Alpaca Farm (beta)

The Week of August 2, 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

Todd Blanche was approved by the US Senate to become Attorney General, with what LAME DUCK SENATOR from Louisiana providing the tie-breaking vote after a late decision to support him?


Question 2

US Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. deviated from his usual skepticism and said that parents should vaccinate their children against what DISEASE, currently at a 35 year high? The 2371 confirmed cases is higher than all cases reported last year.


Question 3

The US intervened to prop up what ASIAN CURRENCY, both to help that country's battle against inflation, and to prevent the country from selling US bonds to buy its own currency? The last such intervention to prop up the currency was in 1998, while there a 2011 intervention to devalue the currency in the aftermath of an earthquake.


Question 4

Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and what NATO MEMBER COUNTRY entered into a joint defense pact? The country's foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, noted that the pact was not aimed at Iran or any particular country.


Question 5

Donald Trump pledged $1 billion in security funding less than 48 hours after the right-wing Abelardo de la Espriella was inaugurated as president of what SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY? The new president plans to combat narco-terrorism and revive the country's oil and gas industry.


Question 6

What AI COMPANY founded by Elon Musk filed suit against the state of Minnesota saying that its new law against AI nudification technology is vague and too broad in scope? The company's Grok chatbot allows for creating nude images under a number of conditions.


Question 7

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the construction of what FACILITY at the White House was unlawful, and ordered construction to stop? The ruling noted that Congress controls development funding for the White House and had not approved the construction.


Question 8

What CEREAL COMPANY said it would remove all artificial dyes from its products by the end of the year? Fruit and vegetable juices will now color cereals including Froot Loops and Apple Jacks.


Question 9

A farm in Mexico was identified as the source of a salmonella contamination in what PEPPER, which has sicked over 300 people in the US? The outbreak is largely centered among diners at restaurants like Chipotle and Qdoba in Colorado and Minnesota.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Midterm Madness. In what STATE did progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed defeat Rep. Haley Stevens to win the Democratic nomination for an open US Senate seat? Stevens had the endorsement of governor Gretchen Whitmer and outgoing Senator Gary Peters.


Question 11

US Representative Max Miller of what STATE rejected calls to step down or suspend his re-election campaign in the face of allegations that he abused his ex-wife and their child? Among those calling on him to step down is US Senator Bernie Moreno, his former father in law.


Question 12

What COUNTRY changed its name, replacing the letter U with O and adding an E? Its old name came into use while a colony of Germany and Australia, and was adopted when it became independent in 1968.


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