The Week of February 22, 2026 by CoenM

Champion(s):

HortonR
Excelsior!


Runner(s)-Up:

gaufqwi


Quiz Description

Full Results:

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Money Value (% Incorrect): 34 00 50 34 00 67 50 67 67 34 34 67
1 HortonR 321 91 15
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2 gaufqwi 290 75 15
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3 ChrisRosenberg 258 58 00
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4 JCEurovision 219 41 00
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5 LynchT 207 25 15
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6 DFisher 176 8 15
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67

Questions:

The Trump administration used an executive order to levy a global tariff of what PERCENT under a law that allows him to do so for 150 days without Congressional approval? The amount matches his original announcement rather than the higher rate he later said would be imposed

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What FORMER PRESIDENT testified that he did not engage in any illegal activity during his interactions with Jeffrey Epstein? The president was the first in history to be compelled to testify before a congressional committee.

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Bill Clinton

The defense minister of Pakistan stated that his country was in "open war" with what BORDERING COUNTRY? Pakistan claims that the country is harboring Islamic militants and Balochistan separatists.

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Afghanistan

Netflix rescinded its bid for what MEDIA CONGLOMERATE, whose board stated it preferred the bid by Paramount Skydance?

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Warner Brothers Discovery

The Trump administration announced that it was halting over a quarter billion dollars of Medicade funding to what STATE over fraud concerns? The state's governor, Tim Walz, stated that the move was politically motivated.

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Minnesota

Mexican troops killed El Mencho, the head of the New Generations drug cartel located in what MEXICAN STATE? The cartel responded with road blockades and violence across the state in cities including Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta.

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Jalisco

The Trump administration announced that it was banning the use of what AI COMPANY'S products across government? The company, whose systems are the only ones currently being used by the US military, had asked that they not be used for mass surveillance of Americans or in autonomous weapons without human approval.

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Anthropic

What EU MEMBER STATE vetoed a $90 billion loan to Ukraine, saying it would not approve the loan until Ukraine reopened the Druzhba oil pipeline? Ukraine claims the pipeline was damaged by Russian drones.

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Hungary

Rob Jetten was sworn in as the prime minister of what EUROPEAN COUNTRY, making him the youngest - and first openly gay - leader in the country's history? Jetten's D66 party formed a coalition with the Christian Democrats and right wing VVD parties for form a minority government.

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The Netherlands

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Bombs Away. What SUPREME LEADER OF IRAN was reportedly killed in an attack by US and Israeli forces?

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Ali Khamenei

What PREDICTION WEBSITE saw six newly-created accounts make $1 million on betting that the US would strike Iran by February 28, suggesting insider trading? Competing site Kalshi refunded bets on whether or not Iran's supreme leader would be in office in March, noting that it doesn't list markets directly tied to deaths.

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Polymarket

The massive nor'easter that hit the eastern US led to new snow records in Massachusetts and in what OTHER STATE, whose T. F. Green airport saw nearly 38 inches fall?

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Rhode Island