The Week of July 23, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

KashyapN


Quiz Description

Ignore the deadline, the quiz will close as usual.

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1 GoodmanDL 392 95 15
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2 KashyapN 351 87 15
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3 Timm 342 79 15
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4 JCEurovision 311 70 15
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5 KonkelT 278 62 00
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6 SokolM 223 54 00
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7 helene 196 45 00
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8 LynchT 180 37 15
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9 ChrisRosenberg 165 29 00
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10 KPope 163 20 00
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11 DouglasLovesVixey 148 12 00
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12 DFisher 133 4 00
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Questions:

Voters in what EUROPEAN COUNTRY returned a mixed result, as the conservative Popualr Party won the most seats in the Congress of Deputies, but fell short of a majority when combined with their coalition partner, the far right Vox party? If neither the PP nor the ruling Socialist Party can form a new government, another election will likely be held before the end of the year.

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Spain

What DELIVERY COMPANY reached a deal with its 340000 person union, agreeing to pay hikes and the increased prevalence of air conditioning in its delivery trucks? Union members will vote on the deal in August.

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UPS

Buoys in Manatee Bay off of the coast of what US STATE recorded unofficial high ocean water temperatures of over 100 degrees F on two consecutive days?

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Florida

Hun Sen, who has served for more than four decades as the prime minister of what ASIAN COUNTRY, announced plans to step down and hand his position over to his son Hun Manet?

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Cambodia

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw a military coup replace President Mohamed Bazoum, citing corruption and a lack of progress against Islamic insurgents? Regional leaders of the ECOWAS bloc threatened military action if Bazoum was not reinstated?

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Niger

What US SENATOR stoked health concerns when he went silent for 19 seconds in the middle of a press conference? Fellow senator John Barrasso - who is also a doctor -

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Mitch McConnell

Ukraine made a symbolic move against Russia by legally changing the date of what HOLIDAY? They now use the date common in the West rather than the January date common in Orthodox Christianity.

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Christmas

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported a sharp increase in alpha gal syndrome, which leads to an allergy to meat due to a bite by the Lone Star variant of what INSECT?

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ticks

What AWARDS SHOW announced a postponement due to the ongoing writer and actor strikes?

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Emmy Awards

Your HallR mini theme of the week (TM): Musicians Moving On. What SINGER AND ACTIVIST perhaps best known for testing a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live died in her London home at 56?

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Sinead O’Connor

Randy Meisner, who helped found what BAND in 1971, died at 77 from complications of COPD? Meisner left the band in 1977 and was not part of their current Long Goodbye tour.

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The Eagles

For the second time this month, a Russian fighter jet interfered with a US drone flying over what COUNTRY? The drone was damaged but did not crash.

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Syria