The Week of May 26, 2019 by CoenM

Champion(s):

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Runner(s)-Up:

srs
If you want a fancy interface, go to LL. If you want non-recycled questions, come to Alpaca Farm.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 74 16 81 53 34 02 18 09 20 46 62 09
1 LorinBurte 496 99 15
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2 srs 451 97 15
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3 gregariouschinchilla 408 95 15
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4 BClemens 404 92 00
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4 MirandaM 404 92 15
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6 RichmondJ 372 90 15
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7 BarthR 360 88 00
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8 TaylorMA 358 86 15
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9 EggCzar 339 85 15
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10 DreyfusB 338 83 00
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11 HumbabaORiley 337 81 00
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12 Longford 331 79 00
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13 Michalle 323 77 15
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13 LiptonM 323 77 00
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15 akambour 311 74 00
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16 TWright17 304 72 15
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17 hypotactic 298 71 15
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18 MoyseyC 295 69 15
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19 GoodmanDL 287 67 00
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20 KonkelT 281 65 00
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21 DeeKay 278 63 00
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21 griffism 278 63 00
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23 PolinskyL 265 59 15
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23 Vendy12 265 59 00
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25 MatchenD 262 57 00
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26 Nicole 261 55 00
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27 HortonR 251 53 00
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28 NathanL 243 51 15
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29 GarciaD 241 50 00
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30 ElendilPickle 240 48 00
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31 KPope 233 46 00
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32 StanleyP 228 44 00
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33 HightB 226 42 00
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34 gaufqwi 219 41 00
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35 MatherV 213 39 00
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36 IyerM 209 37 15
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37 orwant 196 35 00
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38 MattK 187 34 00
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39 TimL 185 32 00
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40 quarterrican 183 30 00
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41 Tarn 174 28 00
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42 AmmermanA 173 27 00
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43 JCEurovision 168 25 15
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44 jlboldrick 167 22 00
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44 colleenw 167 22 00
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46 ShampooCell 166 20 00
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47 Ren 156 18 00
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48 queenaoife 152 16 00
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49 brando3429 148 14 00
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50 ecpekkle 137 13 00
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51 LynchT 134 11 00
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52 watersd 133 9 00
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53 ArunH 130 7 00
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54 BringMoreLegos 109 6 00
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55 PipkeR 78 4 00
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56 MitchellWA 73 2 00
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57 DouglasLovesVixey 70 1 00
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Questions:

What UK POLITICAL PARTY surprised many in the country's European elections, coming in second to the Brexit Party by winning 16 seats?

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Liberal Democrats

While his People's Party did well in European voting, Sebastian Kurz had to step down as chancellor of what COUNTRY after a no confidence vote spurred by a sting operation that took down several members of his coalition partner?

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Austria

While it settled with Teva and Purdue Pharma, the state of Oklahoma started a trial this week against what PHARMA FIRM, alleging that the marketing for its fentanyl patch was misleading and fueled the current opioid abuse epidemic?

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Johnson & Johnson

The US Supreme Court rendered a mixed verdict in reviewing what STATE's 2016 abortion law, upholding the provision that requires burial or cremation of fetal remains, but upholding the block against the portion banning abortions based on sex, disability, or race?

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Indiana

What FRENCH AUTOMOBILE MAKER emerged as a potential partner for Fiat Chrysler, with a proposed merger that would make the combined company the fourth largest auto maker in the world?

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Renault

Donald Trump announced a 5 percent tariff on all goods coming from what COUNTRY, which he said would be in effect until it can control migrants and drug trafficking into the US?

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Mexico

Less than two months after appearing to give its prime minister an unprecedented fifth term in office, what COUNTRY will hold elections again as the PM was unable to form a ruling coalition thanks to a dispute over religious exemptions from mandatory military service?

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Israel

In a trial experiment in Burkina Faso, a fungus genetically modified to produce spider venom killed 99 percent of the mosquitoes exposed to it, showings its potential value in stemming what DISEASE?

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malaria

What PERSON, in their remarks announcing they were leaving the US Department of Justice, noted “The Constitution requires a process other than the criminal justice system to formally accuse a sitting president of wrongdoing,”?

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Robert Mueller

While floodwaters are receding, several states in the central US continue to monitor what RIVER, which is flooding towns like Fort Smith in its namesake state, and putting stress on the decades-old system of levees that guide it through Tulsa, Oklahoma?

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Arkansas River

Investors in the US showed concern over an inverted curve for what MEASURE in the bond market, where short-term debt instruments return more than long-term debt instruments? Each of the last nine recessions in the US saw this roughly a year before starting.

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yield

The White House requested that the visibility of what US NAVY DESTROYER be reduced while Donald Trump visited Japan?

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USS John McCain