Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of April 13, 2025 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

Melanie Krause, Gary Shapley, and Michael Faulkender all served as the acting commissioner of what US FEDERAL AGENCY, changes reflecting a power struggle between Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent? The changes came during what is typically the agency's busiest week of the year.


Question 2

What GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA was forced to evacuate the governor's mansion, along with family and guests, due to an arson attack on the building? The suspect in the fire allegedly told authorities he also planned to attack the governor with a hammer.


Question 3

Chris van Hollen, a US Senator from what STATE, traveled to El Salvador to meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose questionable deportation from the US has been a focal point of the Trump administration's deportation program?


Question 4

The ongoing dispute between the Trump administration and what IVY LEAGUE UNIVERSITY took an odd turn when the General Services Administration said a letter sent to the school with a list of demands was not authorized to be sent?


Question 5

With the approval of a $35 billion merger with Discover Financial Services, what CREDIT CARD COMPANY will now be in your wallet as the 8th largest bank in the US?


Question 6

A study in JAMA Internal Medicine stated that the radiation from what COMMON DIAGNOSTIC TOOL could ultimately be responsible for up to 5 percent of all new cancers annually? The study suggests the 35 percent growth in use of the scanner since 2007 is a major contributor to potential cancer rates.


Question 7

WHAT US AUTOMAKER halted exports of vehicles to China due to high tariffs? The company will continue to send engines and transmissions to China, and will still import the Chinese-made Lincoln Nautilus to the US.


Question 8

What EU NATION continued its legislation against its LBGTQ+ citizens by passing an amendment banning public gatherings such as Pride events? The law also further codified gender definitions.


Question 9

What CARIBBEAN ISLAND suffered another island-wide blackout when generating plants run by Genera PR unexpectedly shut down? Despite US plans to fund a modernization of the island's grid, both General and grid operator Luma Energy have been unable to maintain a consistent electricity supply.


Question 10

You HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Not So Minimis. What SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION of China said it would no longer ship small value packages to the US? Tariff changes have removed the tax-free status for packages with a value under $800.


Question 11

What SHIPPING COMPANY, a division of Deutsche Post, said it would no longer handle US-bound packages with a value over $2500, as new tariffs and regulations significantly increased paperwork.


Question 12

A labor action by garbage collectors in what SECOND LARGEST UK CITY has caused six weeks worth of garbage to collect on city streets? The action has resulted in only about 10 percent of bins being cleared daily.


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