The Week of September 1, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

LynchT
Teacher's Motto: I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.

SokolM


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 HortonR 334 94 15
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2 LynchT 293 77 00
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2 SokolM 293 77 15
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4 DFisher 281 61 15
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5 helene 278 50 00
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6 gaufqwi 244 38 15
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7 JCEurovision 232 27 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 169 16 00
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9 ChrisRosenberg 162 5 15
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Questions:

Vladimir Putin visited what ASIAN COUNTRY, meeting with president Khurelsukh Ukhnaa while celebrating the anniversary of a joint victory over Japan during World War II? It was Putin's first visit to a member country of the International Criminal Court since that body issued an arrest warrant against him last year.

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Mongolia

Over 10,000 workers in what TYPE OF BUSINESS went on strike over the Labor Day weekend? Protesting low pay and understaffing, most of these workers - largely members of the Unite Here labor union - went back to work by the Wednesday after the holiday.

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hotels

What GERMAN FAR RIGHT PARTY won the most seats in the state parliaments of Thuringia and Saxony taking nearly a third in each? The party is not expected to go into government, as the other major parties have refused to form coalitions with them.

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Alternative for Deutchland (AfD)

Linda Sun, a former deputy chief of staff to what US STATE GOVERNOR, was arrested on charges of acting as a secret agent for China? The governor inherited Sun from her predecessor, who resigned the governorship in 2020 in the face of sexual harassment charges.

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Kathy Hochul

Tenet Media, a provider of right wing content in the US, shut down after learning that several of its broadcasters had covertly been funded by what COUNTRY?

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Russia

Two members of what PROMINENT REPUBLICAN FAMILY - a former US Representative and a former vice president - announced they were going to vote for Kamala Harris in the upcoming US presidential election?

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Cheney

What US CITY notched its 100th consecutive day with a high temperature of at least 100 degrees F? The heat has led to 150 confirmed deaths in Maricopa County, with at least another 400 under investigation.

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Phoenix

France finally has a new prime minister in Michel Barnier, who may be best known as the lead EU negotiator in the deal that saw what COUNTRY withdraw from the bloc?

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United Kingdom

In a move that could precipitate an early election, Canada's NDP pulled out of a "supply and confidence" agreement with what PARTY OF JUSTIN TRUDEAU? The end of the agreement will make it harder for Trudeau's minority government to pass legislation.

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Liberal Party

The mechanically questionable Boeing Starliner capsule that brought two astronauts to the ISS returned to Earth without them, completing an unremarkable re-entry at the space harbor located at what NEW MEXICO SITE that includes a rocket engine test facility and a missile testing range?

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White Sands

What SATELLITE TV SERVICE filed a complaint against Disney with the Federal Communications Commission, accusing Disney of anticompetitive behavior and failing to negotiate in good faith to renew a carriage agreement? Subscribers to the service have had Disney channels, including ESPN, blocked for over a week.

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DirecTV

Edmundo González, the opposition leader believed to have won the July presidential election in what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, was granted asylum in Spain after fleeing his homeland? The current regime issued an arrest warrant against Gonzalez last week.

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Venezuela