The Week of December 29, 2024 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DeeKay


Runner(s)-Up:

Svoyager-11
Doubt anyone will ever see this, since I didn't join in until after the Phillies quiz (oh, my!)


Quiz Description

Happy New Year, everyone!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 DeeKay 346 94 15
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2 Svoyager-11 259 83 15
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3 HortonR 250 72 15
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4 ChrisRosenberg 212 61 15
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5 JCEurovision 211 44 15
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5 LynchT 211 44 15
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7 SokolM 194 27 15
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8 DouglasLovesVixey 155 11 15
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8 DFisher 155 11 15
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Questions:

What FORMER US PRESIDENT AND NOBEL LAUREATE died at the age of 100 at his home in Georgia?

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Jimmy Carter

Mike Johnson was narrowly re-elected as US Speaker of the House, though Kentucky representative Thomas Massie voted for Tom Emmer, who holds what LEADERSHIP POSITION among House Republicans?

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Majority Whip

President Biden blocked the $15 billion sale of what COMPANY to Nippon Steel? Biden cited potential national security concerns, and the importance of US ownership of US manufacturing, in quashing the deal.

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US Steel

What US COMMONWEALTH saw a power outage on New Year's Eve day that left almost all of its residents without electricity? Power was largely restored by New Year's day, after the failure of an underground cable was identified as the source of the outage.

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Puerto Rico

An advisory calling for warning labels on alcohol to include the risk of cancer was released by Vivek Murthy, who currently holds what FEDERAL OFFICE?

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Surgeon General

What DISCOUNT RETAILER, which had previously announced it was going out of business, struck a deal where it will keep roughly 400 stores open under new ownership?

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Big Lots!

The US Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Communications Commission did not have the authority to regulate internet providers like public utilities, putting an end to rules supporting what CONCEPT that requires ISPs to treat all legal traffic equally? The ruling could allow ISPs to give preference to their own traffic while throttling data from competitors.

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Net neutrality

Another central European country, another collapsed government. What COUNTRY saw chancellor Karl Nehammer say he would resign after talks for form a coalition government failed a second time? The country's president may now ask the leader of the far-right Freedom Party to try to form a government.

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Austria

The fund created to reimburse victims of what PONZI SCHEMER made its final payment, three years after the schemer died in prison? The fund said that victims were able to reclaim 94 percent of their losses.

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Bernie Madoff

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Car Trouble. A US Army veteran and ISIS sympathizer drove into a crowd of New Year's revelers in what US CITY, killing 14?

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New Orleans

In Las Vegas, an active member of the US Army apparently detonated an explosive device in what TESLA MODEL outside the front door of the Trump hotel? The alleged bomber was the only fatality, having shot himself before the explosion.

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Cybertruck

What US AIRLINE was fined $2 million by the Department of Transportation for chronic delays, citing routes to and from JFK and Fort Lauderdale? The government blamed unrealistic scheduling for the delays, while the airline blamed the government's lack of investment in the air traffic control system.

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JetBlue