The Week of May 16, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DeeKay


Runner(s)-Up:

jveditz
You'll Have to Speak Up, I'm Wearing a Towel


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 42 52 04 18 00 28 00 52 63 04 18 56
1 DeeKay 382 98 15
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56
2 jveditz 359 94 15
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63
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3 TaylorMA 353 91 15
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63
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4 grimesr 340 87 15
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5 Vendy12 330 84 15
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6 HortonR 319 81 15
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7 SokolM 314 77 15
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8 UncleTed 306 74 15
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9 MattK 280 70 00
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10 DreyfusB 269 67 15
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11 Timm 262 63 00
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12 GoodmanDL 256 60 15
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13 KPope 250 56 15
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14 Tarn 246 53 00
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15 LynchT 240 50 15
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16 groug 223 46 00
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17 McGeeDean 220 43 00
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18 Eponine 213 39 15
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19 KlionskyG 208 36 00
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20 gaufqwi 193 32 00
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21 ecpekkle 185 27 15
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21 helene 185 27 15
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23 JCEurovision 173 22 15
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24 Keeper 170 18 00
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25 RobinJRichards 151 15 15
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26 DouglasLovesVixey 116 12 00
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27 randalleng 112 8 00
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28 Jonathan 97 3 00
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28 shambolic 97 3 00
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Questions:

The US Supreme Court will weigh in on an abortion case in its next term, as it agreed to hear a case involving what STATE's law that prohibits abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy?

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Mississippi

What TELECOM GIANT announced a merger that would combine its TimeWarner unit with Discovery in a company whose TV outlets would include CNN, TNT, TBS, Food Network, and HGTV? The telecom acquired TimeWarner in 2018 for $85 billion.

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AT&T

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken did some fence mending, visiting what EUROPEAN COUNTRY which Donald Trump cancelled a visit to in 2019 after a less than warm reception to Trump's interest in buying Greenland?

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Denmark

Spain and what AFRICAN COUNTRY hit a diplomatic snag when as many as 8000 people swam from the country to the Spanish enclave of Ceuta to seek asyluym?

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Morocco

A natural rock arch named for what SCIENTIST partially collapsed in the Galapagos Islands? A favorite tourist attraction, the collapse was attributed to natural erosion.

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Darwin Arch

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommended that screening for WHAT TYPE OF CANCER should start at 45 rather than 50, due to an increased incidence among younger people?

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Colon or colorectal

Mars is no longer just the province of the US space program, as what COUNTRY successfully landed its Zhurong rover on the planet, sending back photos before beginning its mission to analyze the Martian surface and atmoshere?

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China

Israel and Gaza’s Hamas leadership agreed to cease fir after 11 days of fighting, the result of diplomacy by the US, Qatar, and what OTHER COUNTRY, whose diplomatic teams are monitoring the cease fire and continuing to negotiate for a more durable peace? The country was also involved in brokering peace deals between Israel and Gaza in 2008 and 2014.

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Egypt

The Mount Nyiragongo volcano erupted in what AFRICSN COUNTRY, killing 15 and forcing thousands from their homes, but ultimately sparing the city of Goma?

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The US Department of Homeland Security announced that it would extend temporary protective status for refugees from what CARRIBEAN NATION, citing civil unrest and lack of progress in recovering from a devastating 2010 earthquake?

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Haiti

Your HallR mini-them of the week (TM): Ethics Shmethics. What CNN ACNHOR came under fire for advising New York governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff on how to address sexual harassment allegations?

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Chris Cuomo

What FORMER BBC RELIGION EDITOR, who recently stepped down from the post due to post-Covid health issues, was found by an independent inquiry to have used fake documents to help land his 1995 interview with Princess Diana?

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Martin Bashir