The Week of April 5, 2026 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

The US and Iran entered into what was billed as a two week cease fire, but its status was shaky as Israel continued to attack what OTHER COUNTRY, saying they were not part of the deal?


Question 2

Artemis II splashed down off the California coast, completing a mission that saw it set a record for farthest crewed spaceflight from Earth, breaking the mark set in 1970 by what SPACE MISSION that set the mark by necessity?


Question 3

Over 100 people were killed in an airstrike in Nigeria when its air force hit a market in Yobe state thinking it was an encampment of what ISLAMIC JIHADIST GROUP that operates in the area?


Question 4

What US REPRESENATIVE faced calls to drop out of the race for governor of California after four women raised claims of sexual misconduct, including one claim of rape?


Question 5

WHO (first and last name required!) gave a statement at the White House saying "I am not Epstein's victim," then denying that she knew of or participated in Jeffrey Epstein's crimes? The statement did acknowledge that she sent an email to Epstein accomplice Ghislane Maxwell in 2002, a copy of which was part of the Epstein files.


Question 6

Cheng Li-wun, Taiwan's opposition leader, visited with the premiere of what COUNTRY, the first meeting between the leader of the country and the leader of the KMT in a decade?


Question 7

Facing a cash crunch, the US Postal Service announced it would raise the price of first class "forever" stamps to HOW MANY CENTS? Answers within 3 cents will be accepted as correct.


Question 8

Flooding and landslides from heavy rains killed at least 77 people in what ASIAN COUNTRY, which also saw highways connecting the capital to cities like Jalalabad and Kunduz cut off? Similar flooding in 2024 killed over 300.


Question 9

Farmers, hauliers, and others whose work relies on diesel fuel staged a protest in what EUROPEAN COUNTRY that saw them block roads like the M50 motorway and the Whitegate refinery? National police commissioner Justin Kelly said there would be increased enforcement efforts to clear blockades manned by the protestors.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini Theme of the Week: Vance Dance. US Vice President JD Vance spent much of the week in Hungary trying to bolster support for what PRIME MINISTER, who was trying to keep his Fidesz party in power?


Question 11

Vance would leave Hungary and travel to what ASIAN NATION, where he led the US delegation in what were ultimately unsuccessful talks with Iran on a permanent peace deal?


Question 12

What SPECIES OF PENGUIN was added to the IUCN's endangered species list, noting that their population could be cut in half by 2080? The loss of sea ice and the collapse of breeding areas were noted for the population decline.