The Week of September 24, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

jveditz
You'll Have to Speak Up, I'm Wearing a Towel


Runner(s)-Up:

DouglasLovesVixey
Time Person of the Year


Quiz Description

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2 DouglasLovesVixey 322 86 00
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3 KPope 295 77 00
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4 LynchT 285 68 15
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5 helene 271 54 00
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5 JCEurovision 271 54 00
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7 SokolM 252 40 00
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8 Timm 246 31 00
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9 gaufqwi 167 22 15
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10 KCrest 152 13 00
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11 DFisher 97 4 00
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Questions:

What SPACECRAFT ended its REx mission by returning a sample of the asteroid Bennu to Earth and then starting its APEX missoin to study the asteroid Apophis?

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Osiris

What UNION ended its strike againts Hollywood studios and streamers, with an agreement that provides protections against AI, a new formula to calculate streaming residuals, and guarantees on miminum staffing numbers and length of employment?

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Writers Guild of America (WGA)

North Korea expelled what AMERICAN SOLDIER who crossed over into its territory in July? He was released into US custory in China, and returned to the US for evaluation before potentially facing charges.

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Travis King

Over 60 people were arrested after two nights of coordinate looting in what US CITY, which saw theft from both small businesses and large retailers like the Apple Store? Mayor Jim Kenney and the city's acting police chief said the looting was not related to protests over a police-involved shooting earlier in the week.

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Philadelphia

What COUNTRY saw at least 100 people killed at a wedding banquet in Qaraqosh, when fireworks set the building on fire? OVer 150 were injured, filling hospitals in Nineveh and nearby Kurdish towns.

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Iraq

What FEDERAL BODY, along with 17 state attorneys general, filed a lawsuit against Amazon, claiming that the company's online sales practices are monopolistic, preventing other sellers from being able to compete?

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Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (edited at 8:46 am, October 31, 2023 (CDT))

Name ONE OF THE TWO CAR COMPANIES that announced a recall of over 3 million vehicles due to a problem where fluid leaking from the antilock braking system could cause a fire? The companies warned owners to park outside and away from buildings to prevent car fires from spreading.

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Hyundai or KIA

What US SENATOR, whose health had been a matter of controversey for months, passed away at 90? Her replacement is expected to be appointed by governor Gavin Newsom later this week.

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Dianne Feinstein

The US Congress avoided a government shutdown by passing a stopgap spending measure that will keep things running for HOW MANY DAYS, after which time the government would shut down absent a new spending agreement? Answers within five days will be accepted

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45 (40 to 50 accepted)

Former prims minister Robert Fico led his left-wing Smer party to a win in parliamentary elections in what NATO AND EU member country, promising to stop providing Ukraine with military support?

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Slovakia

Duane “Keffe D” Davis was arrested in th 1996 murder of what RAPPER? Police in Las Vegas noted that Davis was arrested for orchestrating the killing rather than actually shooting the rapper.

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Tupac Shakur

What STREAMING SERVICE went 100 percent streaming after shutting down its DVD by mail service? Mail subscribers - which numbered fewer than a million - will get to keep the last discs that they receive.

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Netflix