The Week of March 31, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Runner(s)-Up:

SokolM


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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Money Value (% Incorrect): 46 10 55 19 28 55 46 55 28 73 37 73
1 ChrisRosenberg 359 95 15
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2 SokolM 350 86 00
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3 TaylorH 344 77 00
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4 Timm 340 68 15
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5 LynchT 320 59 15
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6 JCEurovision 314 50 15
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7 helene 313 40 00
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8 KonkelT 210 31 15
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9 DFisher 156 22 15
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10 HortonR 116 13 00
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11 DouglasLovesVixey 101 4 00
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Questions:

Local elections in Turkey saw the opposition party hold or take several mayoral positions, including what CITY where current president Recep Erdogan was mayor from 1994 to 1998?

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Istanbul

A reported gain of over 300,000 jobs in the US labor market led to speculation that what ECONOMIC INSTITUTION would likely delay cuts in interest rates until late this year at the earliest?

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Federal Reserve

The supreme court of what US STATE upheld the legality of its planned six week abortion ban, which will go into effect within 30 days of the ruling? The court also found that a ballot question on adding abortion rights to the state constitution could go on the November ballot.

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Florida

The White House directed NASA to create a new time zone for what LOCATION? The move would help create international norms at this location and minimize issues created due to current time differences.

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moon

What ISLAND was hit by its strongest earthquake in a quarter of a century, centered off the coast of Hualien County? Thirteen died and over 1000 were injured in the quake.

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Taiwan

An amount of cash of up to $30 was stolen from a warehouse in Sylmar, a suburb of what US CITY? Police have few leads on who hit the facility run by GardaWorld, a cash management and security company.

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Los Angeles

What NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL GROUP ended its bid to launch an independent candidate for US president, due to not being able to find a candidate? Joe Manchin, Kyrsten Sinema, and Nikki Haley all reportedly rejected appeals to run under its name.

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No Labels

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY came under fire for raiding Mexico's embassy to arrest Jorge Glas, a former vice president facing corruption charges? Its president, Daniel Noboa, apparently ordered the raid over concerns that Glas would flee the country.

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Ecuador

What AFRICAN COUNTRY introduced the ZiG, a new currency pegged (mostly) to gold? The money replaces the native dollar, which had been printed in denominations up to $10 trillion to counter hyperinflation in the 2010s.

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Zimbabwe

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Mideast Madness. Seven workers for what NON GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY were killed by the IDF in Gaza? Its founder, chef Jose Andres, claimed the Israelis targeted the workers' convoy.

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World Central Kitchen

The possibility of a wider Mideast war grew after an apparent Israeli strike on an Iranian embassy compound in what CAPITAL CITY killed 12, including two top Iranian generals?

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Damascus

Residents of Christiania, a commune in what EUROPEAN CAPITAL CITY, took up tools to demolish an open-air drug market called Pusher Street?

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Copenhagen