The Week of November 3, 2019 by CoenM

Champion(s):

MirandaM
Only the Trivial Life is worth living


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): 33 12 14 65 63 12 36 66 08 18 74 44
1 MirandaM 477 99 15
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2 LorinBurte 465 97 15
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3 EggCzar 454 96 15
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4 grimesr 439 94 15
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5 RichmondJ 428 93 15
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6 BarthR 415 91 15
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7 MattK 360 90 15
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8 MoyseyC 355 88 15
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9 GarciaD 352 87 15
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10 TWright17 349 85 15
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11 ecpekkle 334 84 15
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12 AmmermanA 329 82 15
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13 HightB 314 81 00
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14 GoodmanDL 311 79 15
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15 LiptonM 309 78 15
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16 orwant 303 76 15
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17 Timm 296 75 15
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18 hypotactic 292 73 15
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19 KPope 278 72 15
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20 MortimerN 277 70 00
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20 lshultz82 277 70 15
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22 KonkelT 274 67 15
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23 ElendilPickle 272 65 00
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23 melvillean 272 65 15
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25 imogen 266 63 15
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26 onetruepanda 265 61 00
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26 Ren 265 61 15
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28 KesslerA2 263 58 15
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29 akambour 259 56 15
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29 TaylorMA 259 56 15
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31 Svoyager-11 254 54 15
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32 ChrisRosenberg 252 52 15
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33 rwv37 248 51 15
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34 colleenw 247 50 15
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35 StanleyP 244 48 15
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36 BClemens 240 47 15
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37 Vendy12 236 45 15
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38 ArunH 228 44 00
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39 FauxD 223 42 15
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40 IvixorB 220 40 00
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40 TimL 220 40 15
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42 watkinsAF 216 37 15
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42 LynchT 216 37 15
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44 srs 215 35 15
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45 ColeB 212 32 00
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45 ShampooCell 212 32 00
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47 DreyfusB 201 30 15
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48 Marny 195 29 15
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49 HumbabaORiley 194 27 00
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50 LeungT 184 26 15
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51 alamble 179 24 15
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52 McGeeDean 176 23 15
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53 Michalle 172 21 00
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54 MatchenD 169 20 00
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55 BringMoreLegos 165 18 00
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56 Atomiccoffey 164 17 00
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57 PipkeR 160 14 15
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57 HortonR 160 14 00
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59 mathew5000 159 12 00
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60 JJA 145 11 00
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61 randalleng 133 9 15
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62 felsenheldd 131 8 00
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63 MitchellWA 127 6 00
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64 DouglasLovesVixey 105 5 00
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65 Jill 99 3 00
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66 JCEurovision 98 2 00
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67 RougeGod 50 1 00
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Questions:

Iran announced a new breach of its nuclear deal, stating that it is now operating 60 of what MACHINE that can can produce enriched uranium ten times as fast as allowed under the deal?

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centrifuge

Lagging in polls, the UK's Labour party rejected an offer by the national party of what CONSTITUENT COUNTRY where it would back Labour in return for a second independence vote?

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Scotland

Despite a rally with Donald Trump, Matt Bevin was narrowly voted out of office as governor of what US STATE, losing to Andy Beshear?

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Kentucky

What ASIAN CAPITAL CITY was described as a government minister as a "gas chamber," as a thermal inversion trapped a stew of vehicle emissions, smoke from agricultural fires, and industrial pollution, exposing 20 million people to a level of fine particulate matter that's 25 times higher than the maximum set by World Health Organization guidelines?

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New Delhi

What WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY agreed to pay a $60 million fine as part of settlement over secretly throttling unlimited data plans?

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AT&T

A California court ruled that the players on the women's US national team in what SPORT could pursue their gender discrimination lawsuit against the sport's federation as a class action lawsuit?

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soccer

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced what they called a "breakthrough" in the cause of over 2000 vaping-related injuries, discovering an acetate of what VITAMIN in lung tissue, providing a link between it and the injuries that had been suspected?

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Vitamin E

Berliners celebrated the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a parade which included 65 of what CAR, a semi-fondly remembered symbol of East Germany?

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Trabant

French president Emmanuel Macron drew ire from fellow European leaders when he called what ALLIANCE "brain dead," citing a lack of coordination and lowered faith that the US will continue to guarantee security?

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NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

US and Mexican authorities pledged to find the killers - believed to be drug cartel members - of nine Americans who were part of the La Mora community, an offshoot of what RELIGION? The community identifies as this religion but also considers itself independent of the main church.

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Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)

What FINANCE COMPANY, the backer of Apple's credit card, became the focus of an investigation into whether or not its algorithms commit gender discrimination when deciding on credit lines?

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Goldman Sachs

In a number of reports published in Nature Astronomy, NASA stated that what SPACECRAFT identified unexpected differences in the density of plasma in interstellar space, and confirmed the existence of a "magnetic barrier" at the outer edge of the heliosphere? NOTE: your answer should identify the name and number of the spacecraft.

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Voyager 2