The Week of December 28, 2025 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

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


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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1 HortonR 215 90 15
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2 ChrisRosenberg 175 70 15
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3 LynchT 135 30 15
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3 JCEurovision 135 30 15
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3 DFisher 135 30 15
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Questions:

US forces entered Venezuela and removed what PRESIDENT, along with his wife Cilia Flores, to face various drug and weapons charges in a New York federal court?

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Nicolas Maduro

The Trump administration cut off federal childcare aid to what STATE after a conservative activist released a video alleging that the daycare centers in the video, run by Somali immigrants, had no children and were committing fraud?

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Minnesota

What NEW MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY took his oath of office in a disused subway station and was driven to his official inauguration in a parade of taxis?

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Zohran Mamdani

The government of what COUNTRY announced a relaunched search for flight 370, a Boeing 777 that disappeared during a 2014 flight to Beijing?

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Malaysia

After Congress was unable to pass an extension, subsidies for what INSURANCE PROGRAM expired in the new year? Monthly premiums for the 24 million who use the program's exchange to purchase coverage are expected to climb by 26 percent.

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Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare)

Donald Trump vetoed a bill for a $1 billion project that would bring clean water to the rural part of what STATE? The veto was seen by many as retaliation against sponsor Lauren Bobert, a Republican who supported the release of the Epstein files.

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Colorado

Economic conditions, notably the collapse in the value of the rial, sparked protests that have spread to all corners of what MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRY? These are the largest protests since security forces killed Mahsa Amini while she was in custody for improperly wearing a hijab.

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Iran

The continued drop in sales during 2025 saw Tesla lose its standing as the world's largest electric car maker to what CHINESE COMPANY? It sold over 4 million of models like the Song, Dolphin, and Sealion while not yet in the US market.

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BYD

Euros rolled out of ATMs in what COUNTRY for the first time, as it became the newest member of the Eurozone? Some locals were concerned about taking the lev out of circulation, due to fears of inflation and recent political instability.

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Bulgaria

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Not So Happy New Year. The US House Judiciary Committee used its New Year's Eve to release the transcript of its hearing with what FORMER SPECIAL COUNSEL, in which he defended his investigation into Donald Trump's alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election?

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Jack Smith

Forty people, including several teens, were killed at a New Year's party in what COUNTRYs Crans-Montana ski resort city when the bar hosting the party caught fire? Sparklers placed in champagne bottles are thought to have started the fire.

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Switzerland

Riders of the Eurostar were stranded for hours when what RAIL CORRIDOR linking Folkstone to Coquelles suffered a power outage?

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Channel Tunnel (Chunnel)