The Week of February 7, 2016 by CoenM

Champion(s):

SchwartzD
Never Underestimate The Power of the Schwartz


Runner(s)-Up:

RichmondJ


Quiz Description

Something something primary election something.

Full Results:

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1 SchwartzD 488 99 15
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2 RichmondJ 390 97 15
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3 gregariouschinchilla 385 95 15
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4 John 368 93 15
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5 BClemens 359 91 15
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6 KashyapN 341 89 15
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7 GoodmanDL 340 87 15
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8 KingJA 334 85 00
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9 ChrisRosenberg 332 83 15
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10 cprov77 323 81 15
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11 HightB 318 79 15
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12 felsenheldd 292 77 00
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13 v0max 290 75 00
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14 grimesr 274 73 15
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15 UllspergerA 262 70 00
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15 AllyScully 262 70 00
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17 PrestonC 256 67 00
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18 musicguy595 251 65 15
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19 srs 245 63 00
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20 CarterBurke 241 61 00
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21 WangA 240 59 15
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22 FarleyS 226 56 00
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23 RonningD 225 55 15
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24 RobinJRichards 224 53 00
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25 JordanG 220 51 00
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26 BeningoS 219 48 00
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26 PahuskiM 219 48 00
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28 mujason 217 45 00
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29 WolfischL 212 43 00
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30 RaiaB 210 41 15
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31 GambinoG 205 39 00
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32 PolinskyL 194 37 00
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33 ElendilPickle 188 34 00
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33 bdunn02 188 34 00
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35 PruettC 181 31 00
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36 GoldsteinB 173 28 00
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37 WareD 169 27 00
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38 MoyseyC 166 24 00
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38 FrostL 166 24 00
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40 ConnorA 164 21 00
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41 Commodore 160 19 00
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42 DBrick 157 17 00
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43 LairdM 155 14 00
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43 DugglebyB 155 14 00
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45 chc 145 11 00
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46 Bloo 128 9 00
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47 randalleng 107 7 00
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48 jefe 98 5 00
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49 HoH 96 3 00
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50 BartholowJ 68 1 00
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Questions:

What REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE for US President won the vote in Dixville Notch, the traditional first location to vote in New Hampshire's primary?

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John Kasich

What ASSASSIN was denied parole for the 15th time, despite testimony from Paul Schrade that the actual assassin was someone else?

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Sirhan Sirhan

Rival drug cartels sparked a riot at the Topo Chico prison near what MEXICAN CITY, resulting in the death of 49 inmates?

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Monterrey

Google announced that on March 15 they would stop supporting what PHOTO MANAGING application in favor of Google Photos?

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Picasa

A team led by scientists from Cal Tech and MIT detected WHAT, called the "soundtrack of the universe" by one team member, which were predicted by Albert Einstein over 100 years ago?

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gravitational waves

What TREATY ORGANIZATION made its first intervention in Europe's refugee crisis by dispatching boats to prevent human smuggling from Turkey to Greece?

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NATO

South Korea announced they would be pulling out of a joint industrial park named for what FORMER KOREAN CAPITAL CITY in response to North Korea's recent rocket launch and nuclear weapon test?

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Kaesong

Pope Francis met with the patriarch of what BRANCH OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIANITY in Cuba, the first-ever meeting by men in those positions?

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Russian Orthodox

What INVESTMENT FIRM agreed to pay a fine of $2.3 billion as punishment for misleading investors over the risk of buying into their mortgage bonds prior to the Great Recession?

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Morgan Stanley

The Pakistani military claimed they foiled an attempt to free Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who is in prison awaiting execution for the murder of what WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER in 2002?

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Daniel Pearl

What US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, appointed by Ronald Reagan, died of natural causes while on a hunting trip in Texas?

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Antonin Scalia

Cold, snowy weather led to a 50+ vehicle pileup on I78 in what US STATE, killing three and injuring more than 40?

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Pennsylvania