The Week of December 14, 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

A father-son pair of shooters attacked a Hanukkah gathering at what SYDNEY LANDMARK, killing 15?


Question 2

Donald Trump gave a year end live address, in which he announced a "warrior dividend" of what SYMBOLIC AMOUNT to be paid to all members of the military? The money is being diverted from a military housing fund rather than new spending.


Question 3

The US made retaliatory strikes against ISIS in what COUNTRY after the group killed three Americans - two soldiers and a civilian interpreter - in an attack in Palmyra?


Question 4

Voters in what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY elected far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast their next president, with concerns over the economy and crime trumping Kast's admiration for former dictator Augusto Pinochet?


Question 5

What COMPANY, best known for the Roomba vacuum cleaner, filed for bankruptcy? It plans to go private after being bought out by the company that is the primary manufacturer of its products.


Question 6

What BOURBON-MAKER announced it would shut down its main distillery in 2026, due to a glut of inventory created by lower discretionary spending and tariffs? Distillation will continue at the Booker Noe and Fred B. Noe distilleries.


Question 7

What SUPRANATIONAL POLITICAL ORGANIZATION agreed to back 90 billion Euros in loans to Ukraine so it can finance its defense against Russia? The loans will not be backed by frozen Russian assets, as originally planned.


Question 8

What former SPECIAL COUNSEL told the House Judiciary Committee that his investigation "developed beyond a reasonable doubt" evidence that Donald Trump illegally tried to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election?


Question 9

What AWARDS SHOW announced it would move its broadcast to YouTube in 2029? ABC will continue to air the show through 2028, the 100th anniversary of the award.


Question 10

The board of the performing arts center named for what FORMER US PRESIDENT voted to add Donald Trump's name to the center? It is believed that Congressional approval would be needed to make the change permanent.


Question 11

In a candid interview with Vanity Fair, what WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF said Donald Trump "has an alcoholic's personality," called JD Vance a conspiracy theorist, and labeled Elon Musk a drug user?


Question 12

What ACTOR AND DIRECTOR was killed along with his wife, film producer Michele Singer, in what appeared to be a double homicide allegedly committed by their son Nick?