The Week of August 1, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

RichmondJ


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 33 13 07 33 39 33 97 39 49 71 97 84
1 HortonR 350 98 15
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15
15
07
15
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39
15
00
15
39
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00
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97
00
2 RichmondJ 343 95 15
15
15
15
33
15
39
15
33
00
15
39
15
49
15
00
15
3 DeeKay 325 91 00
15
13
15
15
33
00
15
00
15
39
15
49
15
71
00
15
4 MattK 309 88 15
15
15
07
15
33
15
39
15
00
15
39
00
15
71
00
00
5 ecpekkle 296 85 15
15
15
15
33
00
00
15
33
00
15
39
15
15
71
00
00
6 hypotactic 295 82 15
15
15
15
15
39
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33
15
15
39
15
49
00
00
00
00
7 KPope 292 79 15
15
13
15
07
15
33
15
15
33
00
15
15
15
71
00
00
8 GoodmanDL 279 75 15
15
15
15
15
39
00
00
00
00
00
15
49
15
71
00
15
9 KashyapN 256 72 15
33
15
15
07
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33
15
39
15
00
15
39
00
00
00
00
10 GarciaD 235 69 15
33
15
15
07
15
33
00
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33
00
15
39
00
00
00
00
11 KlionskyG 234 66 00
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15
07
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33
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15
33
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00
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15
71
00
00
12 Timm 220 62 00
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15
07
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39
15
00
15
00
00
00
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15
84
13 helene 219 59 15
33
15
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07
15
33
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00
00
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00
15
71
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00
14 NathanL 202 56 15
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07
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33
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00
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15
39
15
00
00
00
15 Tarn 196 53 15
33
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07
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33
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33
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15
00
00
00
16 LivenickT 193 50 00
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39
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39
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17 Squidpickles 188 43 15
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07
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39
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39
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17 Vendy12 188 43 15
33
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07
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39
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49
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17 LynchT 188 43 15
33
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13
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33
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49
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20 groug 185 37 00
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07
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39
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49
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21 ElendilPickle 169 33 15
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07
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33
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39
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15
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22 SokolM 168 30 00
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39
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39
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23 randalleng 162 25 15
33
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07
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49
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23 DouglasLovesVixey 162 25 00
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15
07
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39
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71
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25 jveditz 160 19 00
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07
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39
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39
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25 gaufqwi 160 19 15
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27 MoskowitzJim 147 14 15
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28 RobinJRichards 130 11 15
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07
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29 JCEurovision 128 8 15
33
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07
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30 JamesDenny 113 4 00
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07
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33
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31 KCrest 106 1 00
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39
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Questions:

It was a month later than hoped, but the White House announced that the US finally reached what PERCENTAGE of adults who have had at least one Covid-19 vaccination shot?

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70

What US STATE GOVERNOR was found to have sexually harassed several current and former state employees, based on an outside investigation cited by state attorney general Letitia James?

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Andrew Cuomo

Track athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya arrived in Vienna en route to Poland, where she was given a humanitarian visa so she would not need to return to what COUNTRY? The IOC revoked the credentials of two officials from the country who attempted to force Tsimanouskaya on a flight home after she made remarks critical of coaches.

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Belarus

Richard Trumka, the president of what US LABOR UNION since 2009, died unexpectedly at age 72? Trumka had served as the union's secretary-treasurer from 1995 until being elected president.

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AFL-CIO

What COUNTRY announced a plan to spend over $1 billion to narrow the economic gap between non-indigenous and indigenous peoples? It includes a fund specific to the "Stolen Generation" of indigenous children forcibly removed from their birth homes in the capital, northern, and Jervis Bay territories.

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Australia

What COUNTRY filed suit against US gun makers, including Smith & Wesson and Barrett Firearms, saying the companies are complicit in illegal weapons trafficking? The country estimates that 17,000 deaths in 2019 were attributable to guns from the US.

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Mexico

Iran was suspected to be behind the attempted hijacking of a bitumen tanker in what BODY OF WATER while off the coast of the UAE? The ship was making an approach to the Strait of Hormuz when it was boarded.

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Gulf of Oman

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY faced its own wildfire problem, with dozens of fires on its mainland and blazes on its second-largest island, Evia, cutting off its southern portion from the rest of the island?

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Greece

Four native Hawaiian protesters were found not guilty in impeding access to what MOUNTAIN to construction crews for the Thirty Meter Telescope, The mountain currently hosts 13 observatories representing 11 countries.

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Mauna Kea

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): Bumpy Air. What US AIRLINE cancelled hundreds of flights each day this week - often more than half its schedule - in a crisis sparked by a combination of bad weather in Dallas to start the week, IT issues, and a lack of staff?

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Spirit

Boeing announced it would indefinitely postpone the next test launch of what SPACE CAPSULE due to issues with the propulsion system? The launch had previously been postponed after a Russian spacecraft accidentally moved the International Space Station due to an engine misfire.

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Starliner

What RETAILER said it would require all of its employees to wear masks, while extending work from home for its corporate employees to January?

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Amazon