The Week of April 30, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

helene
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 15 43 58 00 65 36 50 50 22 08 22 22
1 GoodmanDL 431 96 15
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2 helene 389 89 15
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3 HortonR 360 82 15
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4 LynchT 295 75 15
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5 BoulierJ 293 67 15
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6 loganstarr 280 60 15
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7 KPope 272 53 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 251 46 15
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9 JCEurovision 250 39 15
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10 groug 236 32 15
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11 Tarn 185 25 15
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12 ChrisRosenberg 178 17 15
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13 DFisher 164 10 00
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14 SokolM 163 3 00
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Questions:

In a letter sent to Congress by what US TREASURY SECRETARY, it was noted that the US may start defaulting on its debt as early as June 1 without an agreement on raising the debt ceiling?

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Janet Yellin

JPMorgan won the auction to buy what BANK, which was on the brink of failure after massive withdrawals in the wake of the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank? Like SVB, this bank also held a portfolio of mortgages whose value sank as interest rates rose.

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First Republic

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw the rare event of two mass shootings in the same week, leading president Aleksander Vucic to call for the "practical disarmament" of the country through gun control legislation?

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Serbia

Russia intercepted two drones over what BUILDING COMPLEX in Moscow, and claimed they were part of an assassination attempt by Ukraine against Vladimir Putin? Ukrainian officials denied the allegation.

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Kremlin

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory on an epidemic of what FEELING, comparing its impact on the healthcare system to that of smoking 15 cigarettes a day? Causes cited for the epidemic included the COVID pandemic and the increased use of technology.

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loneliness

A paper in Nature detailed the first time a star was observed "swallowing" an orbiting planet, a fate that Earth will face in 5 billion years or so when the sun becomes what CLASS OF STAR?

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red giant

What SPORTSWEAR COMPANY said they would take more than a $1 billion revenue cut by not selling existing stocks of shoes and apparel created in a partnership with Ye (ne Kanye West)? The company is still working on a plan to repurpose the goods for sale.

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Adidas

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of what PARAMILITARY ORGANIZATION, said he would pull his soldiers out of the fight for Bahkmut, but relented when the Russian Ministry of Defense promised to deliver more ammunition?

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Wagner Group

President Biden did not attend the coronation of King Charles III (US presidents historically don't go to coronations), so the US delegation was led by what NON-ELECTED WHITE HOUSE FIGURE?

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First Lady Jill Biden

Rochelle Walensky, the head of what US GOVERNMENT AGENCY, announced she would be stepping down, to hasten a transition to post-pandemic leadership?

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Former leader Enrique Tarrio and four other members of what RIGHT WING GROUP were found guilty of various charges stemming from their actions during the January 6 riots at the Capitol?

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Proud Boys

What PARTY lost over 1000 seats in local council elections across England? Members of the party blamed Brexit, economic conditions, and their long tenure leading the government for the losses.

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Conservative