The Week of January 9, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KlionskyG
"Small facts lead to great knowing."


Runner(s)-Up:

RobinJRichards
How many days until May?


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 50 05 05 05 05 34 30 55 84 17 59 34
1 KlionskyG 304 97 00
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2 RobinJRichards 303 93 00
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3 GoodmanDL 299 89 15
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4 Vendy12 294 85 15
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5 ChrisRosenberg 291 81 15
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6 UncleTed 288 77 15
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7 KonkelT 281 72 15
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8 ecpekkle 279 66 15
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8 MattK 279 66 00
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10 HortonR 274 60 15
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11 KPope 268 56 15
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12 chabotj 253 52 00
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13 Longford 242 47 15
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14 helene 235 43 15
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15 alamble 228 39 00
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16 SokolM 213 35 00
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17 LynchT 204 31 15
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18 Squidpickles 192 27 15
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19 MasonC 189 22 00
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20 GarciaD 177 18 00
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21 JCEurovision 135 14 00
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22 Tarn 130 10 00
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23 randalleng 80 6 00
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24 DouglasLovesVixey 60 2 00
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Questions:

What US CITY became the first major city to allow non-citizens to vote in municipal elections, which will allow upwards of 800,000 voters to cast ballots beginning in 2023?

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New York City

What POET AND ACTIVIST became the first Black woman featured on the US quarter when her coin went into circulation as part of the American Women Quarters Program?

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Maya Angelou

A 57 year old man became the first human to receive a heart from what type of ANIMAL that was genetically modified to decrease the odds that the patient's body will reject the organ?

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pig

What ORGANIZATION announced its first ever national blood crisis in the US? The organization, which supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood supply, has been operating with less than a day's supply in reserve, due mostly to a decline of blood drives due to Covid-19.

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Red Cross

The eruption of an undersea volcano spread ash and debris and drove tsunamis into the coast of what PACIFIC ISLAND NATION? The blast could be heard as far away as New Zealand and Alaska.

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Tonga

The US Supreme Court struck down the vaccine or test regimen for businesses to be enforced by what FEDERAL AGENCY, saying they did not have standing to regulate broadly on public health? The court did let the rules stand for workers in the healthcare industry

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Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)

A federal grand jury indicted 11 members of what FAR RIGHT GROUP, including its founder Elmer Rhodes on counts including seditious conspiracy, for their actions during the January 6 attack on the Capitol?

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Oath Keepers

A study published in the journal Science stated that the Epstein-Barr virus may be a leading cause of what DISEASE, where the body's immune system attacks the protective covering of nerves?

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multiple sclerosis

What FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN SERVICER, once known as Sallie Mae, settled with over three dozen state attorneys general on allegations of deceptive lending practices and agreed to forgive $1.7 billion in loans?

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Navient

Roughly 70 websites for the government of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY were taken down by a malware attack, which was blamed on Russia as part of a hybrid war against the country? A 2017 cyberattack on the country led to $10 billion in damages worldwide.

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Ukraine

A man took hostages at a synagogue in Texas seeing the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a terrorist from what ASIAN COUNTRY currently serving an 86 year sentence for attempting to murder US soldiers in Afghanistan? The hostage taker was killed with no other casualties reported.

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Pakistan

The White House announced a $27.5 billion allocation of funds aimed at improving what SPECIFIC FORM OF INFRASTRUCTURE? Funds are allocated based on need rather than size, such as Louisiana getting $1 billion to address 1600 structures in need of repair.

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bridges