Lighter Side of the News (Jan. 01, 2021🎉) by HallR

Champion(s):

Matto
Who knew we had 8000 salad plates?


Runner(s)-Up:

HortonR
Excelsior!


Quiz Description

Quiz - #11-12

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 30 17 57 40 54 74 90 34 14 67 40 34
1 Matto 390 98 00
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2 HortonR 382 95 15
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34
3 GoodmanDL 378 91 15
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67
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34
4 MattK 350 88 15
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90
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5 felsenheldd 342 85 15
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67
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6 AnthonyBianca 333 81 15
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67
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7 alamble 327 78 15
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8 Vendy12 317 75 15
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9 groug 304 71 00
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10 CoenM 299 68 15
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11 HoodM 271 65 15
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12 KCrest 252 61 15
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13 SokolM 247 58 15
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14 ecpekkle 240 55 00
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15 imogen 235 51 15
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16 helene 228 48 15
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17 KPope 226 45 15
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18 GarciaD 225 41 15
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19 RobinJRichards 223 38 15
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20 HoH 211 35 15
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21 BeningoS 210 31 15
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22 JCEurovision 198 28 15
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23 DMTsurel 197 23 00
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23 KonkelT 197 23 15
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25 ElendilPickle 180 16 00
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25 jveditz 180 16 00
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27 Tarn 177 11 00
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28 LynchT 102 8 00
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29 DouglasLovesVixey 61 5 00
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30 KlionskyG 60 1 15
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Questions:

Happy New Year! Today, the 107th Rose Bowl is being played between Alabama and Notre Dame at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This will be the first Rose Bowl played outside Pasadena, California since what year? (accept within 3 years)

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1942 (accept 1939 to 1945)

The drama film "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" was recently released on Netflix. "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" is based on a play by what playwright?

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August Wilson

The final season of the television sitcom "Last Man Standing" will debut this Sunday night. "Last Man Standing" is set in what landlocked western U.S. state?

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Colorado

The name of what member of the Traveling Wilburys has been redacted in this tweet from Wednesday?

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Jeff Lynne

50/50 tossup. Crooner Michael Buble continues to make waves with his latest Christmas season musical releases. The letter "e" in "Buble" is spelled with: l'accent aigu or l'accent grave?

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l'accent aigu

The planned big swim meet question has been cancelled, because it's too cold. Instead please answer: Which swimming STROKE is the first stroke raced in the order of an Individual Medley event?

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Butterfly

Time for an audio clip! Give the FIRST NAME of the character, one of several voices heard in this audio clip, who will be honored with a special day tomorrow (Sat.)?

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Jan

What television network fills-in the blank in this recent headline from The Spun: "___ Reportedly Decides On Tony Romo’s Week 17 Assignment"?

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CBS

This past week, the reality competition television series "The Masked Dancer" made its debut. What network broadcasts "The Masked Dancer"?

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Fox

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Movies from 1988-89". Here we go. What make and model of automobile (2 words), in production since 1964, fills-in the blanks in this recent CNBC headline: "Chevy Chase recreates ‘Christmas Vacation’ scene in new ____ _______ Mach-E ad"?

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Ford Mustang

Multiple choice. Which of the options seen in this montage contains the title of Taylor Swift's latest #1 hit single?

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D

The science fiction film "Midnight Sky" was recently released on Netflix. What man is both the director and star of "Midnight Sky"?

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George Clooney