Lighter Side of the News (Nov. 13, 2020) by HallR

Champion(s):

casketromance
Oath of the Goat


Runner(s)-Up:

KPope


Quiz Description

Quiz - #11-05

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 36 49 71 42 78 17 36 78 88 71 68 55
1 casketromance 415 98 15
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2 KPope 412 95 00
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3 CoenM 399 91 15
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88
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4 BeningoS 390 88 15
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5 Vicun-YAH 372 85 15
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6 Timm 352 82 00
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7 KonkelT 350 79 00
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8 MattK 326 75 15
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9 RobinJRichards 321 72 15
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10 alamble 319 69 15
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11 McGeeDean 311 66 15
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12 felsenheldd 309 62 15
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13 SokolM 296 59 15
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14 HoH 290 56 15
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15 DarthPace 277 53 15
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16 DouglasLovesVixey 274 50 15
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17 GarciaD 238 46 00
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18 HoodM 224 43 15
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19 GoodmanDL 222 40 00
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20 HortonR 210 37 15
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21 Tarn 193 33 00
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22 mwg 191 29 15
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22 Vendy12 191 29 15
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24 imogen 176 24 00
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25 Vintsanity 172 20 15
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26 JCEurovision 140 17 00
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27 KlionskyG 134 14 00
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28 ecpekkle 130 11 00
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29 ColeB 113 8 15
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30 DrSteveC 96 4 15
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31 LynchT 72 1 00
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Questions:

The 2020 Masters Tournament in golf is currently underway at Augusta National. Due to extenuating circumstances, this year's tournament is taking place in November. During what MONTH is the Masters normally held?

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April

Multiple choice. AC/DC's new album "Power Up" is released today (Fri.)! Which of the following is a line from a recent Kerang! story about the album: A) "Tender love ballad"; B) "Hope...will inspire kids to pick up a guitar"; C) "Axl Rose's contribution"; D) "Wide variety of musical styles"?

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B

A Google Video search was recently conducted using the term: "Rashida Jones, cable TV nightmare". The top result was a commercial for what German telecommunications company?

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T-Mobile

In this week's episode of the "Unspooled" podcast, hosts Paul Scheer and Amy Nicholson discussed what crime-comedy film? (attached cropped image from the film)

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Raising Arizona

On Wednesday, "The Kelly Clarkson Show" aired its "Voices of Service" episode in honor of Veterans Day. What television network broadcasts "The Kelly Clarkson Show"?

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NBC

What half of a name fills-in the blank in this recent Yahoo Sports headline: "Arsenal pulled apart in 3-0 defeat to _____ Villa"?

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Aston

Multiple choice: What is Carl Weathers' big accomplishment this month: A) Hiked the Appalachian Trail; B) Filmed a flashback scene for "Creed III", de-aging effects added in post-production; C) Directed a streamed episode of "The Mandalorian"; D) Became the third actor from the movie "Predator" to be elected governor of a state?

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C

Name the character that has been circled (in red) in both of these Instagram images from this past week.

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Rosita

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "Weekend in London", a live album by what R&B singer, known for his 1981 hit "Turn Your Love Around"?

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George Benson

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Iron Man / Ironman". Here we go. What comic book series, basis of an Amazon Prime television program of the same name, fills-in the blanks in this recent Screen Rant headline: "___ ____' Version Of Iron Man Led The Worst Superhero Team"?

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The Boys

Last weekend in Florida, Chris Nikic became the first person with Down syndrome to complete an Ironman Triathlon. How long (in miles) is the cycling portion of an Ironman Triathlon? (accept within 10)

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112 (accept 102 to 122)

On Wednesday night, the Country Music Association (CMA) presented its Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award to what singer, whom Jimmy Allen credits for paving the way for artists such as himself and Darius Rucker?

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Charley Pride