The Week of October 3, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

Tarn
I know my months


Runner(s)-Up:

GarciaD


Quiz Description

The latest in a semi-regular series, based on the episode "The Crackpots and These Women" of The West Wing, and the podcast The West Wing Weekly. The questions are written such that you shouldn't need to have seen the episode or listened to the podcast to answer them. But it couldn't hurt.

Full Results:

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1 Tarn 350 97 15
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2 GarciaD 320 91 15
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3 ecpekkle 314 85 15
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4 GoodmanDL 270 79 15
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5 JCEurovision 264 73 15
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6 Timm 258 64 15
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6 HortonR 258 64 15
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8 KonkelT 255 55 15
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9 LynchT 243 50 15
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10 DFisher 218 44 15
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11 helene 216 35 15
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11 alamble 216 35 15
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13 loganstarr 195 26 15
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14 gaufqwi 189 20 15
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15 KPope 174 14 15
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16 DouglasLovesVixey 162 8 15
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17 randalleng 0 2 00
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Questions:

The presidential election in what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY resulted in no candidate winning a majority, setting up a run-off vote between incumbent Jair Bolsanaro and former president Lula da Silva?

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Brazil

President Biden signed an executive order pardoning all federal offences of simple possession of what DRUG? He also urged state governors to do the same, as the vast majority of convictions are on the state level.

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marijuana

What CELEBRITY was fined $1.26 million and banned from promoting cryptocurrency for three years by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for improperly promoting EtheriumMax on social media? Her story included an #ad hashtag but not all of the information required by SEC regulations.

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Kim Kardashian

North Korea ratcheted up tensions in Asia by test firing its most powerful missile over what OTHER COUNTRY without giving them prior notice of the test?

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Japan

A Justice Department investigation found that there may be enough evidence to press charges against what PRESIDENTIAL OFFSPRING for tax and gun offenses? First and last name required!

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Hunter Biden

A former policeman killed at least 36 people in what ASIAN NATION, where he attacked the children and staff at a daycare center before killing his family and himself?

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Thailand

A member of what FAR RIGHT EXTREMIST GROUP pled guilty to seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 US Capitlol riot? He is expected to cooperate with prosecutors on other cases involving the group.

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Proud Boys

Nobel Prizes were awarded this week, with Barry Sharpless becoming only the fifth person to win multiple awards when he won his second prize in what DISCIPLINE? Three of the other four multiple winners - Marie Curie, Linus Pauling, and Frederick Sanger - won at least one award in the same discipline as Sharpless.

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chemistry

A NYU study suggested that a norovirus may be behind what AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER where the immune system attacks the digestive tract? The study found that the norovirus disrupts production of a protein that signals the immune system to not attack gut cells.

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Crohn's disease

Your HallR min-theme of the week (tm): Oh no, we're gonna get sued! Donald Trump announced a $475 million defamation lawsuit against what NEWS ORGANIZATION, stating that it "has sought to use its massive influence, purportedly as a ‘trusted’ news source, to defame the plaintiff in the minds of its viewers and readers for the purpose of defeating him politically,”

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Cable News Network (CNN)

What REPUBLICAN US SENATE CANDIDATE threatened a lawsuit while denying a story in The Daily Beast saying he paid for a girlfriend's abortion in 2009? The candidate, who is against abortion, also reportedly has a child with the same woman.

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Herschel Walker

An explosion rocked the Kerch Strait Bridge, which connects Russia to what ANNEXED UKRANIAN TERRITORY, killing three and collapsing part of the roadway? The bridge, an important link for military vehicles, reopened to light traffic.

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Crimea