Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of June 21, 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

Who RESIGNED AS PRIME MINISTER OF THE UK, on the same day as his expected successor, Andy Burnham, was sworn into the House of Commons?


Question 2

What ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED REGION OF UKRAINE saw gasoline sales suspended due to widespread shortages? Ukrainian attacks on refineries and locally-important bridges are behind the shortages.


Question 3

The case-fire between the US and Iran didn't preclude attacks by both countries, spurred in part by an attack on a cargo ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz using a route off the coast of what COUNTRY?


Question 4

Two earthquakes above 7 in magnitude hit what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY, killing at least 1400 people?


Question 5

What EUROPEAN COUNTRY saw its hottest day since the start of record keeping, with a national average temperature of 30 degrees Celsius (86 F)? The country also said it recorded at least 1000 excess deaths over the first three days of the heat wave.


Question 6

American AI giant Anthropic accused what CHINESE TECH GIANT of using thousands of accounts to "extract" information from its Claude assistant, with an aim to copying its technology?


Question 7

What GERMAN AUTO GIANT reportedly plans to cut up to 100,000 jobs and close four plants - three of its namesake make and one Audi plant - in Germany? The moves are aimed at improving profitability in the face of increased competition from Chinese auto makers.


Question 8

Just hours before its signing, Donald Trump cancelled the signing ceremony for the 21st Century Road to WHAT act? Passed with large bipartisan majorities, Trump said the signing would be cancelled until the SAVE America voting act is passed.


Question 9

Federal data found that about 3 million fewer people have health insurance coverage through what PROGRAM compared to last year? The report suggested a crackdown in phantom enrollments may explain the drop, while healthcare analysts point to the expiration of subsidies.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: 6-3 7-2. The US Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could end temporary protected status for 350,000 people from what COUNTRY, some of whom have been in the US since protected status was first given in 2010? The ruling also gave the administration to end TPS protection for thousands of Syrians.


Question 11

The Court also found that a federal decision to not require labeling of what WEED KILLER as a cancer risk invalidated state cases against its maker, Monsanto, for failing to warn about the cancer risk?


Question 12

What ECONOMIST, who served as the chair of the Federal Reserve Board from 1987 to 2006, passed away at 100?


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