Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of November 9, 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

Donald Trump signed a funding bill ending the government shutdown, which at how many DAYS was the longest in US history? Answers within two days will be accepted.


Question 2

The Trump administration declined to send a delegation to the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, leaving a group of state and local leaders, including what GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, to represent the US?


Question 3

The US Supreme Court passed on hearing a case on same-sex marriage brought by what former KENTUCKY COUNTY CLERK, who is suing to void a $360,000 judgement against her for refusing to issue a marriage license to a same-sex couple?


Question 4

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY used gifts including a gold Rolex desk clock and a personalized one kilogram bar of gold to get Donald Trump to agree to lowering the tariff rate against the country to 15 percent? The country also pledged more investment in the US, from companies including pharma giant Roche.


Question 5

The push to release all of the files from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation caused a rift between Donald Trump and what US REPRESENTATIVE from Georgia, who supports release of the files? She has also been critical of Trump foreign policy as "not America first positions."


Question 6

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw the uncovering of a major kickback scheme, which saw up to $100 million paid in bribes to a group that may include former energy and justice minister Herman Halushchenko? The scandal threatens European support for the country's security and its future membership in the EU.


Question 7

What PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA OUTLET apologized for a misleading edit of a Donald Trump speech shown on the show Panorama, but said it would not compensate him for the error? Trump has floated a potential $5 billion lawsuit against the organization.


Question 8

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket lifted off with two spacecraft for the ESCAPADE mission, which will study solar wind and the atmosphere of what PLANET? The crafts will start their trip to the planet next fall, when they'll be able to use Earth's gravity to slingshot them to the planet.


Question 9

A federal judge said he would approve a deal to settle thousands of cases against Purdue Pharma for their role in the opioid epidemic, which would include what FAMILY contributing up to $7 billion to the settlement fund and giving up control of Purdue?


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini Theme of the Week: Less Money More Problems. The US Mint in Philadelphia struck what are likely to be the last of what DENOMINATION of coin? The Trump administration cancelled future production of the coin, which costs nearly four times its face value to produce.


Question 11

The head of the US Federal Housing Finance Agency floated the idea of a mortgage covering how many YEARS as a solution to home affordability? Standard home mortgages cover a period of 30 years.


Question 12

Over 1000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike for improved wages and benefits on what DAY, when the company released its annual distinctively-hued holiday beverage container?


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