The Week of September 21, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

DFisher


Runner(s)-Up:

LynchT
Teacher's Motto: I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 DFisher 235 87 15
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2 LynchT 195 62 15
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3 ChrisRosenberg 170 25 15
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3 JCEurovision 170 25 15
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Questions:

Despite a lack of evidence regarding the link, the Trump administration connected what PAIN RELIEVER to autism? Give either the brand name most often used in the announcement or the drug's generic name.

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Tylenol (acetaminophen or paracetamol)

What FORMER FBI DIRECTOR was indicted on two counts related to testimony given to Congress in 2020?

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James Comey

Prime Minster Mette Frederiksen said what COUNTRY was the victim of "hybrid attacks," with multiple drone incursions over its capital's airport and the country's Karup military base?

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Denmark

Donald Trump said he was planning to send troops into what WEST COAST CITY with "full force" to protect immigration facilities, which he said were “under siege from attack by Antifa and other domestic terrorists?"

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Portland

What MY PILLOW FOUNDER was found guilty of defaming electronic voting machine company Smartmatic by claiming it helped rig the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden?

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Mike Lindell

What BEVERAGE COMPANY announced it was shutting down a little over 400 locations in the US and Canada, and cutting 900 corporate jobs, as part of a restructuring?

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Starbucks

What WORLD LEADER saw a widespread walkout at the start of his speech to the UN General Assembly, where he denied his country was committing genocide and that his country must "finish the job" in its war against Hamas?

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Benjamin Netanyahu

Amazon settled a lawsuit brought by the Federal Trade Commission regarding what MEMBERSHIP SERVICE, which the FTC said Amazon designed its website to manipulate users into subscribing, and then made it difficult to cancel the subscription.

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Prime

What FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT was sentenced to five years in prison for a scheme where he tried to obtain campaign funding from the Gaddafi regime in Libya?

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Nicolas Sarkozy

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: You Reap What You Sow. The US announced it would give up to $20 billion in support of what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY's economy, reeling under the libertarian "chain saw" reforms of prime minister Javier Milei?

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Argentina

The country in the previous question did ink a deal with China to send 10 cargoes of what AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT, which China is no longer buying from the US due to tariffs? The product accounts for 20 percent of all the US's cash crop receipts, bringing in over $47 billion.

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soybeans

What CARMAKER announced a recall of 200,000 cars, including X3, X4, Z4, and 430i models, as a short circuit in the starter may cause them to catch on fire?

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BMW