The Week of August 11, 2019 by CoenM

Champion(s):

grimesr


Runner(s)-Up:

denise517


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 44 58 37 69 60 18 04 57 20 02 78 53
1 grimesr 416 99 15
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2 denise517 413 97 15
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3 Shosin 377 95 15
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4 ecpekkle 376 92 00
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4 lshultz82 376 92 15
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6 akambour 375 90 15
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7 RichmondJ 369 88 15
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8 gregariouschinchilla 366 86 15
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9 KPope 361 85 15
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10 TWright17 347 83 15
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11 KonkelT 345 81 15
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12 HumbabaORiley 340 79 00
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13 Atomiccoffey 311 78 00
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14 hypotactic 310 76 15
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15 Svoyager-11 308 74 00
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16 LorinBurte 305 72 15
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17 BarthR 293 71 15
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18 MoyseyC 284 69 15
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19 TimL 277 67 15
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20 Commodore 273 65 15
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21 LiptonM 270 64 15
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22 DeeKay 266 62 15
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23 MirandaM 258 59 15
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23 jlboldrick 258 59 00
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25 DreyfusB 257 57 15
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26 srs 254 55 15
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27 MitchellWA 245 53 15
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28 jnowell 234 51 15
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29 ArunH 229 50 00
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30 BringMoreLegos 222 48 00
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31 DouglasLovesVixey 215 46 15
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32 queenaoife 211 44 00
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33 HightB 207 42 00
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34 WatskyA 206 41 00
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35 Tarn 203 39 15
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36 Nicole 199 37 15
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37 Matto 193 35 15
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37 DreierR 193 35 15
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39 StanleyP 191 32 00
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40 MartinJ2 190 30 00
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41 DavidA 186 28 15
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41 RigsbyD 186 28 00
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43 LynchT 183 25 00
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44 YuC 181 23 00
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45 Michalle 171 21 00
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46 ericddixon 170 20 15
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47 JCEurovision 167 18 15
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48 mbmason 159 16 00
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49 ShampooCell 156 14 00
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50 HortonR 151 13 00
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51 Faith 146 11 00
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52 gaufqwi 136 9 00
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53 orwant 134 7 15
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53 FauxD 134 7 00
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55 RobinJRichards 128 4 00
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56 PSUrose 121 2 00
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57 Vendy12 119 1 00
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Questions:

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw its peso drop 25 percent and its main stock index lose 31 percent of its value after its president, Mauricio Macri, placed a distant second in primary voting to the left-wing Alberto Fernandez?

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Argentina

A "lookback window" law took effect in what US STATE, which will allow victims of childhood sexual abuse to sue alleged perpetrators in cases where the statute of limitations would have previously prevented a lawsuit?

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New York

Ken Cuccinelli, the acting director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, got into hot water over his interpretation of what POEM, first adding a reference to immigrants being able to stand on their own two feet, and then saying the poem was referring only to European immigrants?

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The New Colossus

The Kremlin acknowledged an explosion that saw a temporary spike in radiation levels, but did not confirm that it was related to the testing of what rumored NUCLEAR POWERED CRUISE MISSILE that shares its NATO name with a James Bond movie?

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Skyfall

The US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of pretomanid to fight what DISEASE OF THE LUNGS, which trials showed was effective (as part of a three drug cocktail) at combating the increasing prevalent drug-resistant strains of the disease?

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tuberculosis

What US REPRESENTATIVE FROM IOWA defended his stance on a total abortion ban by advancing a theory that humans may not have survived without babies born from rape or incest?

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Steve King

What COUNTRY banned US Representatives Ilhan Oman and Rashida Tlaib from entering, based on their support of a movement to boycott the country?

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Israel

Rupert Hogg, the CEO of what AIRLINE, resigned after pressure from the mainland Chinese government forced the airline to change its stance on employees participating in Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests?

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Cathay Pacific

RIght wing and anti-fascist groups staged competing protests in what WEST COAST US CITY, with less violence than seen when both groups clashed in the same city in July?

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Portland, Oregon

Your HallR mini-theme (TM) of the week: Dane in Vain. The foreign ministry of what ISLAND, an autonomous territory of Denmark, said "We're open for business, not for sale" after reports surfaced that Donald Trump has asked advisors several times about the possibility of buying the island?

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Greenland

The Danish government announced it would seek stricter border controls against what NEIGHBOR, the home of two men suspected in bombings outside of two government buildings in Copenhagen?

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Sweden

Astronomers announced a hypothesis that what PLANET was hit by an embryonic planet roughly 10 times the Earth's mass in the early days of the solar system? The hypothesis seeks to explain the planet's diffuse core, which is believed to have a mix of both light and heavy elements.

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Jupiter