The Week of December 8, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 GoodmanDL 365 95 00
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2 ChrisRosenberg 285 85 15
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3 helene 270 75 15
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4 gaufqwi 260 65 15
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5 JCEurovision 170 55 15
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6 jwiecz3 160 45 00
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7 DFisher 145 30 00
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 145 30 00
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9 LynchT 130 15 00
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10 SokolM 105 5 00
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Questions:

Non-Islamic groups in Syria voiced concern over the dominance of the rebel group HTS as its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Julani had previously been a member of what TERRORIST ORGANIZATION? al-Julani broke with the group in 2016. and has stressed his interest in protecting minority groups in a new Syria.

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al-Qaeda

75 Nobel laureates signed a letter urging that the US Senate not confirm what NOMINEE as secretary of Health and Human Services? An older letter surfaced later in the week, where a lawyer connected with the nominee asked the US Food and Drug Administration to revoke its approval of the polio vaccine.

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Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

The news division of what BROADCAST NETWORK agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation suit brought by Donald Trump? The suit alleged defamation by George Stefanopoulos during an interview with Nancy Mace where he made references to Trump's civil liability for sexually assaulting E. Jean Carroll.

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ABC

President Biden commuted the sentences for almost 1500 people who had served at least a year of home confinement after being moved out of prison due to what EVENT?

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Covid-19 pandemic

A federal judge rejected the purchase of InfoWars by what ONLINE HUMOR SITE, noting a lack of transparency in the bidding process and a failure to maximize value for Alex Jones' creditors?

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The Onion

What CONSULTING FIRM agreed to a $650 million payment to settle a federal charge that its work helped "turbocharge" the sales of OxyContin by Purdue Pharma?

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McKinsey & Company

Cher and Dick van Dyke were among the 20,000 residents of what seaside CALIFORNIA TOWN who evacuated due to the Franklin Fire? Students at Pepperdine sheltered in place in buildings designed to withstand wildfires.

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Malibu

Grocery chain Albertsons filed a lawsuit against what OTHER GROCERY CHAIN, a day after a federal judge blocked their proposed merger? The suit alleges breach of contract, and that the chain did not use its best efforts to secure the merger.

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Kroeger

Governor Phil Murphy requested that the Biden Administration provide more assistance in determining who is behind an increasing number of drone flights over what US STATE?

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New Jersey

Fourteen people from what ASIAN COUNTRY were indicted by a US federal court for a scheme where they used remote work in IT as a cover to extort funds from employers? The scheme, involving hundreds of workers, made at least $88 million for the country's weapons program.

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North Korea

What TECH COMPANY introduced its Willow quantum computing chip, noting that its performance on the RCS benchmark test suggests that some of its computations took place in a parallel universe?

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Google

Name EITHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRY that was added to the EU's free travel Schengen zone, 17 years after being admitted to the bloc? Hungary will still enforce land border checks against trucking to fight illegal migration.

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Romania or Bulgaria