The Week of September 14, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

TWright17
There are sewers aplenty yet to dig


Runner(s)-Up:

gaufqwi

HortonR
Excelsior!


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 TWright17 352 92 15
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2 HortonR 265 71 00
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2 gaufqwi 265 71 00
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4 LynchT 252 50 00
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5 ChrisRosenberg 237 35 00
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6 JCEurovision 134 21 00
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7 DFisher 105 7 00
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Questions:

The US Federal Reserve approved a quarter point cut to its benchmark lending rate. Name ANY PERCENTAGE within the new range of this lending rate.

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4 to 4.25 percent

Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz and Silver Lake were named by the White House as the planned US ownership group for what SOCIAL MEDIA APP? Michael Dell and the Murdoch family were later mentioned as potential owners as well.

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TikTok

What LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST had his show taken off the air indefinitely for comments he made regarding the political aftermath of the killing of Charlie Kirk?

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Jimmy Kimmel

The US took time out from sinking suspected Venezuelan drug boats to decertify what OTHER SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY as a partner in drug control measures? The country, the world's largest producer of cocaine, saw the amount produced rise by 50 percent between 2022 and 2023.

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Colombia

What US "BORDER CZAR" was reportedly recorded by the FBI taking a $50000 bribe last year? The investigation was dropped after a review by the FBI and the Department of Justice, according to FBI director Kash Patel.

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Tom Homan (edited at 10:48 am, October 23, 2025 (PDT))

Russia continued its testing of NATO by sending three jets into the airspace of what BALTIC NATION? Former prime minister and current European Commission vice president Kaja Kallas called it an "extremely dangerous provocation."

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Estonia

Donald Trump announced a new $100,000 annual fee for what TYPE OF VISA, typically used by tech companies to hire highly skilled workers?

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H1-B

Name EITHER OF THE EVENT ATTENDANCE VENDORS (one of whom owns the other) accused by the US Federal Trade Commission of misleading consumers about the price of event attendance? They were also accused of colluding with scalpers, giving them early purchase access.

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Ticketmaster or Live Nation

The widow of what RUSSIAN OPPOSITION FIGURE said the two independent labs confirmed that her husband died of poisoning?

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Alexander Navalny

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Gimme! Donald Trump filed a $15 billion defamation lawsuit against what NEWSPAPER over articles that questioned his successes? A federal judge rejected the suit due to its length and irrelevant content, but gave Trump 28 days to refile.

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New York Times

Trump also said this week that he'd like to regain Bagram airbase in what COUNTRY? Trump agreed to relinquish the base in his first term as part of a withdrawal plan signed with the country's then-government.

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Afghanistan

What ACTOR AND DIRECTOR, known for films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Three Days of the Condor, and for founding the Sundance Film Festival, passed away at age 89?

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Robert Redford