Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of October 13, 2024 by CoenM

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Instructions

Answer the questions below to the best of your ability without using outside resources. Outside references include (but certainly are not limited to) searching for an answer on the internet, looking at maps, using a calculator, or asking a friend (or foe) if they know the answer. Basically, you are relying on your brain (and maybe a pencil and paper).

For each correct answer, you will receive 15 points. You must also mark 5 questions as "money" questions. For each money question that you answer correctly, you will receive bonus points equal to the percent of players who answered incorrectly. (That is, if 25% of players got a question right, its money bonus would be worth 75 points.) You still don't get any points for a wrong answer, though, so try to select the hardest questions you think you have answered correctly. (Note: You can't use outside resources to help pick your money questions either.)

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Questions

Question 1

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


Question 2

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


Question 3

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?


Question 4

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.


Question 5

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.


Question 6

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.


Question 7

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.


Question 8

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.


Question 9

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.


Question 10

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.


Question 11

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.


Question 12

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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