The Week of December 19, 2021 by CoenM

Champion(s):

imogen


Runner(s)-Up:

randalleng


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 05 67 00 17 96 13 67 30 38 21 25 30
1 imogen 346 97 15
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2 randalleng 338 93 15
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3 MasonC 306 89 15
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30
4 DeeKay 275 85 15
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67
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38
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5 DouglasLovesVixey 272 81 00
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6 KlionskyG 263 77 15
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7 Vendy12 260 72 15
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8 LynchT 250 68 15
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9 ecpekkle 247 64 15
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10 KPope 244 60 15
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11 griffism 242 56 15
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12 HortonR 240 52 15
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13 NathanL 239 47 15
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14 SokolM 226 43 15
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15 ElendilPickle 218 39 15
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16 Timm 214 35 15
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17 GoodmanDL 211 31 15
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18 brianghoward 206 27 15
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19 KonkelT 199 22 15
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20 Squidpickles 190 18 15
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21 Tarn 180 14 15
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22 DFisher 179 10 15
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23 jveditz 169 6 15
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24 JCEurovision 71 2 15
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Questions:

What US SENATOR FROM WEST VIRGINIA stated he would not support the current version of President Biden's Build Back Better act?

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Joe Manchin

A former Minneapolis police officer was found guilty of manslaughter in the killing of what MAN, in a case where she claimed that she mistakenly pulled her gun rather than her Taser?

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Daunte Wright

Name EITHER COMPANY that had pill-based Covid-19 therapies approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use.

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Pfizer or Merck

What US CITY approved an emergency plan to combat the opioid epidemic in its Tenderloin district? Opponents of the plan fear that mayor London Breed will follow through on related plans to sharply increase police presence in the neighborhood.

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San Francisco

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY fined Google nearly $100 million for failing to delete illegal content? Meta and Twitter were similarly fined; in all cases it was unclear what content was at issue.

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Russia

What MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY became the first to give a second booster shot of the Covid-19 vaccine?

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Israel

What SOCIAL MEDIA SITE passed Google to become the most visited website for 2021, according to Cloudfare?

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Tik Tok

NASA celebrated the successful launch of what SPACE TELESCOPE from the ESA’s spaceport? It is named for a former NASA administrator.

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James Webb

/Queen Elizabeth II gave her annual Christmas address from what CASTLE, where she's stayed during the Covid-19 pandemic? Earlier in the day, a man armed with a crossbow breached security there but was quickly apprehended.

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Windsor Castle

Over thirty people were killed, potentially including staff from Save the Children, by the military in what ASIAN COUNTRY? The military claimed their attack was aimed at suppressing terrorism, but protests have been common since a coup in February.

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Myanmar

What AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY announced it would disable the Passenger Play feature in its vehicles while they are in motion? The change came after the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration launched and investigation into the feature.

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Tesla

What "NEW" JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR, known for works like Slouching Towards Bethlehem and The Year of Magical Thinking, passed away at 87 due to Parkinson's Disease?

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Joan Didion