The Week of July 31, 2016 by CoenM

Champion(s):

KroegerJ
Strength and Honor


Runner(s)-Up:

PolinskyL
If you're gonna procrastinate, do it right


Quiz Description

News!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 02 08 22 50 48 02 36 48 16 86 90 48
1 KroegerJ 502 99 15
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2 PolinskyL 445 97 15
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3 gregariouschinchilla 433 95 15
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4 KashyapN 395 93 15
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5 CarterBurke 380 92 15
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6 akambour 366 90 15
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7 BatchelderD 352 88 15
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8 GoodmanDL 348 86 15
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9 FlaxmanR 333 85 15
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10 ChrisRosenberg 330 83 15
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11 OBrienJ 325 81 15
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12 KingJA 311 79 15
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13 LearyField 297 78 15
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14 DoyleE 290 76 15
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15 HightB 289 74 15
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16 srs 285 72 15
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17 v0max 284 71 15
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18 EverettJ 281 69 15
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19 ElendilPickle 280 67 15
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20 RichmondJ 279 65 15
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21 TaylorMA 276 63 15
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21 VenguswamyK 276 63 15
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23 jveditz 264 60 15
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24 GambinoG 263 57 15
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24 EmilyT 263 57 15
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26 casketromance 261 54 15
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26 KnowlesJ 261 54 15
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28 jefe 256 51 15
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29 GrahamJ 255 50 15
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30 BClemens 244 48 15
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31 BeningoS 240 46 15
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32 MoyseyC 235 44 15
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33 Commodore 227 42 15
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33 PruettC 227 42 15
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35 GaddCAnastasia 220 39 15
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36 VaughnF 219 37 15
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37 Vendy12 217 35 15
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38 HallR 213 34 15
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39 randalleng 203 32 15
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40 lorijane 202 30 15
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41 GuptaAMajor 198 28 15
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41 JamesCurran 198 28 15
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43 felsenheldd 197 25 15
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44 Shosin 189 23 15
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45 HurleyH 187 21 15
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46 PrestonC 186 20 15
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47 Nicole 164 17 15
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47 Jeffurry 164 17 15
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49 HoH 162 14 15
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50 FrostL 157 13 15
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51 EdwardsT 153 11 15
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52 Tarn 150 8 15
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52 McGeeDean 150 8 15
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54 PalleyA 124 6 15
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55 mellyjo 122 3 15
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55 MangaserA 122 3 15
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57 Warek 40 1 00
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Questions:

In an interview with ABC, Donald Trump seemed confused about whether or not Russian troops were present in this COUNTRY, which annexed the Crimea from it in 2014, albeit while denying their troops were involved.

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Ukraine

An AP review of recent studies suggested that what HYGENIC PRACTICE may not have the benefits touted by a specific group of medical professionals?

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flossing

What TWO WORDS fill in the blank in this Donald Trump quote after receiving a gift from a supporter: "I always wanted to get the . This was much easier,"

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Purple Heart

What POLICE COMMISSIONER announced he would be stepping down next month, ending a 45 year career that saw him serve as the top cop in Boston, Los Angeles, and New York City?

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William Bratton

In a two page letter, the director of Missouri's public defender office, citing budget cuts and an increase in caseloads, used a rarely-exercised power to assign a case to what LAWYER, who also happens to be the current governor?

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Jay Nixon

Questions were raised over a $400 million payment by the US government to what COUNTRY, made as part of a settlement of a decades-old arms deal dispute, but due to timing looked linked to the release of four American prisoners?

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Iran

The African National Congress underperformed in South African municipal elections, including losing Tshwane, which includes what EXECUTIVE CAPITAL CITY?

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Pretoria

The Summer Olympics kicked off in Rio de Janeiro with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron by Vanderlei de Lima, a Brazilian marathoner who was leading the race at what GAMES when a defrocked priest interfered with him? (City or year of games acceptable)

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Athens (2004)

What COUNTRY had a rough week, with a test-fired North Korean rocket falling into its nautical exclusive economic zone and the Chinese navy running a flotilla of 230 ships near its disputed Senkaku Islands?

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Japan

X-ray analysis finally uncovered a portrait of a woman with auburn hair that had been hidden beneath what ARTIST'S Portrait of a Woman?

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Edgar Degas

What COMPANY saw its stock price drop 16 percent in one day after reports that its cancer drug Optivo failed to slow tumor growth in patients with previously-untreated cancer?

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

What MARYLAND MUNICIPALITY saw flash flooding that killed two after a cloudburst dumped over 6 inches of rain, swelling the Patapsco River 14 feet in just two hours?

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Ellicott City