The Week of May 14, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DouglasLovesVixey
Time Person of the Year


Runner(s)-Up:

Svoyager-11
Doubt anyone will ever see this, since I didn't join in until after the Phillies quiz (oh, my!)


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 08 39 08 54 70 39 77 16 85 08 16 16
1 DouglasLovesVixey 367 96 15
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2 Svoyager-11 314 88 15
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3 Timm 298 80 15
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77
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4 KashyapN 291 73 15
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85
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5 JCEurovision 283 65 15
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77
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6 ChrisRosenberg 222 57 15
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7 LynchT 215 50 15
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8 GoodmanDL 199 42 15
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9 HortonR 192 34 15
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10 SokolM 161 26 15
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11 gaufqwi 146 19 15
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12 Tarn 130 11 15
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13 DFisher 85 3 00
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Questions:

What COMPANY announced it was scrapping plans for a $1 billion campus outside of Orlando, prompted by what it called "changing business conditions" in Florida?

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Disney

What CANADIAN PROVINCE continued to face wildfires, as 91 blazes - 25 of them considered out of control - added to a total of more than 800000 hectares burned?

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Alberta

What US STATE became the first to ban the use of the social media app TIkTok within the state? Creators who use the platform have sued on First Amendment grounds.

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Montana

Fans with tickets to a match between Alianza FC and Club Deportivo FAS who were denied entry rushed a closed entrance, causing a stampede that killed at least 12 in what CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY?

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El Salvador

Protests marked the return of direct flights between Russia and what FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC, which Russia halted in 2019 in response to anti-Russian protests at the time? Russia has occupied about 20 percent of the country's recognized territory since a 2008 invasion.

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Georgia

President Biden announced during the G7 summit in Japan that the US would provide training and OK the transfer of what FIGHTER JET to Ukraine?

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F-16

What REGION OF ITALY saw widespread flooding, at least 13 deaths, and the cancellation of its namesake Formul 1 race after it saw six months' worth of rain fall in 36 hours?

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Emilia-Romagna

What US SENATOR, the only Black Republican member of the Senate, filed papers with the Federal Election Commission, and is expected to make a formal announcement in South Carolina next week.

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Tim Scott

A federal judge ruled in favor of the US Justice Department, ordering what TWO DOMESTIC AIRLINES to dissolve its Northeast Alliance, saying that it reduced competition for lower priced flights?

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American, JetBlue

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): GOTV. What PRESIDENT OF TURKEY will face Kemal Kilicdaroglu in a run-off after falling just short of winning 50 percent of the vote in the first round of presidential voting?

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Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Donna Deegan defeated incumbent Daniel Davis to become mayof of what FLORIDAY CITY, which had been the most populous US city with a Republican mayor?

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Jacksonville

What ATHLETE, ACTOR, and CIVIL RIGHTS ICON, a member of both the Pro Football and National Lacross Halls of Fame, passed away at the age of 87?

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Jim Brown