The Week of August 13, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

JCEurovision
Vive la République, vive la France!


Runner(s)-Up:

KPope


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 38 50 75 50 00 00 00 25 25 13 25 75
1 JCEurovision 300 93 15
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2 KPope 286 81 15
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3 SokolM 260 68 00
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4 DouglasLovesVixey 248 56 00
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5 helene 231 43 15
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6 KonkelT 226 31 15
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7 LynchT 193 18 15
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8 DFisher 113 6 00
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Questions:

Donald Trump and 18 others were indicted in Georgia for allegedly trying to overturn the results in the state's 2020 presidential election, with charges stemming from a state version of what FEDERAL LAW enacted in 1970 to address crimes planned and executed by groups?

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Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizaions Act (RICO)

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw right-wing populist Javier Milei take the most votes in the first round of presidential voting? He favors abolishing the central bank and scrapping the peso for the US dollar to fight an inflation rate of nearly 100 percent.

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Argentina

What CURRENCY, which had dropped to below an exchange rate of 100 to the US dollar, went up after the central bank in the country using it raised it main interest rate to 12 percent? Ongoing sanctions and 'loose monetary polcy" were blamed for its greatest slide since early 2022.

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ruble

Blue Shield of California announced it would stop using Caremark, the pharmacy benefit manager service of what DRUGSTORE CHAIN, in favor of negotiating drug prices with a number of companies, including Mark Cuban's Cost Plus Drugs and Amazon Pharmacy?

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CVS

What AUTOMAKER announced a recall of nearly 250,000 Sentras due to a tie rod problem that could cause the steering system to fail?

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Nissan

What FORMER US PRESIDENT was said to be "in the final chapter" by his grandson? The former president entered hospice care in February.

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Jimmy Carter

What FORMER NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER filed paperwork to end a conservatorship started by Sean and Leigh Ann Tuohy nearly 20 years ago? He also stated that the Tuohys profited off of his name and likeness, primarily through the film The Blind Side about his relationship with the Tuohys.

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Michael Oher

While Republican presidential candidates scrambled to quality for their first debate, Donald Trump announced he would skip the debate and instead appear in an interview with what FORMER FOX NEWS HOST?

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Tucker Carlson

Joe Biden and the leaders of what TWO ASIAN COUNTRIES met at Camp David and agreed to a set of "principles" that will see the countries improve security and economic ties in the face of threats by China and North Korea?

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Japan and South Korea

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): It Burns. What CANADIAN TERRITORIAL CAPITAL saw nearly 20000 of its residents evacuate in the face of wildfires? While over 200 fires are burning in the territory, those in the south Fort Smith area are most directly threatening the capital.

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Yellowknife

Over 12000 people were evacuated from Tenerife in what ISLAND CHAIN due to wildfires that regional president Fernando Clavijo said had been deliberately set?

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Canary Islands

Transportation official in what COUNTRY announced that the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world's longest, would be closed to passenger traffic due to damage caused by a derailment?

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Switzerland