The Week of October 22, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

loganstarr
Showered and blue-blazered.


Runner(s)-Up:

Timm


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 10 64 46 46 28 37 37 82 00 91 73 37
1 loganstarr 413 95 15
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37
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82
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00
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37
2 Timm 323 86 15
10
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46
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28
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37
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82
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00
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3 helene 272 77 15
10
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46
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37
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37
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37
4 WendellA 271 68 15
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46
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37
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5 LynchT 265 59 15
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28
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37
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73
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37
6 SokolM 259 50 15
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46
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46
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7 KPope 202 40 15
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28
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37
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37
8 DouglasLovesVixey 180 31 15
10
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37
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73
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9 BoulierJ 159 22 15
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46
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28
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15
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10 DFisher 149 13 00
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37
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11 JCEurovision 131 4 15
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46
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15

Questions:

What LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN succeeded where Steve Scalice, Jim Jordan, and Tom Emmer could not, getting elected as Speaker of the US House of Representatives?

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Mike Johnson

What OIL COMPANY, the second-largest in the US behind ExxonMobil, announced its bid to buy Hess in a $53 billion stock deal?

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Chevron

In what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY did current economy minister Sergio Massa win the first round of presidential voting over right-wing populist Javier Milei?

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Argentina

Seven people died and 25 were injured in what US STATE when a "super fog" - a combination of regular fog and smoke from marsh fires - caused reduced visibility on an elevated section of I-55, leading to crashes involving over 150 vehicles?

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Louisiana

President Biden announced he would not appear on the primary ballot in what US STATE, as part of an ongoing feud between the state and the Democratic party about the order of primary elections?

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New Hampshire

What BIG THREE AUTOMAKER was the only one to not reach a tentative agreement with striking UAW workers? The union expanded its action against the remaining holdout by striking at an assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

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GM

Hurricane Otis, which rapidly intensified from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane in less than 24 hours, slammed what MEXICAN RESORT CITY, killing 43 and leaving a half million homes and businesses in Guerrero state without power?

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Acapulco

After several attacks against US bases in Syria, the US struck sites in that country associated with what MILITARY ARM of Iran, which stored ammunion and other materiel at these sites for use by Syrians?

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Revolutionary Guard

What FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ended his campaign for the Republican 2024 presidential nomination?

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Mike Pence

The Grand Bench of what ASIAN COUNTRY's supreme court ruled unanimously that the law requiring sterilization for people changing genders is unconstitutional?

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Japan

As Israel entered a new phase of its ground war against Hamas in Gaza, it called for the resignation of what UN SECRETARY GENERAL after he noted that "the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum" while calling for a cease fire?

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Antonio Gutteres

A lawsuit alleges that what FASHION RETAILER known for its teen-centered mall outlets funded a sex trafficking operation by giving CEO Mike Jeffries "unfettered access" to resources he used to sexually abuse young male models?

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Abercrombie + Fitch