The Week of February 6, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

griffism


Runner(s)-Up:

NMJayhawk
Rock Chalk


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 69 46 64 82 10 14 28 46 28 37 55 32
1 griffism 363 97 15
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2 NMJayhawk 352 93 00
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3 ChrisRosenberg 332 88 00
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4 SokolM 323 84 15
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5 jveditz 318 79 15
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6 KonkelT 295 75 00
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7 MeyerMM 288 70 15
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8 ecpekkle 283 65 00
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9 KlionskyG 275 61 15
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10 imogen 268 56 00
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11 HortonR 264 52 00
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12 gaufqwi 253 47 15
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13 NathanL 252 43 00
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14 MasonC 242 38 15
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15 LynchT 234 34 00
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16 Tarn 233 29 00
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17 KCrest 209 25 00
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18 Vendy12 194 20 00
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19 KPope 178 15 00
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20 DouglasLovesVixey 173 11 00
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21 randalleng 164 6 00
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22 JCEurovision 121 2 00
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Questions:

In what NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY did the Supreme Judicial Council reject its dissolution, decreed by president Kais Saied?

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Tunisia

What TWO DISCOUNT US AIRLINES announced a merger, which if completed would create the country's fifth largest airline?

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Spirit and Frontier

Researchers at Oxford reported a new record amount of energy created in a nuclear fusion reactor, generated by combining two isotopes of what ELEMENT?

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hydrogen

A solar storm caused 40 of 49 satellites recently launched for what INTERNET SERVICE to fall out of orbit? The storm changed the density of the atmosphere, creating increased drag, which caused the satellites to leave orbit.

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Starlink

The US National Archives and Records Administration asked the Department of Justice to investigate Donald Trump's handling of his presidential records after it recovered 15 boxes of material from what CLUB/PERSONAL HOME of Trump?

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Mar a Lago

Russia started a 10 day period of training exercises with what NEIGHBORING COUNTRY, which the Ukraine and its Western allies see as a provocation and potential prelude to an invasion? Russia has said it intends to withdraw its troops from the country after the exercises end.

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Belarus

Canada's trucker protest over Covid-19 vaccine mandates and related restrictions spread outside of Ottawa, with drivers blocking the Ambassador Bridge, which connects Canada with what US CITY?

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Detroit

The US National Transportation Safety Board announced that what US STATE saw a significant drop in traffic accidents and fatalities after dropping its maximum blood alcohol content to .05% five years ago? Already home to some of the country's toughest alcohol laws...

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Utah

The US announced it would suspend the importing of what FRUIT from Mexico, after a US inspector was threatened, apparently by a local drug cartel?

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avocado

President Biden announced that $7 billion in frozen central bank assets from what COUNTRY would be split between victims (and families of victims) of terrorism and organizations providing relief for citizens of the country, which is facing economic collapse?

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Afghanistan

What US FEDERAL AGENCY scrapped plans to have individuals upload a "video selfie" through the ID.me system in order to access records? ID.me announced the following day it would drop facial recognition requirements for all state and federal organizations that use its software.

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Internal Revenue Service

What WORLD LEADER met with Vladimir Putin regarding Ukraine, but did so from across a 20 foot table, as he refused to take a Russian Covid-19 test as he had concerns over giving Russia a source of his DNA?

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Emmanuel Macron