The Week of August 26, 2018 by CoenM

Champion(s):

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Runner(s)-Up:

apeekrtr
So It Goes


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 30 08 05 27 58 23 68 19 53 48 64 78
1 LorinBurte 454 99 15
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27
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68
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53
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48
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78
2 apeekrtr 385 97 15
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53
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48
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3 Snuffleupagus 376 96 15
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53
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48
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64
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4 BClemens 354 95 15
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48
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5 NathanL 353 93 15
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68
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78
6 hypotactic 350 91 15
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64
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6 srs 350 91 15
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53
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48
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64
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8 gregariouschinchilla 347 89 15
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68
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53
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9 ecpekkle 332 88 15
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23
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68
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10 McClintockJ 327 86 15
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78
11 Ren 324 85 15
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12 PrestonC 322 83 00
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48
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13 GoodmanDL 309 82 15
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14 LynchT 302 80 15
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78
14 RobinJRichards 302 80 15
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16 grimesr 300 77 15
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48
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16 LiptonM 300 77 15
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48
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18 KingJA 298 75 15
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19 akambour 294 73 15
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48
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20 Svoyager-11 293 72 15
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48
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21 DeeKay 287 70 15
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21 NullDiggity 287 70 15
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23 EggCzar 281 68 15
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24 LynneVero 279 66 15
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25 helene 276 65 15
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26 IyerM 272 64 15
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27 MoyseyC 269 62 15
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28 ElendilPickle 261 61 15
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29 bev48 260 59 00
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30 KashyapN 248 56 15
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48
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30 Michalle 248 56 15
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30 WinchellV 248 56 15
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30 GarciaD 248 56 15
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34 Longford 243 52 15
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35 petkunm 239 51 00
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36 TheLuggage 233 50 15
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37 KPope 230 48 15
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38 jlboldrick 222 47 15
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39 tomasnomas 220 45 15
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39 PipkeR 220 45 00
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41 HumbabaORiley 204 42 15
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42 HoH 202 41 00
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43 Nicole 193 40 15
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44 Vendy12 191 38 00
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45 MattK 189 37 15
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46 MitchellWA 186 35 00
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47 Timm 185 33 15
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47 gaufqwi 185 33 15
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49 JCEurovision 182 31 15
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50 TimL 180 29 00
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50 BednarczukJ 180 29 15
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52 jamietoon 175 27 00
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53 BringMoreLegos 174 26 15
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54 RonningD 167 23 15
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54 DreyfusB 167 23 15
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54 ADSanchez 167 23 00
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57 DFisher 165 20 00
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58 MatherV 160 19 15
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59 MirandaM 157 17 15
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60 KonkelT 156 16 00
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61 HallR 151 14 15
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62 GarstJ 141 13 00
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63 orwant 140 11 00
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64 Crow-T-Robot 130 10 00
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65 FauxD 122 9 00
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66 AlexanderDarby 109 7 00
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67 Tarn 106 6 00
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68 jveditz 98 4 15
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69 DouglasLovesVixey 96 3 00
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70 ArunH 81 2 00
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71 casketromance 73 1 00
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Questions:

Pope Francis had a difficult visit to what EUROPEAN NATION, where he had to apologize for the church's role in the country's forced adoptions, the ongoing clergy sex abuse scandal, and an accusation that he knew of and did nothing about abuse allegations against Washington cardinal Thomas McCarrack?

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Ireland

What PLAYWRIGHT, known for works like Sunday in the Park and The Odd Couple passed away at 91?

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Neil Simon

Donald Trump announced an agreement in principle with one signatory of what TRADE AGREEMENT to renegotiate its terms, though negotiations with another signatory continue to struggle?

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North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

A federal district court rule that what STATE's 2016 Congressional redistricting was an unconstitutional gerrymandering, throwing the election of its 13 representatives into chaos?

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North Carolina

What COUNTRY announced its largest war games in almost 40 years, in which over 300,000 troops (including units from China and Mongolia) will take part?

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Russia

What US STATE saw a surprise winner in its Democratic primary for governor, with Bernie Sanders-endorsed Andrew Gillum getting the nod to take on the Republican primary winner, Trump-endorsed US Representative Ron DeSantis?

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Florida

Fishing boats from the UK and France engaged in a "war" over what SHELLFISH, with French fishers claiming that UK boats deplete stocks?

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scallops

The Justice Department issued a brief supporting a lawsuit where Asian-American applicants to what UNIVERSITY allege that the school's admissions process unfairly discriminates against them?

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Harvard

What US CITY shut off the drinking water in its public schools due to tests revealing higher than allowed levels of lead and copper, leaving 45,000 students high and dry?

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Detroit

The Pentagon announced that $300 million in funding to what ASIAN NATION is being cut due to a lack of “decisive actions” against radical groups operating within its borders?

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Pakistan

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw its peso lose 7 and 13 percent of its value in consecutive days, leading its central bank to raise its prime lending rate to 60 percent?

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Argentina

The abatement of a dust storm that’s plagued Mars since May gave NASA hope that what ROVER would be able to recharge its batteries and start an automatic recovery procedure?

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Opportunity