The Week of June 18, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KashyapN


Runner(s)-Up:

TWright17
There are sewers aplenty yet to dig

AbdalianA


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 06 62 06 45 17 06 67 39 00 12 17 28
1 KashyapN 376 97 15
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45
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67
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39
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28
2 AbdalianA 361 88 15
00
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45
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67
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39
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28
2 TWright17 361 88 15
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45
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17
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67
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39
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28
4 Svoyager-11 321 80 15
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45
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39
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12
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28
5 KonkelT 285 75 15
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06
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45
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39
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17
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28
6 Timm 281 69 15
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62
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17
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39
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00
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28
7 GoodmanDL 268 63 00
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45
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00
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39
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17
15
8 gaufqwi 242 58 15
00
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00
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06
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39
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00
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17
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28
9 KPope 235 52 15
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45
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06
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17
00
10 orwant 210 47 15
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06
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39
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28
11 SokolM 209 41 15
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28
12 JCEurovision 200 36 15
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13 alamble 187 30 15
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12
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14 LynchT 183 25 15
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28
15 DouglasLovesVixey 166 19 15
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28
16 DFisher 161 13 15
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12
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17 ChrisRosenberg 131 8 15
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18 KCrest 84 2 15
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Questions:

Five people diving on the wreck of what SHIP died when the submersible they were in, OceanGate's Titan, suffered a catastrophic implosion?

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RMS Titanic

The US Food and Drug Administration gave the approval to two companies to sell lab-grown (or "cell-ceultured") meat of what ANIMAL?

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chicken

What PRESIDENTIAL OFFSPRING (first and last name required) entered a plea deal on misdemeanor tax offenses and a charge of illegally possessing a gun? There were no charges based on his alleged illegal business practices in Ukraine.

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Hunter Biden

A force of Wagner Group mercenaries went on a "march for justice" that saw them take what CITY, the southern headquarters for Russia's military on the way to Moscow? The march (or mutiny) came to a negotiated end that saw Wagner's leader exiled to Belarus.

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Rostov on Don

What US REPRESENTATIVE FROM CALIFORNIA and candidate for the US Senate seat currently held by Diane Feinstein in 2024 was censured by the US House for his role in investigating alleged connections between Donald Trump and Russia.

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Adam Schiff

More than 150 unionized stores in what BEVERAGE CHAIN said they would strike due to the company not allowing some stores to decorate for Pride month?

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Starbucks

A train derailment and bridge collapse led tanker cars of molten asphalt and sulfur to crash into what US RIVER? Emergency cleaning and offloading of material started in the hope of minimizing damage to the river and its namesake national park.

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Yellowstone

Carlos Ghosn, the former CEO of what JAPANESE CAR COMPANY, filed a $1 billion lawsuit against the company, alleging the company defamed him and then spread misinformation that led to his imprisonment in Japan? He is wanted in Japan and France for various financial crimes allegedly committed during his time running the company and leading its alliance with Renault.

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Nissan

The US Federal Trade Commission is suing Amazon for allegedly signing people up for what SERVICE without their consent? The lawsuit also alleges that Amazon purposefully mismanaged its unsubscription process.

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Prime

Workers in Philadelphia reopened what INTERSTATE HIGHWAY to traffic less than two weeks after a roadway collapse due to a tanker fire? The temporary roadway will allow traffic to use the highway while a permanent structure is built.

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I-95

What US STATE saw more than 100,000 households without power due to a combination of storms and an ongoing heat wave? Unlike past outages, most of the customers affected are not part of the ERCOT electricity grid.

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Texas

President Biden welcomed what ASIAN LEADER on a state visit, which saw the pair agree to a deal that will have GE partner with a local company to build advanced jet engines and Micron set up a semiconductor manufacturing and testing center?

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Narendra Modi