The Week of July 7, 2019 by CoenM

Champion(s):

LorinBurte
Get off my lawn!


Runner(s)-Up:

BarthR
L’enfer, c’est les autres.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 15 00 15 83 09 38 20 39 13 02 25 84
1 LorinBurte 449 99 15
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84
2 BarthR 419 97 15
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39
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84
3 GoodmanDL 370 95 15
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83
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4 lshultz82 350 94 15
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5 WhitmireS 335 92 15
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84
6 gaufqwi 324 91 15
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84
7 grimesr 317 89 15
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84
8 MoyseyC 308 87 15
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83
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9 Michalle 294 86 15
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84
10 Ren 290 84 15
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11 akambour 287 82 15
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11 TWright17 287 82 15
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13 gregariouschinchilla 286 79 15
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84
14 Timm 285 78 15
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15 BClemens 280 75 15
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15 RichmondJ 280 75 15
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17 Longford 278 73 15
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18 GarciaD 276 70 15
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18 ReeseC 276 70 15
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18 jveditz 276 70 15
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21 PolinskyL 272 66 15
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22 Svoyager-11 267 65 15
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23 hypotactic 265 63 15
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24 TaylorMA 258 62 15
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25 MattK 257 60 15
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26 RautY 248 58 15
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27 DeeKay 242 55 15
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27 morbeedo 242 55 15
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27 DreyfusB 242 55 15
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30 KPope 240 52 15
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31 felsenheldd 236 50 15
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32 FauxD 233 49 15
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33 StanleyP 232 47 15
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34 YuC 225 45 15
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35 Tarn 223 44 15
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36 HightB 217 41 15
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36 HortonR 217 41 15
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38 TimL 214 39 15
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39 SchlesierJ 200 37 15
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40 LynchT 196 36 15
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41 RobinJRichards 195 34 15
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42 MartinJ2 192 33 15
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43 ShampooCell 189 31 15
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44 ElendilPickle 184 29 15
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45 queenaoife 181 28 15
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46 ecpekkle 179 26 15
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47 Nicole 178 25 00
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48 JCEurovision 174 23 00
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49 helene 172 21 00
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50 MercureT 169 20 15
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51 DreierR 167 18 15
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52 ArunH 165 16 15
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53 orwant 161 15 15
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54 LeungT 152 13 00
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55 HeberleC 146 12 15
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56 PSUrose 145 10 00
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57 onetruepanda 142 8 15
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57 petkunm 142 8 15
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59 AdamLevin18 134 5 00
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60 Vendy12 108 4 00
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61 BringMoreLegos 102 2 00
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62 DouglasLovesVixey 43 1 00
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Questions:

What GERMAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION started slashing jobs the day after announcing it would cut 18,000 positions, many from its share trading operations in London and New York?

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Deutsche Bank

What TEXAS BILLIONAIRE who founded EDS and ran for US President twice, died at age 89?

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H. Ross Perot

What US SECRETARY OF LABOR resigned due to questions about the plea deal he made while a US attorney with billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested last week on sex trafficking charges?

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Anthony Acosta

What SOUTHERN US STATE closed all of its ocean beaches due to a harmful algae bloom? This was later followed by a warning to not eat fish or shellfish caught in an area affected by the bloom.

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Mississippi

Kim Darroch, the ambassador to the US from what COUNTRY, resigned his position in the wake of leaked emails critical of Donald Trump and his White House staff, which Darroch called "clumsy and inept?"

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United Kingdom

After 80 years in production, the last of what CAR MODEL rolled off a production line in Puebla, Mexico, the only plant to make the car (in original and updated versions) since 2003?

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VW Beetle

What STORM reached hurricane status but was downgraded back to a tropical storm as it made landfall in Louisiana?

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Barry

What NATO COUNTRY took delivery of Russian air defense missiles, which may trigger US sanctions, including removal from the F-35 fighter jet program?

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Turkey

What EUROPEAN HEAD OF STATE suffered a third public bout of uncontrollable shaking while reviewing a military honor guard with the Finnish prime minister? She blamed it on the “psychological trauma” of the first incident, which was blamed on dehydration.

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Angela Merkel

Two US House committees agreed to a one week delay in the testimony of what FORMER SPECIAL PROSECUTOR, getting more time to question him in return?

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Robert Mueller

Legislators in what US STATE failed in their first attempt to override Governor Mike Dunleavy’s 40 percent cut in the state’s higher education budget, which is part of his plan to raise the oil dividend payment made to state residents?

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Alaska

Authorities in Egypt opened what PYRAMID in Dahshur, named for the abrupt change in pitch about halfway up, to tourists?

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Bent Pyramid