Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of May 10, 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

Donald Trump visited what COUNTRY, where he announced potential deals for the country to purchase American soybeans and Boeing jets, but did not appear to get the country's help in reopening the Strait of Hormuz?


Question 2

By a 54-45 vote, WHO was confirmed by the US Senate as the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board, taking over for Jerome Powell? Powell, who will remain on the board, will serve as chair until his replacement is sworn in.


Question 3

What JAPANESE AUTOMAKER posted its first annual loss since 1955, losing $2 billion largely due to US tariffs and competition from Chinese electric car makers? They did announce a pivot towards hybrid vehicles, including at least one from its luxury division, Acura.


Question 4

Dr. Marty Makary resigned as the head of what US FEDERAL AGENCY, where changes in policy over vaccines and shifting priorities that seemed to favor politics over science dogged his term in office? Rumors had suggested that Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. got approval from the White House to fire Makary before he resigned.


Question 5

What LOUISIANA SENATOR who voted in favor of removing Donald Trump from office after January 6, came in third in his re-election primary? Trump-backed Julia Letlow and state treasurer John Fleming advanced to a June run-off.


Question 6

The government of what ASIAN COUNTRY said it would look to comply with an International Criminal Court warrant for senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa, who is charged with crimes related to his heading of former president Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs, in which thousands of people were killed? The senator was holed up in the senate building, but escaped after a short exchange of gunfire.


Question 7

The World Health Organization declared a global health emergency after an outbreak of what VIRUS in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda? There are nearly 350 suspected cases and 88 deaths between the two countries.


Question 8

Workers for the largest commuter rail system in North America, named for what REGION OF NEW YORK, went on strike? Five unions representing about half the system's workforce went on strike after negotiations with the Metropolitan Transit Authority, which runs the system, broke down.


Question 9

Cindy Burbank won the Democratic primary for US Senate in what MIDWESTERN STATE, but announced she would drop out and back independent Dan Osborn? Osborn is thought to have better odds of beating incumbent Pete Ricketts.


Question 10

What GOVERNOR OF COLORADO raised the ire of his fellow Democrats when he commuted the sentence of Tina Peters, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison for tampering with voting machines in order to prove that the election was rigged against Donald Trump?


Question 11

The Trump administration will not be able to get $1 billion for his ballroom/bunker through a reconciliation bill, according to what SENATE OFFICER who provides advice to the body on interpreting the rules, laws, and precedents governing its function? The money would need to come through a bill that would require 60 votes to pass.


Question 12

"Bangaranga," performed by the Varna-born singer Dara, became the first song from what COUNTRY to win the Eurovision Song Contest? The country's best result prior to this win was Kristian Kostov's 2017 second place finish for "Beautiful Mess."


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