The Week of April 24, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ecpekkle


Runner(s)-Up:

LynchT
Teacher's Motto: I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 00 44 13 07 82 44 25 13 69 19 38 94
1 ecpekkle 307 96 15
15
44
15
15
00
00
15
15
25
15
15
69
15
19
15
00
2 LynchT 300 90 15
00
15
13
15
07
15
82
15
15
25
15
00
15
15
38
00
3 Timm 278 84 15
15
44
15
15
07
00
00
15
25
15
13
15
69
15
00
00
4 DarthPace 268 78 15
00
15
44
15
15
07
00
15
44
15
15
00
15
15
38
00
5 HortonR 262 71 15
15
44
15
15
07
00
15
15
25
15
13
00
15
15
38
00
6 groug 261 65 15
15
44
15
15
00
15
15
25
15
00
00
15
19
15
38
00
7 helene 224 59 15
00
15
44
15
15
07
00
15
15
25
15
13
15
15
00
00
8 KonkelT 196 53 15
00
15
15
00
00
15
00
15
25
15
13
00
15
15
38
00
9 KPope 175 46 15
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00
15
07
00
00
15
15
25
15
15
00
00
15
38
00
10 JCEurovision 167 37 15
00
00
00
15
07
15
00
00
15
13
00
15
19
15
38
00
10 DFisher 167 37 15
00
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44
15
13
15
07
00
00
00
15
13
00
15
00
00
12 KCrest 159 28 15
00
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13
15
07
00
15
00
00
00
15
15
19
00
15
13 SokolM 138 21 15
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00
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13
15
07
00
00
15
15
13
00
00
15
15
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14 Tarn 135 15 15
00
00
15
15
07
00
00
00
15
25
15
13
00
15
00
00
15 ChrisRosenberg 133 9 15
00
00
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13
15
07
00
00
15
25
15
13
00
00
00
00
16 DouglasLovesVixey 120 3 15
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00
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15
07
00
00
15
00
00
00
00
00
15
38
00

Questions:

What PRESIDENT OF FRANCE became the first person to be re-elected to that position in 20 years when he bested far-right candidate Marine Le Pen?

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Emmanuel Macron

Nissan announced it would stop selling cars under what MAKE, which was originally phased out in the 1980s but revived in 2012 for models mostly sold in emerging markets like Indonesia and India?

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Datsun

What US GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL stated that the US is "out of the pandemic phase" of COVID-19, and is currently transitioning to the disease becoming endemic? He later clarified his statement by noting that the world is still in the pandemic phase.

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Anthony Fauci

Officials in Nevada started low-level pumps in what MANMADE LAKE AND RESERVOIR after water levels dropped below the top of its main intake pipe?

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Lake Mead

What COUNTRY became the second, after El Salvador, to adopt Bitcoin as an official currency? Many question the move as only 4 percent of the population have access to the Internet, leading to speculation that the move is aimed at undermining the country's other official currency, the CFA franc.

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Central African Republic

Officials in 11 countries reported a small but rising number of cases of children suffering an inflammation of what ORGAN, in some cases requiring a transplant? A specific strain of adenovirus is believed to be the cause.

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liver

Sixteen states filed suit to block what INDEPDENDENT FEDERAL AGENCY from buying thousands of gas-powered vehicles to update its fleet? The head of the agency defended the planned purchase, saying all relevant environmental laws were followed.

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US Postal Service

WHO became the highest-ranking member of the US government to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky since Russia invaded when she made an unannounced visit to Kyiv leading an official Congressional delegation?

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Nancy Pelosi

Andrew Fahie, the premiere of what UK OVERSEAS TERRITORY, was arrested in the US on charges of money laundering and drug trafficking? It was also recommended this week that the territory fall back under direct rule from London due to ongoing corruption and mismanagement.

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British Virgin Islands

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (tm): The Spread of War. Name ONE OF THE TWO COUNTRIES - both former Warsaw Pact members - Russia stopped supplying with natural gas as they refused to pay in rubles?

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Poland or Bulgaria

Explosions in Transnistria, a breakaway Russian territory in what COUNTRY, were blamed on Ukranian "infiltrators" (by Russia) and Russian special forces (by Ukraine), leading to fears of war in that country?

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Moldova

What REALTOR settled a lawsuit brought by a group of fair housing organizations, and pledged to end its minimum price policy, which the fair housing groups said restricted the ability of homeowners to fairly list their homes?

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Redfin