The Week of May 9, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

grimesr


Runner(s)-Up:

UncleTed


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 42 00 17 68 17 65 59 23 23 52 13 36
1 grimesr 425 98 15
15
15
17
15
68
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15
65
15
59
15
15
15
15
15
36
2 UncleTed 414 95 15
42
15
15
15
68
15
15
65
15
15
23
15
15
15
15
36
3 KlionskyG 360 91 00
15
15
17
00
15
17
15
65
15
59
15
15
15
52
15
15
4 ecpekkle 351 88 15
15
00
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17
15
68
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15
65
00
15
15
15
15
15
36
5 GoodmanDL 349 85 15
15
15
15
68
15
00
15
59
00
15
23
15
15
13
15
36
6 RobinJRichards 344 82 00
15
15
17
15
68
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00
15
59
15
00
15
52
15
13
15
7 KashyapN 324 79 15
42
15
15
00
15
15
65
00
15
23
15
23
00
15
15
36
8 DeeKay 316 75 00
15
00
00
00
15
65
15
59
15
23
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15
15
13
15
36
9 Svoyager-11 313 72 15
42
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17
15
68
15
00
00
00
15
15
15
15
15
36
10 Timm 312 69 15
15
00
00
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17
00
15
59
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15
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52
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13
15
36
11 KPope 311 66 15
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68
15
00
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59
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00
15
00
15
13
15
36
12 KonkelT 288 62 00
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00
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00
15
59
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23
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52
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13
15
36
13 Vendy12 282 59 15
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15
17
00
00
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15
65
00
15
15
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52
15
13
00
14 JCEurovision 280 56 15
42
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15
17
00
15
15
65
00
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23
15
00
15
13
00
15 HortonR 266 53 15
42
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17
00
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00
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15
23
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00
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13
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36
16 srs 263 50 15
42
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15
00
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15
65
00
00
00
15
00
00
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36
17 MattK 257 46 15
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17
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00
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52
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36
18 helene 256 43 00
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17
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65
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52
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19 SokolM 246 40 15
42
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17
15
65
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15
00
00
00
20 Tarn 240 37 15
42
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17
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17
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00
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59
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21 gaufqwi 226 33 00
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17
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68
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23
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13
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22 Squidpickles 215 30 00
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17
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59
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13
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36
23 McGeeDean 209 27 00
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23
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13
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36
24 LynchT 192 24 15
42
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13
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25 imogen 181 20 15
42
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26 GarciaD 171 17 00
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36
27 TaylorMA 147 14 15
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23
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28 randalleng 141 11 00
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13
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36
29 AaronT 109 8 00
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17
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15
15
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30 DouglasLovesVixey 81 4 00
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15
23
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13
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31 Nicola 79 1 00
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Questions:

Republicans in the US House of Representatives removed Liz Cheney from their leadership team, replacing her with what NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE who is a Trump loyalist?

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Elise Stefanik

NBC announced that they would not televise the show for what FILM AND TV AWARDS in 2022 due to concerns over improper financial dealings and a lack of diversity within the membership of its sponsor, the Hollywood Foreign Press Agency?

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Golden Globes

What US STATE announced it would institute a lottery to entice people to get vaccinated for COVID-19, with five $1 million prizes?

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Ohio

What WASHINGTON DC PUBLIC SPACE was finally reopened, almost a year after Secret Service officers cleared protesters so Donald Trump could stage a photo op at a nearby church?

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Lafayette Square

A federal judge denied bankruptcy protection for what ORGANIZATION, saying that the filing was done in a bad faith effort to avoid litigation? The denial will allow the New York state attorney general's office to continue pursuing dissolution of the organization for misusing charitable funds.

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National Rifle Association

What ISLAND COUNTRY, considered the world's most Covid-19 vaccinated with over 60 percent of its total population innocculated, saw a spike in cases where a third were in people who were fully vaccinated?

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Seychelles

A crack was discovered in the Hernando de Soto Bridge in what US CITY, stopping road traffic on I-40 and slowing river traffic on the Mississippi? Temporary repairs may take up to two months.

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Memphis

The General Court of the European Union found that Amazon did not have to repay €250 million to what GRAND DUCHY, reversing a 2014 verdict that Amazon received illegal tax benefits? The court and Amazon’s European operations are headquartered there.

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Luxembourg

Fighting between Israel and Hamas intensified with Israel destroying two tower blocks in what PALESTINIAN CITY? One housed Hamas political offices, the other offices for the Associated Press and Al-Jazeera (with Israel alleging it also had Hamas intelligence offices).

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Gaza City

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Hack Attack. Gasoline and other fuels started flowing again amid reports that what COMPANY paid $5 million to the hackers that committed a ransomware attack against it last week?

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Colonial Pipeline

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw its health sector targeted by a ransomware attack? Its Health Service Executive shut down its IT systems, while Taoiseach (prime minister) Micheál Martin said the country would not pay a ransom to end the attack.

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Ireland

In what US CITY did health commissioner Thomas Farley resign after admitting that he ordered remains of the victims of the 1985 MOVE bombing cremated and disposed without notifying next of kin? Mayor Jim Kenneth would later announce that those remains were later found uncremated.

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Philadelphia