The Week of August 12, 2018 by CoenM

Champion(s):

grimesr


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): 30 38 70 41 44 20 02 05 21 30 70 10
1 grimesr 443 99 15
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2 LorinBurte 435 97 15
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3 Vicun-YAH 382 96 00
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30
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70
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4 BarthR 380 95 15
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70
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5 akambour 375 93 15
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6 EggCzar 360 92 15
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7 BClemens 357 90 15
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70
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8 HessJa 356 89 15
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70
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9 RichmondJ 351 88 15
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10 hypotactic 350 86 15
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11 jonah 348 85 15
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12 MorrisK 344 84 15
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13 DGibson 343 82 15
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14 KashyapN 341 80 15
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14 jlboldrick 341 80 00
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16 GoodmanDL 328 78 15
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17 srs 327 77 15
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18 MirandaM 320 75 15
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19 tomasnomas 319 74 15
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20 AnthonyBianca 315 72 15
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20 HallR 315 72 15
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22 KPope 313 70 15
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23 Ren 311 68 15
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24 RobinJRichards 303 67 15
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25 MoyseyC 301 65 15
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26 Michalle 299 64 15
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27 Tarn 294 63 15
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28 Timm 293 61 15
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29 TimL 289 60 15
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30 TaylorMA 285 59 00
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31 gregariouschinchilla 280 57 15
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32 ppyajunebug 278 56 15
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33 DreyfusB 276 54 15
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34 LiptonM 274 53 15
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35 apeekrtr 271 52 15
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36 Nicole 267 50 15
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37 jveditz 266 49 15
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38 ElendilPickle 265 47 15
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39 HightB 261 46 15
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40 felsenheldd 256 45 15
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41 Svoyager-11 250 43 15
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42 ADSanchez 249 42 15
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43 RalliP 241 39 00
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43 NullDiggity 241 39 15
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43 KonkelT 241 39 00
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46 GarciaD 240 36 15
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47 MattK 236 34 15
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47 YuC 236 34 00
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49 MeyerMM 227 32 00
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50 ecpekkle 216 30 00
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50 ArunH 216 30 00
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52 Vendy12 215 28 15
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53 Crow-T-Robot 214 27 00
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54 AmmermanA 209 25 00
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54 LynchT 209 25 00
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56 gaufqwi 202 22 00
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57 AlexanderDarby 195 21 15
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58 GarstJ 184 20 00
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59 DFisher 177 18 00
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60 KingJA 176 17 15
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61 RauscherM 159 15 15
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62 Faith 157 14 15
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63 HumbabaORiley 155 13 15
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64 BringMoreLegos 146 11 00
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65 paperclipracket 136 10 15
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66 reallydumb4real 132 9 15
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67 NatashaBB 112 7 00
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68 JCEurovision 107 6 15
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69 MitchellWA 105 4 00
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70 ericddixon 62 3 00
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71 DouglasLovesVixey 57 2 00
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72 PipkeR 0 1 00
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Questions:

Over 40 people died when a section of the Morandi Bridge collapsed during heavy rains near what ITALIAN CITY?

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Genoa

Elon Musk's cryptic tweets about taking Tesla private were clarified when he said a development fund backed by the government of what MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY could fund the stock by-back? The fund currently owns roughly 5 percent of all Tesla stock.

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Saudi Arabia

NASA successfully launched the Parker Solar Probe, named for astrophysicist Eugene Parker, who first described what PHENOMENON in 1958?

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solar wind

The House of Delegates in what US STATE voted to impeach the entire state supreme court for "maladministration," including lavish spending on renovating offices and overpaying retired lower court judges?

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West Virginia

What US STATE became the first to have a transgender major party nominee for governor after Christine Hallquist won its Democratic primary?

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Vermont

The supreme court of what US STATE released a grand jury report stating that over 300 Catholic priests across six dioceses had committed over 1000 confirmed acts of sexual abuse against children over the last 70 years, with the church hierarchy engaging in a systematic cover-up of the abuse?

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Pennsylvania

What QUEEN OF SOUL, known for songs like "Respect" and "Natural Woman," passed away at her Detroit home at the age of 76?

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Aretha Franklin

Church leader Russell Nelson announced that members should use the full term Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when referring to the religion, and should not use the abbreviation LDS or what other WORD, which will still appear in the name of its primary scripture?

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Mormon

Donald Trump revoked the security clearance of what FORMER CIA DIRECTOR, a move Trump admitted was related to negative comments made about him?

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John Brennan

What DRUG made the news twice this week, once for its use as part of the drug cocktail used in Nebraska's first execution since 1997, and then later in the week for being the suspected additive to synthetic marijuana that resulted in 76 overdoses in New Haven, Connecticut?

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fentanyl

A stronger monsoon season than expected has led to over 300 deaths in what INDIAN STATE located on the country's southwest coast, with nearly a quarter million people living in emergency camps and flooding shutting down its main airport?

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Kerala

What FORMER SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE UN, the first career UN bureaucrat to hold the post, passed away at age 80?

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Kofi Annan