The Week of August 27, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DouglasLovesVixey
Time Person of the Year


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

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1 DouglasLovesVixey 356 94 15
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2 helene 351 83 15
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3 Timm 285 72 15
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4 JCEurovision 263 61 15
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5 LynchT 249 50 15
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6 gaufqwi 215 38 15
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7 KPope 214 27 15
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8 SokolM 113 16 15
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9 DFisher 102 5 15
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Questions:

The National Zoo announced that it would be reutnring all of what ANIMAL to China at the end of the year? The research and breeding program involving this animal, started in the 1970s, will expire at the end of the year.

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giant panda

West Africa saw another coup, as the military in what COUNTRY overthrew Ali Bongo, who had just won a third term in office, albeit in an election seen as fraudulent? The Bongo family has been in power in this country since 1967.

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Gabon

The culling of Republican presidential candidates started with the departure of what MAYOR OF MIAMI from the field? Technically he suspended his campaign, though he'd pledged to withdraw from the race if he didn't appear in the first televised debate.

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Frances Suarez

What AFRICAN CITY saw at least 76 people die in a fire that ripped through a building occupied by the homeless or foreign nationals unable to find other housing?

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Johannesburg

Just weeks after entering a settlement over its production of PFAS chemicals, what COMPANY agreed to a $6 billion settlement with active duty soldiers and veterans over defective earplugs?

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3M

What US SENATOR had a second incident where he "froze" while speaking with reporters, this time in his home state of Kentucky?

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Mitch McConnell

Thousands of attendees at what EVENT found themselves stranded in the desert when heavy rain cause the closure of roads in and out of the event site?

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Burning Man

Joe Biggs, a leader of what FAR RIGHT GROUP, was sentenced to 17 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the January 6 attack on the US Capitol? Sentencing for group founder Enrique Tarrio was delayed to September 6.

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Proud Boys

What HURRICANE swept across Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas, causing widespread damage and flooding in Florida's Big Bend region?

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Idalia

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Trump Trial Time! The judge in the case against Trump being heard in Washington DC set a trial start date that is one day before what PRIMARY ELECTION EVENT, which will see 16 nominating contests, from Maine to American Samoa?

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Super Tuesday

What TRUMP WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF became the first of the 19 co-defendants in the case being heard in Georgia to testify, doing so in support of a motion to move the case from state court to federal court?

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Mark Meadows

What MUSICIAN known for his beachy vibe and fans known as Parrothead died at 76 after a four year battle with Merkel cell skin cancer?

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Jimmy Buffett