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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What INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION issued arrest warrants for Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defense secretary Yoev Gallant, and Hamas leader Ibrahim al-Masi (presumed dead) over actions in Israel's war in Gaza?
What FORMER CONGRESSMAN was withdrawn as Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, and then said he would not return to Congress? He had been re-elected to his Florida seat.
Florida's surgeon general followed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's lead by issuing guidance advising communities to stop adding what MINERAL to drinking water?
The government of Laos expressed "sadness" and pledged to find the parties responsible for the deaths of six tourists from drinking alcohol contaminated with what ALCOHOL commonly known as wood alcohol?
The US Justice Department issued a plan for breaking up Google to reduce its dominance in online search and ad sales that includes the sale of what WEB BROWSER?
Speaker of the US House of Representative Mike Johnson said he would support a ban on allowing transgender women from using women's restrooms in the Capitol, a measure aimed at Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress recently elected as the at-large representative from what STATE?
A Chinese vessel became the focus of an investigation into the sabotage of data cables that run between Sweden and Lithuania along the bottom of what SEA? Another cable, connecting Germany and Finland, was cut the following day.
What BUDGET US AIRLINE filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it would continue normal operations while restructuring? Increased labor costs, competition from legacy airlines, and a failed sale to JetBlue were all cited as contributing to the bankruptcy.
A writers strike aimed at what NETWORK was averted when the Writers Guild of America East came to an agreement with three stations the produce many of the network's top shows, including WGBH and THIRTEEN?
Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Different Stroke for Different Folks. What US STATE offered a 1400 acre parcel of land to Donald Trump as a potential site for deportation camps? The site, in Starr County, was bought by the state along with a much larger ranch that abuts Big Bend National Park.
The city council of what US CITY passed a "sanctuary city" ordinance that would prevent city resources from being used to support federal immigration actions? The ordinance will codify much of the executive directive made in 2019 by then-mayor Eric Garcetti.
"The Empire of Light," a painting by what BELGIAN SURREALIST, sold at auction for $121.2 million, a record for his work? The sale makes him the 16th artist to have a work sold for over $100 million.