Answer the questions below to the best of your ability without using outside resources. Outside references include (but certainly are not limited to) searching for an answer on the internet, looking at maps, using a calculator, or asking a friend (or foe) if they know the answer. Basically, you are relying on your brain (and maybe a pencil and paper).
For each correct answer, you will receive 15 points. You must also mark 5 questions as "money" questions. For each money question that you answer correctly, you will receive bonus points equal to the percent of players who answered incorrectly. (That is, if 25% of players got a question right, its money bonus would be worth 75 points.) You still don't get any points for a wrong answer, though, so try to select the hardest questions you think you have answered correctly. (Note: You can't use outside resources to help pick your money questions either.)
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The supreme court in what US STATE held that the government could enforce an anti-abortion law enacted in 1864 - decades before it became a state?
What ASIAN COUNTRY saw the opposition Democratic Party win 175 of the 300 seats up for grabs in parliamentary elections? The vote was seen as a referendum on president Yoon Suk Yeol, who is under fire for high food prices and an ongoing doctors' strike.
Viewers across America stopped to watch a total solar eclipse, the last opportunity to do so in the lower 48 states until what YEAR, when a total solar eclipse will be visible in Montana and the Dakota? Answers within 5 years will be accepted as correct.
Parts of southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan were inundated due to flooding on what RIVER, which overflowed due to a high volume of melt from snow on its namesake mountains?
In what US STATE did Democratic governor Laura Kelly veto two anti-abortion bills and a bill that would ban gender-affirming treatment for transgender minors? Republicans have supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature, and can override the vetoes with a 2/3 vote in each chamber.
Bridges were closed in Pittsburgh along what RIVER after 26 barges broke loose and floated uncontrolled downstream? While none of the barges hit the bridges, they did cause extensive damage to Peggy's Marina.
Iran retaliated against Israel's attack on its embassy in Damascus by launching several hundred drones and missiles at Israel, which were largely shot down by fighter aircraft and what NATIVE ISRAELI ANTI-MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEM, originally developed as a response to Hezbollah missile attacks from Lebanon?
Six were killed in what AUSTRALIAN CITY when a man with a knife attacked shoppers at a mall? The assailant, who was shot and killed by police, was said to have had mental health issues going back to his teenaged years.
Consumer Reports reported that what POPULAR MEAL OPTION FOR KIDS had elevated levels of lead, cadmium, and sodium? Kraft Heinz had previously added more whole grain and fresh fruit to the kits to have them meet US Department of Agriculture standards for school meal programs.
Your HallR mini-theme of the week: Regulation Rules! The US imposed its first standards for the amount of PFAS in drinking water. PFAS are popularly known as WHAT kind of chemicals, as they are highly resistant to degradation?
The Biden administration also announced it would change rules around gun sales to close the loophole named for what SALES VENUE, where gun dealers can currently sell firearms without running a background check?
What CONVICTED FELON, SUSPECTED MURDERER, AND FORMER NFL RUNNING BACK passed away from cancer at the age of 76?