The Week of June 5, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ecpekkle


Runner(s)-Up:

TaylorMA


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 00 05 05 73 00 82 73 05 14 19 50 32
1 ecpekkle 360 97 15
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73
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82
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15
50
15
2 TaylorMA 256 93 15
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00
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05
15
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19
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50
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32
3 loganstarr 255 88 15
15
15
00
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00
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05
15
14
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19
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50
15
32
4 KPope 246 84 15
15
05
15
00
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00
00
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05
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19
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50
15
32
5 TWright17 243 79 15
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05
15
00
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05
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14
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19
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50
15
6 LearyField 242 75 15
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05
15
00
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00
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05
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50
15
32
7 Timm 226 70 15
00
15
05
15
00
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00
15
82
00
15
15
15
19
00
00
8 LynchT 214 65 15
15
05
15
05
00
15
00
15
00
15
15
15
19
15
50
00
9 KonkelT 213 61 15
00
15
15
00
15
00
00
00
15
73
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05
15
15
00
15
10 jveditz 196 52 15
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05
15
15
15
00
00
00
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05
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19
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15
32
10 BoulierJ 196 52 15
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05
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19
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32
10 SokolM 196 52 15
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00
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19
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32
13 JCEurovision 188 43 15
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73
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14 DFisher 186 38 15
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32
15 alamble 184 34 15
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19
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16 HortonR 173 29 15
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17 Tarn 164 25 15
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18 randalleng 139 20 15
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19 gaufqwi 135 15 15
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20 ChrisRosenberg 119 11 15
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21 DouglasLovesVixey 109 6 15
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22 KCrest 70 2 15
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Questions:

What BRITISH PRIME MINISTER survived a no confidence vote within the Conservative party, but with less support than Theresa May, who was out of office six months after winning her vote?

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Boris Johnson

A group of current and former US women gymnasts filed suit against what LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY over their lack of response to allegations of sexual abuse by Larry Nasser?

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

The US House select committee investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol held its first public hearing, airing new video that showed how a tweet by Donald Trump led rioters to chant for the hanging of what GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL, who was presiding over the joint session of Congress certifying the 2020 presidential election?

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Mike Pence

Western Hemisphere leaders meeting at the Summit of the Americas in what US CITY issued a declaration regarding migration, setting pathways for legal migration as well as plans to aid communities impacted by migration and improve border management?

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Los Angeles

Police arrested 31 members of a far right white supremacist group who appeared to be planning to attack a Pride celebration in Coeur d'Alene in what US STATE?

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Idaho

Researchers announced they had found the wreckage of the HMS Gloucester, which went down in 1682 while carrying what FUTURE KING OF ENGLAND, IRELAND, and SCOTLAND? The wreck was found in 2007, but the announcement was delayed while the identity of the ship was confirmed and its location secured.

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James II (or James VII or James Stuart)

The airport serving what MIDDLE EASTERN CAPITAL was shut down after an Israeli air strike damaged its only operable runway? The strikes targeted weapon depots established by Iran in support of Hezbolloah and related groups.

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Damascus

Further investigation into Ginni Thomas, wife of US Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, found she had contacted 29 legislators in what WESTERN US STATE suggesting that they put aside the results of the presidential election and name a "clear" slate of pro-Trump electors? Joe Biden won the state be just over 10,000 votes, the first time a Democrat had won the state since Bill Clinton in 1996.

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Arizona

For the first time in US history, the national average price for a gallon of gasoline topped what DOLLAR VALUE?

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$5

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Election Time. California had primary elections for statewide and US House seats, but also saw Chesa Boudin, the progressive district attorney of what CITY lose a recall election?

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San Francisco

Former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke won the Republic primary for the 1st district US House seat in what STATE? Zinke served two terms in the House when the state only had an at-large seat.

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Montana

What COMPANY suspended engineer Blake Lemoine after he publicly claimed that the company’s LaMDA chatbot is sentient?

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Google