The Week of July 21, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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


Runner(s)-Up:

Timm


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 helene 345 94 15
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2 Timm 312 83 15
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3 LynchT 237 72 15
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4 HortonR 218 61 15
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5 VaughnF 196 44 15
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5 DFisher 196 44 15
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 173 27 15
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8 SokolM 151 16 15
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9 JCEurovision 143 5 15
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Questions:

President Biden ended his re-election campaign, endorsing what VICE PRESIDENT to be the Democratic nominee?

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Kamala Harris

Kimberly Cheatle stepped down as the director of what US FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY in the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump?

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Secret Service

Russia and what other COUNTRY performed its first ever joint bomber patrol near Alaska? Two TU-95 and two H-6 bombers flew in a buffer zone but never entered Alaskan airspace.

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China

What PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL said his country would claim “total victory” in its war against Hamas in a speech given to a joint session of Congress?

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Benjamin Netanyahu

What AFRICAN COUNTRY saw mudslides in its southern Kencho Shacha Gozdi district, killing at least 257 but with an anticipated death toll of closer to 500?

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Ethiopia

Swiss officials in Zermatt limited tourist access to the Riffelsee in order to protect what FLOWER, well known to fans of The Sound of Music? Tourists can visit on marked paths while the flower regrows in set aside garden areas.

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Edelweiss

A federal judge issued a permanent injunction against the workplace training provisions of what US STATE’s Stop Woke Act? The judge found the provisions violated the First Amendment of the US Constitution.

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Florida

Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a leader in what powerful MEXICAN DRIG CARTEL, was duped into flying to the US, where he was arrested? Zambada’s lawyer says he was kidnapped by a son of “El Chapo” Guzman, who was also on the plane and arrested.

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Sinaloa

A rocket attack on a playground in what ISRAELI OCCUPIED TERRITORY killed 12, mostly children? Israel struck several Hezbollah sites in Lebanon in response, while the group has not claimed responsibility for the initial attack.

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Golan Heights

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Fly the Friendly Skies. What US airline had problems recovering from last week’s BBC CrowdStrike bug, canceling over 2500 flights through midweek? The airline’s operating systems and partner services rely heavily on CrowdStrike, slowing recovery from the bug.

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Delta

What OTHER US AIRLINE announced it would introduce assigned seating, scrapping the boarding groups with unassigned seating it has used since its founding?

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Southwest

Biscuit Basin in what US NATIONAL PARK will close for the year after a “hydrothermal explosion’” shot water, rocks, and dirt dozens of feet into the air? No injuries were reported, but the blast damaged boardwalks and the area’s parking lot.

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Yellowstone