The Week of June 23, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

griffism


Runner(s)-Up:

Timm


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 griffism 353 95 15
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2 Timm 350 86 00
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3 jveditz 347 77 15
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4 helene 338 68 15
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5 KPope 284 59 00
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6 ChrisRosenberg 278 50 00
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7 LynchT 254 40 15
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8 SokolM 236 31 00
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9 DouglasLovesVixey 217 22 00
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10 JCEurovision 174 13 15
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11 DFisher 107 4 00
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Questions:

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY saw what appeared to be a military coup attempt against its president, Luis Acre? The military leader of the coup, General Juan Jose Zuniga, said Acre ordered the coup to boost his popularity.

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Bolivia

Julian Assange traveled to Saipan, the capital of what PACIFIC COMMONWEALTH OF THE US, to enter a guilty plea on one count of receiving and publishing military secrets? The plea deal allowed him to avoid jail time and return to Australia a free man.

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Northern Mariana Islands

Russia began what is widely thought to be a show trial for Evan Gerskovich, a reporter for what US NEWSPAPER who was arrested on espionage charges in March 2023?

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Wall Street Journal

At least 22 people died in a fire at a lithium battery manufacturer in Hwaseong city, located roughly 30 miles south of what ASIAN CAPITAL CITY?

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Seoul

Torrential rains across the US Midwest led to widespread flooding. What WORD fills in all the blanks on this flood event: floodwaters from the Big (BLANK) River caused the collapse of a railroad bridge linking North (BLANK) City, South Dakota and (BLANK) City, Iowa? No injuries were reported, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Line said they'd rerouted trains away from the bridge prior to the flooding.

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Sioux

President Biden and Donald Trump had their first presidential debate, notable for Biden's lackluster performance, Trump's apparent lying on isuses, and an oddly spirited exchange involving their relative prowess at what SPORT?

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golf

What COLORADO REPUBLICAN won the GOP primary for the 4th Congressional district, a more reliably Republican district that the 3rd, which she currently represents?

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Lauren Boebert

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggested that using the diabetes drug Mounjaro or weight loss drug Zepbound reduces the symptoms of sleep apnea, to the point where sufferers would no longer need to use what MACHINE that keeps airways open during sleep?

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CPAP

The first round of presidential elections in what COUNTRY saw a surprising first place finish by reformer Masoud Pezeshkian? He will now enter a runoff against Saeed Jalili, a hard-liner who had previously led the country's nuclear negotiation team.

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Iran

Your HallR mini-theme of the week (TM): Decisions, Decisions. After accidentally publishing a day early, the US Supreme Court dismissed two cases that, temporarily at least, allowed emergency abortions to continue in what US STATE? They returned the cases to a lower court to determine if the state's anti-abortion law runs afoul of a federal law requiring hospitals that receive Medicare funding to provide emergency abortions.

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Idaho

The court also rejected a $6 billion settlement involving what COMPANY whose opioid drugs fueled a rise in fatal drug overdoses? The settlement would have shielded the Sackler family that owns the company from personal liability.

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Purdue Pharma

Representatives of several Native American tribes went to Yellowstone National Park to celebrate the birth of Wakan Gli, a rare white specimen of what ANIMAL? Wakan Gli means "sacred return" in Lakota, referencing the animal's role in native prophecies.

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buffalo or bison