The Week of September 8, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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


Runner(s)-Up:

griffism


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 helene 301 95 15
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2 griffism 264 86 15
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3 KPope 241 77 15
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4 HortonR 226 68 15
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5 DFisher 198 59 15
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6 DouglasLovesVixey 189 50 15
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7 gaufqwi 158 40 15
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8 ChrisRosenberg 144 31 15
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9 SokolM 143 22 15
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10 LynchT 129 13 15
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11 JCEurovision 85 4 15
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Questions:

The biggest news around the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump presidential debate may have occurred in its immediate aftermath, when what SELF-IDENTIFIED CHILDLESS CAT LADY endorsed Harris?

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Taylor Swift

What AEROSPACE company saw 33,000 workers - largely machinists - go on strike? A proposal that would have seen pay rise 25 percent over four years was widely rejected by union members.

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Boeing

What SPEAKER OF THE US HOUSE withdrew a bill he supported that tied extending government funding with a new law on election security? Members of his own party refused to support the bill without further cuts to spending.

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Mike Johnson

Edward Caban resigned as the commissioner of what CITY's police force, the largest police force in the world? As a replacement, the city's mayor tabbed Tom Donlon, the head of the FBI's National Threat Center.

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New York City

What EU MEMBER COUNTRY announced it would apply tighter border controls, already in place at crossings with Austria, Czechia, Poland, and Switzerland, to its other borders? The move is seen as a response to recent successes by far-right parties in local elections.

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Germany

The SpaceX Polar Dawn mission saw billionaire Jared Isaacman become the first non-professional astronaut to perform what ACTIVITY in space?

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walk

What MIDDLE EASTERN MONARCHY saw the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood become the largest opposition party in its Parliament, winning roughly 20 percent of the available seats?

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Jordan

What DISCOUNT RETAILER file for chapter 11 bankruptcy and agreed to be sold to Nexus Capital Management? A "jumbled" offering of items and prices that were often beaten by retailers such as Walmart were cited as reasons for the company's 16 straight quarters of declining sales.

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Big Lots!

A visit to Asia by Pope Francis saw him celebrate a Mass in what COUNTRY that turned out 600,000 people, nearly half of its population? Over 97 percent of the country's population is Catholic.

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Timor-Leste

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Red River. A district judge in what US STATE struck down its ban on abortion, saying it violated fundamental rights to life and liberty guaranteed by the state constitution? The ruling came in a case brought by the Red River Women's Clinic, which has moved to a neighboring state.

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North Dakota

What COUNTRY was slammed by Typhoon Yagi, with over 250 reported deaths, including motorists swept into the Red River when the Phong Chau bridge collapsed.

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Vietnam

What ACTOR, who lent his notable baritone to Darth Vader, Simba, and CNN, passed away at the age of 93?

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James Earl Jones