The Week of October 15, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KPope


Runner(s)-Up:

KashyapN


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 42 25 09 67 25 17 50 17 75 59 25 34
1 KPope 410 95 15
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09
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67
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50
15
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75
15
59
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2 KashyapN 375 87 15
42
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15
50
15
00
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59
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25
15
34
3 DouglasLovesVixey 312 79 15
42
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00
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00
15
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17
00
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59
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25
15
34
4 JCEurovision 280 70 15
42
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25
15
00
00
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17
15
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17
00
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59
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00
5 LynchT 269 62 15
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25
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09
00
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25
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50
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00
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25
15
6 SokolM 258 54 00
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17
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75
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25
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34
7 RuizJ 256 45 15
42
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25
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00
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25
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34
8 helene 255 37 15
42
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09
00
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34
9 Timm 253 29 00
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50
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17
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10 FrostL 233 20 00
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67
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25
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17
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34
11 KCrest 181 12 00
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12 DFisher 24 4 00
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Questions:

Jim Jordan's candidcy to become the Speaker of the House ended after three failed votes, leading the Republican party to reopen nominations but not give increased powers to move legislation through the House to what SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE?

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Patrick McHenry

Humanitarian aid finally moved into Gaza from what COUNTRY, as part of an agreement brokered by the United States with this country and Israel? Aid is being sent through the Rafah crossing, the only functioning crossing in Gaza.

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Egypt

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw US sanctions against its oil industry eased after announcing it would hold elections under international monitoring in 2024?

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Venezuela

Pfizer announced that a five day course of what ANTIVIRAL DRUG used to treat Covid-19 will cost $1390 when it is made available on the commercial market? Currently purchased and distributed for free by the government, it is expected that insurers will cover most of the cost.

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Paxlovid

Hamas and Israel blamed each other for an explosion at what TYPE OF FACILITY that killed anywhere from 100 to 300 Gazans? Video analysis suggests that the explosion was due to a malfunctioning Palestinian rocket, but no on-site investigation has confirmed this.

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hospital

The supreme court in what ASIAN COUNTRY passed on legalizing same sex marriage, saying it was up to the legislature to do so? Petitioners were asking that the country's Special Marriage Act - which legalized marraige between people from different castes, religions, and countries - be made gender-neutral to allow same sex marriage.

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India

What FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY pled guilty the day before her trial for attempting to subvert the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia was set to begin? Another lawyer co-defendant, Kenneth Chesbro, pled guilty the following day.

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Sydney Powell

What FINNISH TELECOM company announced it would cut 14000 jobs due to slowing demand for 5G equipment in North America and other markets?

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Nokia

What FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC instituted border checks with Croatia and Hungary, citing security concerns related to the current situation in the Middle East? Italy had previously implmeneted temporary controls on its border with this country for similar reasons.

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Slovenia

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): GOTV. While the Law and Justice party won the most seats, Donald Tusk's Civil Coalition appeared to have the best path to forming a government in what EUROPEAN COUNTRY?

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Poland

Across the Atlantic, 35 year old Daniel Noboa became the youngest president in the history of what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY where a dramatic escalation in violence - including the assassination of a presidential candidate in August - was the leading issue for voters.

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Ecuador

Prosecutors in New Mexico announced that they would be bringing new information to a grand jury, with an aim to recharging Alec Baldwin in the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of what MOVIE?

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Rust