The Week of January 21, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

Timm


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 13 25 25 25 25 38 63 38 38 75 63 00
1 Timm 367 93 15
15
25
15
15
15
15
38
15
15
38
15
38
00
15
63
15
2 helene 299 81 15
00
15
15
15
25
15
38
00
15
38
15
00
15
63
15
00
3 SokolM 270 68 00
15
25
15
25
15
15
25
00
15
00
15
15
75
00
15
00
4 LynchT 263 56 15
15
25
15
25
15
15
25
00
15
15
38
15
15
00
15
00
5 ChrisRosenberg 223 43 15
15
25
15
25
15
15
15
00
00
15
38
15
00
00
15
00
6 DouglasLovesVixey 206 31 15
13
15
25
15
15
15
25
15
38
00
00
00
00
00
15
00
7 JCEurovision 136 12 15
13
15
25
00
00
00
15
38
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
00
7 DFisher 136 12 15
13
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
00
00
00
15
63
15
00

Questions:

While Donald Trump won the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary as expected, what DEMOCRAT won that party's primary as a write in candidate?

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Joe Biden

Trump did not do so well in a New York courtroom, where a jury awarded $83.3 million to what WRITER, whom Trump had defamed? This is on top of the $5 million she was awarded last year when Trump was found civilty liable for sexual assault and defamation.

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E Jean Csrroll

The Biden administration paused the approval of pending applications to export the liquefied version of what FOSSIL FUEL, citing climate and domestic economic concerns?

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natural gas

Workers in what INDUSTRY took to their tractors in France and Germany to block traffic in protest of low prices and wages? Workers across the EU are also resisting sustainability measures that they say cut into profits.

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Farmers

Nikki Haley and House minority whip Tom Emmer both reported that thier homes were targets of what FORM OF HARASSMENT where a false 911 call is made to intentionally trigger an armed police response?

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Swatting

Turkey officially ratified the NATO membership of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY? Hungary is the last holdout in ratifying its membership, apparently due to the country's previous statements about Hungary's democracy.

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Sweden

The US announced it would pause funding for the UNRWA, the relief agency for refugees in and from what REGION, due to allegations that some of its staff participated with Hamas in the October 7 attack on Israel?

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Palestine

Alabama carried out the first ever execution of a human by hypoxia induced by what GAS? Alabama is one of three states that approved this method of execution when pharmaceutical companies started to refuse to provide the drugs used for lethal injections.

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nitrogen

Kenya's high court found a plan to send Kenyan police to spearhead a mission to fight gang violence in what CARIBBEAN COUNTRY to be unconstitutional? The court said police could only be sent abroad if there was a reciprocal agreement with the other country.

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Haiti

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Drink Up! What COUNTRY opened its first liquor store in 70 years? Located in the capital's diplomatic quarter, it is only open to non-Muslim diplomats, and looks to disrupt the import of alcohol through embassy "pouches."

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Saudi Arabia

A brewhaha erupted in the UK when a US scientists suggested adding a pinch of what SUBSTANCE to tea? Adding a trace amount is supposed to help reduce bitterness.

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salt

What WRESTLING EXECUTIVE resigned as executive chairman of WWE's parent company a day after a fomer WWE employee sued him for sexual misconduct and sex trafficking? He stepped down as WWE's CEO i 2022 when facing similar allegations.

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Vince McMahon