The Week of June 26, 2022 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Runner(s)-Up:

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 ChrisRosenberg 318 96 15
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2 KonkelT 312 90 00
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3 MaddyE 285 83 00
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4 KPope 265 76 15
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5 Timm 245 66 15
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5 eternally5th 245 66 15
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7 daddariod 241 56 00
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8 LynchT 230 50 15
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9 DFisher 214 43 00
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10 ecpekkle 211 36 00
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11 Tarn 208 30 15
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12 DouglasLovesVixey 185 23 15
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13 SokolM 159 16 15
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14 JCEurovision 139 10 15
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15 KCrest 95 3 15
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Questions:

The G7 heads of state reached an agreement to no longer buy or sell what PRECIOUS METAL from Russia?

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gold

What BASKETBALL PLAYER appeared in public for the first time since her February arrest for allegedly possessing cannabis oil? She appeared in a Russian court, where she was given a July 1 trial date.

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Britney Griner

Ted Sarandos, the co-CEO of what STREAMING SERVICE, confirmed the addition of a cheaper, ad-supported subscription model? The company is hoping this will woo back some of the 200,000 subscribers lost in 2022.

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Netflix

In what TEXAS CITY did authorities find a semi truck containing 53 people who died while being brought into the US illegally?

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San Antonio

What BIG FOUR ACCOUNTING FIRM was fined $100 million after it was found that several of its employees cheated on an ethics exam?

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Ernst & Young

Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to what TRUMP WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL, testified to the January 6 committee about Donald Trump’s actions on that day, including his request to remove metal detectors at his rally?

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Mark Meadows

The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that what LAW does not allow the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon emissions from existing power plants?

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Clean Air Act

A US Navy report cited a combination of management and human errors that led fuel to leak into a drinking water well at what HAWAIIAN MILITARY BASE last year, poisoning thousands?

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Pearl Harbor

Ukrainian forces retook what ISLAND in the Black Sea, which Russia said they abandoned as a goodwill gesture? The island was the site of an early show of Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion.

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Snake Island

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Checking in at the Crossbar Hotel. What ASSOCIATE OF JEFFREY EPSTEIN was sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in helping him sexually assault underaged girls?

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Ghislane Maxwell

What R&B SINGER was sentenced to 30 years in prison for racketeering and sex trafficking, related to his own sexual abuse of underaged girls?

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R Kelly

What US CITY avoided a strike by casino workers when workers at the Hard Rock joined the Borgata, Harrah’s, Caesars, and the Tropicana in approving a new contract?

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Atlantic City