The Week of November 28, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

MattK
Ready. Fire. Aim.


Runner(s)-Up:

MoyseyC


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 19 19 78 08 56 34 08 38 60 12 52 52
1 MattK 419 98 15
15
19
15
78
15
15
15
15
15
38
15
15
15
52
15
52
2 MoyseyC 408 94 15
15
00
15
15
56
00
15
15
38
15
60
15
15
52
15
52
3 GriffinJoe 405 90 00
15
15
78
15
15
15
15
15
38
15
60
15
12
15
52
15
4 SokolM 375 87 15
15
19
00
15
15
56
15
15
15
38
15
60
15
00
15
52
5 Timm 340 83 15
19
15
15
78
15
15
56
15
00
15
00
15
15
52
00
00
6 TaylorMA 334 79 15
19
15
19
00
15
15
56
15
15
15
38
00
15
15
52
15
7 LynchT 327 75 15
15
19
00
15
15
56
15
15
15
38
00
15
12
15
52
15
8 MasonC 301 72 15
19
15
19
15
78
15
15
15
15
15
38
00
15
12
00
00
9 KlionskyG 296 68 15
19
15
15
78
15
00
00
00
15
15
00
15
12
15
52
15
10 RobinJRichards 281 64 15
15
19
00
00
00
15
56
15
34
15
00
15
15
00
15
52
11 ecpekkle 267 61 15
15
19
00
15
00
00
15
15
08
15
38
15
15
15
52
15
12 GarciaD 266 57 15
15
19
15
78
15
00
00
15
34
15
00
15
15
15
00
00
13 groug 263 53 15
15
19
00
15
00
00
15
34
15
15
38
00
15
00
15
52
14 GoodmanDL 244 50 15
15
19
00
15
00
00
15
15
15
38
15
15
15
52
00
00
15 jveditz 241 46 15
15
19
00
00
15
15
00
15
15
38
00
15
12
00
15
52
16 KPope 237 42 15
15
19
00
15
00
00
15
34
15
00
00
15
12
15
15
52
17 HortonR 234 38 15
19
00
00
15
08
00
15
15
15
38
00
15
12
15
52
00
18 Squidpickles 201 35 15
19
15
19
00
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08
00
00
15
15
38
15
15
12
00
00
19 gaufqwi 182 31 15
19
15
19
00
15
08
00
15
34
00
00
15
15
12
00
00
20 Vendy12 181 27 15
19
15
19
00
15
00
00
15
15
15
38
00
15
00
00
00
21 KonkelT 170 24 15
19
00
00
15
08
15
56
00
00
15
00
00
15
12
00
00
22 KCrest 160 20 00
15
19
00
15
08
00
00
15
08
15
38
00
15
12
00
00
23 JCEurovision 151 16 15
19
15
19
00
15
08
00
00
00
15
00
00
00
15
15
15
24 Tarn 128 12 15
19
15
00
00
00
00
00
15
34
15
00
00
15
00
00
00
25 RaskTM 121 9 00
00
00
00
00
15
08
00
00
15
08
00
15
60
00
00
00
26 DouglasLovesVixey 101 5 00
00
00
00
00
15
15
56
00
00
15
00
00
00
00
00
00
27 Force123 95 1 00
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00
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15
08
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34
15
08
00
00
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00
00

Questions:

The US Supreme Court heard arguments in the case over what STATE's law that would virtually ban abortions after the 15 week mark of pregnancy?

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Mississippi

What CARIBBEAN nation finalized its transition to a republic, swearing in former Governor General Sandra Mason as its first president?

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Barbados

What MIDDLE EASTERN CITY topped the Economist Intelligence Unit's list of the world's most expensive cities? Supply chain issues and a rise in the value of the local currency helped it knock Paris from the top spot.

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Tel Aviv

Following a court order, the Biden administration restarted a program where asylum seekers entering the US over the border with what COUNTRY will return to that country to wait for a decision?

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Mexico

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan named new finance and treasury ministers, hoping they will reverse the slide in what CURRENCY, which has lost 40 percent of its value since the start of the year?

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lira

After a review of 2018 data, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that 1 in 44 eight year holds were diagnosed with what DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITION?

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autism

What PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUE locked out its players for the first time in 26 years, after the collective bargaining agreement between the players and team owners expired?

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Major League Baseball (MLB)

Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO of Twitter, but will remain the CEO of what ONLINE PAYMENTS COMPANY, whose parent entity changed its name to Block?

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Square

The US Supreme Court affirmed rules that will close part of Maine’s lobster fishing grounds in the fall to protect what WHALE, of which there are fewer than 340 living?

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right whale

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Governating. What GEORGIA DEMOCRAT announced that she will run for governor in 2022, seeking to avenge a narrow loss to current governor Brian Kemp?

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Stacey Abrams

What MASSACHUSETTS REPUBLICAN announced he would not seek a third term as that state's governor?

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Charlie Baker

What US STATE GOVERNOR stated that he wanted to revive its state guard, which would give him control of a military unit outside of federal authority? The guard was formed during World War II and disbanded afterwards.

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Ron DeSantis