Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of June 14, 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 signed a memorandum of understanding to end hostilities with Iran, but long-term peace may depend on the territorial integrity of what other COUNTRY? Israel currently occupies part of the country, and continues to strike Hizbullah targets there.


Question 2

What FORMER US SENATE MAJORITY LEADER was hospitalized for an undisclosed ailment? He had previous health concerns related to a fall and to "freezing" episodes during public appearances.


Question 3

Fox announced it was buying what STREAMING SERVICE for $25 billion, in a deal that includes its namesake channel and user data? The streamer, which Fox says will continue as a stand-alone platform, accounts for three percent of all streaming viewership, making it the fifth-largest streamer.


Question 4

What DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR announced that both he and his wife Jennifer were under investigation by the US Justice Department? The investigation into him is related to his staff, while his wife is being investigated over taxes.


Question 5

The US Department of Homeland Security announced that all detainees had been transferred out of the South Florida Detention Center, better known by what ALLITERATIVE TWO WORD NICKNAME? It was unclear where the detainees were transferred to, or if the closure of the camp is permanent.


Question 6

Kier Starmer's run as prime minister of the UK came under threat with the parliamentary by-election win by Andy Burnham, the Labour mayor of what ENGLISH CITY?


Question 7

What short-lived FIRST TROPICAL STORM in the Atlantic brought rains and flooding to the Gulf Coast? The storm became a post-tropical cyclone after making landfall near Galveston.


Question 8

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY rejected a referendum brought by the right wing SVP party that would have capped its population at 10 million? If passed, the measure would have threatened the country's agreement with the EU over the free movement of people.


Question 9

Multiple people were arrested for "vandalizing" what WASHINGTON DC LANDMARK, where they allegedly were taking peeling paint out of its algae-tinged water?


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Something Can Stop the US Air Force. Eight people died when one of what type of BOMBER, in service since 1955, crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base? The bomber was taking off for a test of a modernized radar system.


Question 11

An outbreak of what VIRAL ILLNESS struck more than 200 Air Force personnel at Lackland Air Force Base? The cases came less than two months after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended mandatory vaccinations against the disease.


Question 12

Yum Brands sold off what CHAIN for $2.7 billion, with China-based stores going to a local firm and the rest of the restaurants going to private equity firm LongRange Capital?


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