The Week of October 13, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

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


Runner(s)-Up:

gaufqwi


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 23 12 34 34 89 99 23 12 12 45 45 12
1 helene 246 94 00
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2 gaufqwi 228 83 15
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3 DFisher 224 72 15
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4 LynchT 220 61 00
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5 JCEurovision 204 50 15
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6 DouglasLovesVixey 194 38 15
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7 SokolM 186 27 15
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8 DeeKay 185 16 15
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9 ChrisRosenberg 179 5 15
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Questions:

What MILITANT ISLAMIC ORGANIZATION confirmed that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, had been killed by Israeli forces?

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Hamas

What AEROSPACE COMPANY came to a tentative agreement with its striking machinists union, with an offer of a 35% pay hike over four years?

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Boeing

Federal elections reporting disclosed that what BILLIONAIRE, the founder of America PAC and its lone donor, gave the PAC $75 million to spend in support of Donald Trump?

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Elon Musk

What CARIBBEAN NATION went dark when the failure of the Antonio Guiteras power plant took down the entire grid? The grid would fail at least three more times after partial power was restored, but it's feared that Hurricane Oscar will take it down again.

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Cuba

The US used what STEALTH BOMBER to hit underground Houthi bunkers in Yemen, their first known deployment since 2017? The bomber is the only plane capable of carrying the GBU-57 ground penetrating bomb.

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B2 (Spirit)

Italy sent its first migrants to what COUNTRY located across the Adriatic for expedited asylum processing? The plan is aimed at keeping asylum seekers from reaching Italian territory, which would require following the longer EU-mandated asylum process.

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Albania

What DRUGSTORE announced it would close 1200 of its more than 8700 US locations over the next three years? This follows Rite Aid's closure of hundreds of stores after declaring bankruptcy and CVS laying off thousands of employees to cut costs.

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Walgreens

What COUNTRY demonstrated its commitment to not having contact with its southern neighbor by blowing up two road and rail links that connected the countries? The move was largely symbolic, as the links hadn't been used in decades due to the highly militarized border between the countries.

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North Korea

The Texas Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Robert Roberson, who was sentenced to death for the death of his daughter, which was blamed on WHAT "baby syndrome?" Doctors treating his daughter assumed abuse based on her symptoms, without looking at her medical history and other factors.

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shaken

The US began investigating a leak that saw classified documents regarding a planned Israeli attack on what COUNTRY show up on Telegram? The documents came from two US intelligence agencies and were available to members of the "Five Eyes" agreement.

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Iran

Three major tobacco companies agreed to a $24 billion ($32.5 billion in local currency) settlement with what COUNTRY? About 20 percent will go to plaintiffs in cases over smoking-related illnesses, with most of the rest going to federal and provincial health departments.

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Canada

Donald Trump worked blue (not in the Democratic sense) at a rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania when he told a long story about the genitalia of what GOLFER?

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Arnold Palmer