Lighter Side of the News (Aug. 12, 2022) by HallR

Champion(s):

CoenM
And, it's moist!

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


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Quiz Description

Quiz - #18-05

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1 AnthonyBianca 397 93 15
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1 CoenM 397 93 15
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3 alamble 342 83 00
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4 GoodmanDL 298 73 15
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4 casketromance 298 73 15
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6 KonkelT 292 63 15
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7 felsenheldd 244 56 15
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8 Tarn 237 50 00
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9 SokolM 234 43 00
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10 HoH 228 36 15
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11 KCrest 222 30 00
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12 DouglasLovesVixey 172 23 00
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13 Vintsanity 159 16 00
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14 LynchT 139 10 00
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15 JCEurovision 105 3 00
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Questions:

Matches for the 2022-23 English Premier League (EPL) season began this past week. In honor, name a current EPL soccer club located in the city of Liverpool, other than Liverpool F.C.

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Everton

Today (Fri.) Marks the release of "Chaos in Bloom", the thirteenth studio album for what band best known for their iconic 1998 song "Iris"?

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Goo Goo Dolls

"A League of Their Own", a new television series based on the 1992 film, debuts today (Fri.). "A League of Their Own" (2022) is available on what streaming service?

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Amazon Prime

What five-letter food product has been redacted in this screenshot taken from a current commercial?

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Bacon

"Password", the latest incarnation of the classic television game show, debuted this week. What network currently broadcasts "Password" (2022)?

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NBC

50/50 tossup. The action film "Bullet Train" is now playing. According to Rotten Tomatoes, how do critics rate "Bullet Train": Rotten or Fresh?

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Rotten

What surname fills-in the blank in this recent headline from NASCAR.com: "Kevin _______ breaks 65-race drought, wins Cup race at Michigan"?

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Harvick

What four-letter name has been redacted in this current image?

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Styx

50/50 tossup. Which D'Amelio TikTok sister is celebrating her 21st birthday today (Fri.): Charli or Dixie?

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Dixie

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Out of Oklahoma". Here we go. Published this week, a new biography by David Maraniss examines the life of what man who was born in Oklahoma in 1887 and spent several days in Sweden some decades later?

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Jim Thorpe

What title fills-in the blanks in this recent headline from WAMU: "'___________ ____,' now in Season 2, remains one of the most original shows on TV"?

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Reservation Dogs

Recently, on "The Rewatchables" podcast, the panel discussed what 1987 film titled after a Beatles song and that featured a young Patrick Dempsey?

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Can't Buy Me Love