The Week of January 28, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KonkelT
Kai gwa!


Runner(s)-Up:

tigerlglily


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 34 23 67 45 34 12 34 34 56 34 12 45
1 KonkelT 324 94 15
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2 tigerlglily 320 83 15
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3 BoulierJ 293 72 00
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4 JCEurovision 282 61 15
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5 ChrisRosenberg 272 50 15
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6 DouglasLovesVixey 235 38 15
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7 LynchT 215 22 00
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7 SokolM 215 22 15
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9 DFisher 189 5 00
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Questions:

The US launched a series of retaliatory raids against Iran-backed groups in Syria and Iraq after a drone strike killed three US soldiers at a station in what COUNTRY?

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Jordan

A House committee voted along party lines to advance two articles of impeachment against what SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY? The articles charge him with refusing to enforce the law and breaching the public trust with regards to migrants crossing the border with Mexico.

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Alejandro Mayorkas

A court in what COUNTRY ordered the liquidation of Evergrande, its largest property delveloper? The company defaulted on its debt in 2021 and declared bankruptcy in New York last year.

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China

What DELIVERY COMPANY announced it would cut 12000 jobs this year, primarily management and contractors, due to lower revenues?

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UPS

Several social media CEOs testified to Congress about their services and children, but TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew was also grilled about his connections to China and its communist party, which was a bit unusual as Shou is a native of what other ASIAN COUNTRY?

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Singapore

A federal judge vacated the $56 billion compensation package awarded by Tesla in 2018 to what CEO? Shareholders brought suit to void the deal, claiming it was not fairly negotiated and was misrepresented to shareholders.

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Elon Musk

The US Supreme Court ruled that what SERVICE ACADEMY could still use race as a factor in its admission process? The finding is temporary and will remain in place while a separate legal action is being decided.

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United States Military Academy (West Point)

City, county, and state officials in Oregon jointly declared a state of emergency regarding what SYNTHETIC OPIOID in Portland? A lack of treatment options and the state's decriminalization of drugs are seen as contributing to the emergency.

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fentanyl

Joe Biden handily won the Democratic primary for president in South Carolina, with what SELF-HELP GURU edging out Congressman Dean Phillips to finish a distant second?

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Marianne Williamson

Nearly 100 people have died in wildfires tearing through the Valparaiso region of what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY? President Gabriel Boric declared a state of emergency to boost manpower and funding for emergency services.

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Chile

Exactly two years after its devolved government collapsed, Michelle O'Neill was finally sworn in as First Minister of what CONSTITUENT COUNTRY OF THE UK? She is the first nationalist politician to lead the country in its 102 year history.

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Northern Ireland

What RETAILER celebrated Black History Month by pulling the Civil Rights Magnetic Learning Kit from its shelves, after it was discovered that it mislabeled the pictures of three figures with the wrong names?

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Target