The Week of February 15, 2026 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.


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Questions:

The US Supreme Court gave Donald Trump's second term its biggest legal loss so far when it invalidated most of the tariffs he imposed in a 6-3 vote with what CHIEF JUSTICE penning the majority opinion?

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John Roberts

What FORMER PRINCE was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office? He allegedly shared confidential information with Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a British trade representative.

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Andrew Windsor-Mountbatten

José María Balcázar was elected interim president of what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, replacing José Jerí, also an interim president, who was ousted over secret meetings with Chinese businessmen? Balcázar is the country's 9th president since 2016.

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Peru

New overflows related to a January pipe collapse northwest of Washington, D.C. contributed to a total of over 200 million gallons of sewage to enter what RIVER?

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Potomac

What LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW HOST said he was blocked from airing an interview with James Talarico, a Democratic US Senate candidate from Texas, after the FCC threatened to apply equal time rules that typically don't apply to morning and late night talk shows?

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Stephen Colbert

Donald Trump announced he was going to send a hospital ship to what ISLAND, saying it would help people who are not receiving care? It was not clear that either of the Navy hospital ships, both docked in Alabama, were available for deployment.

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Greenland

A helium supply issue with the upper stage of the Space Launch System rocket led NASA to roll it back to the Vertical Assembly Building for repairs, delaying the second mission in what LUNAR PROGRAM until April at the earliest?

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Artemis

A federal judge stayed a court order that the Trump administration replace information about slavery removed from the President's House at what NATIONAL PARK SITE IN PHILADELPHIA? The stay halted work while the administration appealed the original ruling.

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Independence NHP (Independence Hall)

Donald Trump issued an executive order looking to boost production and protect producers of phosphorus and glyphosate, the latter an herbicide that's the active ingredient in what WEED KILLER at the center of thousands of lawsuits over its alleged carcenogenic properties?

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Roundup

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Passages. What ACTOR, who won a best actor Oscar for Tender Mercies and appeared in films including The Godfather and Apocalypse Now passed away at 95?

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Robert Duvall

What CIVIL RIGHTS ICON and 1984 and 1988 Democratic presidential primary candidate, passed away at 84?

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Jesse Jackson

What NEWS PERSONALITY announced he was leaving 60 Minutes but would be staying on at CNN? He stated he wanted to spend more time with his family, but he also had a story debunking claims of white genocide in South Africa held up by CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss.

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Anderson Cooper