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The Week of October 11, 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 issued an executive order waiving the enforcement of sanctions against Russia included in a law named for what LATE US SENATOR, who hoped the sanctions would play a role in ending the war in Ukraine? Trump noted the waiver was in the "national interest," but did not explain how.


Question 2

Ukraine announced it would resume attacking what type of ENERGY FACILITY, noting Russia continued to strike Ukraine's electrical grid even after Donald Trump called an "energy ceasefire?" A Ukranian drone strike set one of these in St. Petersburg on fire in a drone strike.


Question 3

Federal agents raided the home of what Somalian-born MINNESOTA CONGRESSWOMAN, searching for evidence of inaccuracies in her immigration history? The investigation is largely seen as retaliation for her outspoken criticism of the Trump administration.


Question 4

During a conference in Azerbaijan, China's foreign minister told Israel's president to stop expanding settlements into what PALESTINIAN REGION by force? Later in the week Israeli settlers there attacked a Palestinian olive harvest, injuring a Washington Post reporting in the process.


Question 5

Following in France's footsteps, students in what ADRIATIC COUNTRY took to the streets in increasingly violent protests? The protests are an extension of earlier ones over corruption and plans to sell coastal property to a developer backed by Jared Kushner.


Question 6

Pope Leo underwent surgery for to remove an adenocarcinoma from what ORGAN? It is unclear if the cancer has spread, but doctors noted the early treatment will help with his prognosis.


Question 7

Officials on what ISLAND pushed back against Donald Trump's claim that the US would begin "massive" oil, gas, and mineral exploration there? The officials noted that the recent security agreement with the US conferred no preferential rights for exploration?


Question 8

The US Treasury Department announced $1.2 billion in fines against what SECOND LARGEST US BANK for violation laws on money laundering and sanctions? The department cited Chinese money laundering and "illicit finance" along the US's southwest border as some of the violations.


Question 9

What AUTHOR of books like Normal People and Intermezzo announced she would no longer sell her books in the UK due to concerns doing so would violate anti-terrorism laws? She is a supporter of Palestine Action, a group the UK labeled as a terrorist organization.


Question 10

Your HallR Memorial Mini-Theme of the Week: Comings and Goings. Former Donald Trump, Jr. fiancee Kimberly Guilfoyle was removed as ambassador to what EUROPEAN COUNTRY after


Question 11

Katie Zacharia lasted half a Scaramucci in starting and leaving what WHITE HOUSE ROLE, where she delivered a single, short, stiffly-delivered briefing?


Question 12

What AMUSEMENT PARK CHAIN saw its second roller coaster incident in as many months, with a Georgia man dying after falling from the Goliath coaster? In September three people sued the chain over brain injuries allegedly suffered from riding the X2 coaster.


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