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 PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA resigned as leader of the Liberal Party, but said he would stay on as prime minister until a new party leader is chosen?
The US Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow sentencing in Donald Trump's hush money conviction, with John Roberts and what TRUMP-APPOINTED JUSTICE voting in favor? Trump's sentence was unconditionally discharged, meaning no jail time or fines.
A person in Louisiana became the first in the US to die from what ILLNESS? The person was exposed to the illness through contact with wild and non-commercial flocks.
What SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANY announced it would do away with third-party fact checking and rely on community notes (similar to what X does now) to review content on all of its platforms?
Several wildfires ripped through southern California, stoked by what WINDS, which reached speeds of up to 80 miles per hour?
All five living US Presidents attended the state funeral for Jimmy Carter, with which PRESIDENT delivering the eulogy?
King Frederik X of Denmark weighed in on Donald Trump's coveting of Greenland by updating the royal coat of arms to include what ANIMAL to represent that island? He also added a ram for the Faroe Islands.
What FAR RIGHT FRENCH POLITICIAN, founder of the National Front (now National Rally), died at the age of 95?
The BepiColombo mission returned new close-up photos of what PLANET, including its north pole, during its sixth and final fly-by? The two probes that make up the spacecraft will separate and enter the planet's orbit in 2026.
Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Busy Times at the DOJo. The US Department of Justice released a report on the 1921 race massacre in what US CITY that the attack by white citizens Black residents “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence?"
What SPECIAL COUNSEL resigned from the Justice Department, having completed his investigation of two cases against Donald Trump related to classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago?
What ORGANIZATION announced that it would retire the S;Mores and Toast-Yay! varieties of its best-known fundraising item after this year?