The Week of November 12, 2023 by CoenM

Champion(s):

gaufqwi


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): 19 19 46 10 19 00 64 37 91 28 91 28
1 gaufqwi 353 95 15
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37
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91
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2 Timm 329 86 15
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37
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91
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28
3 helene 308 77 15
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46
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37
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28
4 LynchT 275 68 15
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46
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5 loganstarr 274 59 15
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37
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6 KCrest 254 50 00
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64
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7 KPope 208 40 15
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37
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28
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 190 31 15
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10
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9 SokolM 183 22 15
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64
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15
10 JCEurovision 172 13 15
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11 DFisher 49 4 00
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Questions:

WHAT US SENATOR FROM SOUTH CAROLINA ended his bid for the 2024 Republican nomination for president?

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Tim Scott

President Biden and President Xi of China met during the APEC summit, with one result being China's agreement to curtail the production of what SYNTHETIC OPIOD and the chemical precursors used to make it?

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fentanyl

California governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency and urged people to work from home or use public transit after a section of what INTERSTATE was closed due to a fire? After examination, the state said the road would reopen next week.

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I-10

Nepal banned what SOCIAL MEDIA APP, saying that the app was "disrupting social harmony" and allowed access to "indecent materials?" They did not express concerns over data mining that have arisen in the US.

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TikTok (edited at 11:44 am, December 13, 2023 (EST))

What US FEDERAL GOVERNMENTAL BODY adopted its first ever code of ethics, but leaves compliance up to each invidivual member?

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Supreme Court

Pedro Sanchez officially returned as prime minister of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, but now without agreeing to a controversial amnesty for Catalan separatists?

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Spain

Thousands of Starbucks workers walked out of work on what DAY, notable for the chain giving out reusable beverage containers to anyone ordering a seasonal drink?

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Red Cup Day

Sam Altman, the co-founder and CEO of what CREATOR OF CHATGPT, was abruptly fired by his board of directors for not being "consistently candid in his communications with the board?" Altman was in talks to return as CEO after several high profile executives and researchers resigned.

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OpenAI

What NATO MEMBER announced it was closing several border crossings with Russia, saying the Russians were intentionally funneling migrants from Syria, Yemen, and Iraq to the country?

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Finland

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Go Home, Secretary. What FORMER UK PRIME MINISTER was named foreign secretary in a cabinet shakeup prompted by the firing of Suella Braverman as home secretary after she penned an op-ed calling police anti-Palestinian?

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David Cameron

The UK Supreme Court found unconstitional one of Braverman's pet plans, which would have sent asylum seekers to what AFRICAN NATION while awaiting a decision on their immigration status?

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Rwanda

New York City mayor Eric Adams launched a legal defense fund in order to combat an investigation into what COUNTRY's alleged provision of illegal campaign contributions during his 2021 mayoral campaign?

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Turkey