The Week of December 21, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


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 ChrisRosenberg 415 87 15
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2 LynchT 245 62 15
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3 JCEurovision 140 37 15
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4 DFisher 115 12 15
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Questions:

What TV NEWS MAGAZINE SHOW spiked a story about CECOT, the El Salvadoran prison that held hundreds of deportees from the US, in what reporter Sharyn Alfonsi called a political rather than an editorial decision?

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60 Minutes

What SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY declared an economic emergency, which will allow president Gustavo Petro to levy taxes by decree to help close a $4 billion budget gap?

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Colombia

The US Supreme Court refused a Trump administration request to pause a lower court ruling that prevented them from sending National Guard troops to what CITY without the governor's consent?

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Chicago

Donald Trump named Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as a special envoy to what TERRITORY? Its prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, rebuffed the appointment, reiterating the importance of territorial sovereignty.

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Greenland

The US recalled nearly 30 people of what DIPLOMATIC RANK? While the White House described the mass recall as "a standard process in any administration," the move is widely seen as aimed at putting Trump loyalists in the positions.

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Ambassadors

The muddled state of the US economy - such as increased growth and consumer spending in the face of increased unemployment and a lack of consumer confidence - led to a description of the economy using what LETTER, where the upper part represents increased earnings for the wealthy and the lower part represents lower income earners struggling?

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K

A power outage in San Francisco led to the fleet of robotaxis run by what Alphabet-owned COMPANY shutting down, blocking intersections and disrupting traffic?

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Waymo

The Trump Administration gave ISIS in what AFRICAN COUNTRY a Christmas present in the form of bombing its facilities in the country's northwest? Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar confirmed the country provided intelligence for the US strike.

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Nigeria

The US Food and Drug Administration approved a daily pill version of what Novo Nordisk WEIGHT LOSS DRUG? Novo has not yet submitted a pill version of related diabetes drug Ozempic for approval.

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Wegovy

Israel became the first country to recognize the independence of what TERRITORY on the Horn of Africa? Israel cited the Abraham Accords as part of the reason for the recognition that was widely rejected by other countries.

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Somaliland

Kash Patel announced a plan that would finally close the Federal Bureau of Investigations building named for what FORMER FBI DIRECTOR? Agents will move into space formerly occupied by USAID.

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J. Edgar Hoover

China levied symbolic tariffs against 20 defense companies and 10 executives in retaliation for an announced $10 billion arms deal between the US and what ISLAND?

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Taiwan