The Week of May 29, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ecpekkle


Runner(s)-Up:

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...

Tarn
I know my months


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 44 32 88 32 50 44 19 44 38 88 38 32
1 ecpekkle 328 96 15
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2 Tarn 322 87 15
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2 GoodmanDL 322 87 15
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4 Timm 316 78 15
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5 KonkelT 307 71 00
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6 KPope 304 65 00
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7 HortonR 283 59 15
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8 DarthPace 267 53 00
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9 LynchT 261 46 15
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10 gaufqwi 249 40 00
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11 DouglasLovesVixey 245 34 00
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12 ChrisRosenberg 236 28 00
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13 eternally5th 216 21 15
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14 SokolM 212 15 15
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15 jveditz 210 9 00
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16 JCEurovision 183 3 15
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Questions:

In the wake of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the government in what COUNTRY issued a bill that would ban the sale, purchase, transfer, or importation of handguns?

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Canada

The EU reached a compromise agreement on banning Russian oil, which will see a ban on ship-imported oil but still allow oil to be delivered by pipeline. Name ONE of the two countries that will also ban importation of pipeline oil, which will allow the ban to be 90 percent effective.

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Germany or Poland

What US CITY saw five people killed during a week of gun violence when a patient shot his doctor, Preston Philips, and three others over an alleged botched back surgery?

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Tulsa

Linda Fagan became the first woman to head a branch of the US military when she was made the commandant of what SERVICE?

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Coast Guard

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY sent leftist and rightist outsiders to a runoff election for president, in an election seen as a rejection of its ruling conservative class and current president Ivan Duque?

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Colombia

What COMPANY restarted production of baby formula at the Michigan plant closed in February due to bacterial infections in babies linked to its products? The company said it would focus on making formula for babies with dietary restrictions.

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Abbott Nutrition

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association monitoring station on Mauna Kea reported a May average of 421 parts per million of what GREENHOUSE GAS in the atmosphere? The last time there was a similar average was during the Pliocene Age 4+ million years ago.

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carbon dioxide

In what COUNTRY did at least 49 people die in a chemical fire at a container depot near Chittagong? The country has a history of high-fatality industrial fires, including a 2012 fire at a garment factory that killed 117.

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Bangladesh

What COO OF META announced that she would step down from that position in the fall? It was later reported that she was under investigation for leaning into company resources to plan her wedding.

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Sheryl Sandburg

The Biden administration canceled nearly $6 billion in debt racked up by students of what FOR-PROFIT COLLEGE CHAIN, which was found to have committed fraud in counseling students regarding their job prospects and transferability of credits? The forgiveness covers students who attended Everest, WyoTech, and Heald.

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Corinthian Colleges

A leaked committee report at what IVY LEAGUE SCHOOL indicated that it still holds the remains of 19 enslaved persons and nearly 7000 Native Americans? All of the remains are part of the collections at the Peabody Museum.

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Harvard

The closing of its final restaurant, located in Lake George, New York, marked the end of what RESTAURANT CHAIN, known for its fried clams and iconic orange roofs?

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Howard Johnson's