The Week of October 6, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 ChrisRosenberg 370 95 15
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2 helene 340 85 15
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3 DeeKay 270 75 00
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4 DFisher 210 60 15
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4 SokolM 210 60 15
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6 JCEurovision 190 45 15
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7 HortonR 180 35 15
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8 LynchT 175 25 15
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9 gaufqwi 155 15 00
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10 DouglasLovesVixey 140 5 00
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Questions:

The one year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel was marked with continued fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, with Israel accused of attacking outposts manned by peacekeepers from what ORGANIZATION?

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United Nations

Hurricane Milton struck Florida, but in addition to heavy rain and gusty winds it powered a one day Florida record in warnings for what OTHER TYPE OF WEATHER PHENOMENON, with 126 issued? One of these killed five when it tore through a retirement community in St. Lucie County

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tornado

Attorneys general from 14 US states filed suit against what SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM, alleging that it damages the mental health of young users while collecting their data without consent?

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TikTok

What AFRICAN COUNTRY, once seen as the most likely to support multiparty democracy after the Arab Spring protests, saw president Kais Saied reelected with over 90 percent of the vote? The main opposition parties boycotted the vote, as Saied had jailed many of his most formidable opponents.

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Tunisia

Nobel Prizes were awarded this week, with the peace prize going to Nihon Hidankyo, an anti-nuclear proliferation organization whose members are survivors from ONE of what two cities?

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Hiroshima or Nagasaki

What CANADIAN FINANCIAL INSTITUTION pled guilty to charges of money laundering, and was sentenced to pay a record $3 billion in fines and penalties? Its two US divisions will also have their assets capped and reviewed by the US Comptroller of the Currency.

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TD Bank

What COMPANY issued a recall for all versions of its Snuga Swing, due to suffocation risks from the headrest and body support insert? Five deaths were reported between 2012 and 2022, all related to the use of the swing for sleeping.

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Fisher Price

President Biden announced a rule that would require the replacement of all water pipes made with what METAL within the next 10 years?

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lead

Scientists in Spain announced results of a DNA study, which suggests that what EXPLORER was Spanish rather than Italian - possibly born near Valencia - and was likely from a Jewish family that converted to Catholicism to avoid persecution?

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Christopher Columbus

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Coincidence? What WORD is shared in the names of the casino that was imploded in Las Vegas on the same day that Hurricane Milton shredded the roof of the stadium that's home to the Tampa Bay Rays?

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Tropicana

Grazer, a female, got revenge over Chunk, a male who had killed one of Grazer's cubs, by winning what URSINE CONTEST run by the Katmai National Park and Preserve? Grazer also defeated Chunk to win the 2023 contest.

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Fat Bear Week

What HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE, wife of a slain presidential candidate and mother of a former presidential candidate, died at 96?

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Ethel Kennedy