Lighter Side of the News (Sep. 30, 2022) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

ecpekkle


Quiz Description

Quiz - #18-12

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 67 62 39 23 00 78 17 50 39 67 50 23
1 AnthonyBianca 460 97 15
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2 ecpekkle 364 91 00
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39
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67
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3 alamble 339 86 00
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62
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67
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4 CoenM 333 80 15
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5 HoH 318 75 00
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6 helene 317 69 00
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 291 63 00
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8 KashyapN 278 58 00
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9 KCrest 272 52 15
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10 JCEurovision 246 47 00
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11 KPope 242 41 15
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12 Tarn 213 36 00
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13 EggCzar 197 30 15
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14 gaufqwi 196 25 15
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15 LynchT 160 19 00
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16 DFisher 150 11 00
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16 Vintsanity 150 11 00
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18 SokolM 115 2 00
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23

Questions:

"Best of My Love", "Brand New Key", "Sister Christian" and "The Touch" are songs from what 1997 film that was the subject of this week's two part episode of "The Rewatchables" podcast?

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Boogie Nights

What surname fills-in the blank in this recent headline from Tennis.com: "Roger Federer's _____ Cup Sendoff Represented Everything That Made His Career One-of-a-Kind"?

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Laver

The 31st season of the competition television series "Dancing With the Stars" debuted this month. Formerly aired on ABC, "Dancing With the Stars" is now available on what streaming service?

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Disney+

The name of what director and supporting performer has been redacted in this recent image?

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Olivia Wilde

The Season 6 premiere of the sitcom television series "Young Sheldon" aired on Thursday night. What network broadcasts "Young Sheldon"?

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CBS

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "Fossora", the latest studio album for what female avant garde singer, known for such previous albums as "Utopia", "Vespertine" and "Homogenic"?

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Björk

50/50 tossup. Which team won last night's game for NFL's "Thursday Night Football" (Sep. 29): Bengals or Dolphins?

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Bengals

What corporate name has been redacted in this recent television screenshot?

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Capital One

What COLOR fills-in both of the blanks in this recent headline from Billboard: "BLACK____'s 'Born ____' Debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart"?

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Pink

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Lesser-Known Shakespeare". Here we go. The Shakespeare play "King John" is currently in production in the city of Ashland, which is located in what U.S. state?

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Oregon

Multiple choice. What indie-rock band is releasing their latest album "The Will to Live" today (Fri.): A) Cymbeline; B) Measure for Measure; C) Pericles, Prince of Tyre; D) Titus Andronicus?

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D

The 2022 MLB regular season wraps up this weekend. As of Friday morning (Sep. 30), how many home runs has Aaron Judge hit this year?

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61