The Week of November 30, 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

Federal immigration officials launched "Operation Catahoula Crunch" in what SOUTHERN US CITY? The city's leadership is against the operation, while Governor Jeff Landry welcomed the federal intervention.


Question 2

Donald Trump went on an unexpected rant, where he called immigrants from what AFRICAN COUNTRY "garbage?" He specifically mentioned the immigrant community in Minnesota, the largest in the US.


Question 3

The US Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling, and said that what US STATE could use its redrawn US House district map for the 2026 midterm elections? The new map is expected to give Republicans an increased likelihood of winning five seats currently held by Democrats.


Question 4

The presidential election in what CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY was too close to call, with centrist Salvador Nasralla accusing Donald Trump of interference by endorsing conservative Nasry Asfura? Trump also pardoned former president Juan Orlando Hernández, who had been convicted of drug trafficking and other offenses.


Question 5

Donald Trump announced that he would cancel all orders signed during the Biden administration using what mechanical DEVICE that reproduces signatures?


Question 6

Cyclones across Asia killed at least 1500 people, with more than 900 killed by floods and landslides on Sumatra, part of what COUNTRY?


Question 7

Republican Matt Van Epps held off Democrat Aftyn Behn to winn the special election for the US House seat in the usually solid red 7th district of what US STATE? The district, centered on Davidson County, touches both the state's north and south boundaries.


Question 8

Public broadcasters in Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, and Slovenia said they would not participate in the next season of what MUSICAL COMPETITION due to the continued participation of Israel? The competition's governing body opted to allow Israel's continued participation, but announced rule changes to stop vote rigging that has favored Israel in the past.


Question 9

Official at what MUSEUM confirmed that a burst pipe damaged hundreds of books and other artefacts in the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, located in the Mollien Wing?


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini Theme of the Week: Sold! What STREAMING SERVICE bought the studio and streaming services of Warner Brothers Discovery for $83 billion?


Question 11

Italian fashion house Prada finalized the $1.5 billion acquisition of what OTHER ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE? The deal was announced shortly after Donatella, the sister of the house's founder and namesake, stepped down as creative chief.


Question 12

What ARCHITECT, known for buildings including the Guggenheim Bilbao, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, and Prague's Dancing House, passed away at 96?