Lighter Side of the News (Nov. 09, 2018) by HallR

Champion(s):

HessJa
Nah, son.


Runner(s)-Up:

Nicole


Quiz Description

Quiz - #03-04

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 13 15 15 86 15 19 91 48 68 31 26 39
1 HessJa 414 99 15
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2 Nicole 371 97 15
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39
3 RauscherM 369 95 15
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86
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39
4 heystephen 342 92 15
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86
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4 MoyseyC 342 92 15
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86
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39
6 akambour 339 90 15
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7 MilesTeg 333 88 15
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86
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8 SizemoreM 329 86 15
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9 MattK 326 84 15
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10 HoH 296 82 15
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11 DreierR 282 80 15
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12 Tarn 274 79 15
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13 felsenheldd 271 77 15
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14 srs 268 75 15
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15 Commodore 267 72 00
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15 GoodmanDL 267 72 15
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17 ADSanchez 260 70 00
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18 CoenM 257 68 15
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19 quarterrican 255 66 15
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20 RichardsRJ-Sports 254 63 15
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20 SokolM 254 63 15
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22 IvixorB 250 59 15
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22 casketromance 250 59 15
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22 KPope 250 59 15
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25 MirandaM 244 55 15
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26 Michalle 242 53 15
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27 PipkeR 232 50 00
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27 MatherV 232 50 15
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29 helene 221 47 15
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29 HomerS 221 47 15
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31 Timm 220 44 00
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32 DebB 217 42 15
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33 reallydumb4real 215 40 15
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34 NatashaBB 211 39 15
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35 SykesS 209 37 15
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36 FauxD 208 35 00
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37 BringMoreLegos 206 31 15
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37 gaufqwi 206 31 15
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37 McClintockJ 206 31 15
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40 DouglasLovesVixey 205 28 15
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41 GarciaD 202 26 15
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42 Svoyager-11 196 24 15
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43 Vintsanity 190 22 15
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44 MitchellWA 184 20 00
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45 GarstJ 182 19 15
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46 TreeceW 179 17 15
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47 RubensteinM 178 15 15
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48 LynchT 172 13 15
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49 AmmermanA 166 11 15
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50 Zincous 152 8 15
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50 petkunm 152 8 15
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50 Vendy12 152 8 15
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53 Vicun-YAH 118 4 15
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54 ArunH 90 2 00
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55 BednarczukJ 73 1 15
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Questions:

On Tuesday, People Magazine announced its "Sexist Man Alive" for 2018. Who is it?

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Idris Elba

Of the four NFL teams based in California, as of 11-09, which team currently has the best record at 8-1-0?

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Los Angeles Rams

The final season of the television drama series "House of Cards" was released on Netflix last Friday. What surname fills-in the blank in this Wikipedia summary sentence: "Claire _________, new President of the United States, is subject to a TV documentary..."?

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Underwood

What species of animal has been redacted (in word and an actual specimen) on the cover of the recently released book seen here?

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Squirrel

What song with a music video described by The Library of Congress as "the most famous music video of all time" and an intro voiced by an elderly character actor, re-entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #31 this past week?

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Thriller

Misty Copeland plays the Ballerina Princess - appropriately - in what Disney fantasy adventure film that is currently playing in theaters? (first two words of the title accepted)

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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Actress Busy Phillips debuted her new talk show on the E! channel this past week. What word fills-in the title of this show: "Busy _______"?

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Tonight

Seen here is an image of a player from what NBA team that lost to the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors earlier this week, but beat the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night?

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Memphis Grizzlies

"Si" is the title of the new #1 album on the Billboard 200 chart. "Si" is by what opera-pop tenor, who experienced a life changing soccer playing accident at the age of 12?

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Andrea Bocelli

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Multiple Choice Theater". Here we go. Multiple choice. Theater news has been buzzing lately about "Eddie and Dave", an upcoming Off-Broadway play about the rise of Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth from the rock band Van Halen. Which statement about "Eddie and Dave" is TRUE: A) Has the authorized approval of Van Halen; B) Set in Redondo Beach, California; C) Lead roles played by women; D) Gary Cherone hired as an understudy?

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C

Multiple choice. With his latest win at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open last weekend, Bryson DeChambeau established himself as one of the hottest young players on the PGA Tour. DeChambeau wears a type of headgear worn by the characters from what Broadway musical: A) Guys and Dolls; B) Newsies; C) Damn Yankees; D) Spring Awakening?

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B

Rapper Tyler, the Creator performs a hip-hop version of the main song, originally sung by Thurl Ravenscroft, not Boris Karloff as commonly assumed, in what film that opens nationwide today (11-09)?

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The Grinch