocked what US STATE’s work requirement for Medicaid, saying the Trump administration failed to consider the number of people would lose health care coverage when approving the rules?

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Kentucky

What COUNTRY published its final list of US-made products- including ketchup, lawnmowers, and motor sboats - on which it will place retaliatory tariffs starting, perhaps fittingly, on July 1?

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Canada