Lighter Side of the News (Mar. 08, 2024) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

casketromance
Oath of the Goat


Quiz Description

Quiz - #24-09

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 37 55 10 46 91 28 46 55 46 55 73 82
1 AnthonyBianca 428 95 15
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2 casketromance 371 86 15
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82
3 CoenM 362 77 15
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4 HoH 322 68 15
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5 gaufqwi 242 59 15
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6 ChrisRosenberg 181 50 15
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7 LynchT 171 40 15
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8 DFisher 167 31 00
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9 JCEurovision 156 22 00
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10 SokolM 101 13 00
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11 Timm 73 4 00
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Questions:

The 96th Academy Awards is this Sunday night! ⭐ In honor, answer: The attached audio montage comes from a March 25th broadcast in what YEAR?

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1991

Multiple choice. Which of these NBA teams currently has a winning record for the 2023-24 season: A) Grizzlies; B) Hawks; C) Knicks; D) Rockets?

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C

A new episode of the reality competition television program "Deal or No Deal Island" will air tonight (Fri.). What network broadcasts "Deal or No Deal Island"?

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NBC

What band fills-in the blanks in this recent headline from Billboard: "___ ______ _______ & Michael McDonald Are Reuniting for First Album in 44 Years"?

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The Doobie Brothers

The name of what major movie studio has been redacted in this recent image?

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Warner Bros.

The political satire television miniseries "The Regime" debuted this week on HBO. What Academy Award winning actress plays the chancellor of a fictional European nation in "The Regime"?

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Kate Winslet

Multiple choice. "The Mandrake Project", the latest studio album from singer Bruce Dickinson, was released last weekend. What genre of music is "The Mandrake Project": A) Traditional Pop; B) Blues; C) Country; D) Heavy Metal?

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D

The attached photo was taken last Saturday in what Middle Eastern nation?

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Bahrain

What Dutch city fills-in the blank in this recent headline from BVB Buzz: "PSV _________ vs Borussia Dortmund: Champions League preview"?

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Eindhoven

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Starbucks Favorites". Here we go. According to a recent story from Eat This, Not That!, Starbucks baristas often recommend an iced brown sugar shaken espresso that comes with, per the name of the drink, what non-dairy option?

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Oatmilk

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "Visions", the latest studio album for what easy listening jazzy singer-songwriter; popular with Starbucks CD buyers and Grammy voters during the 2000s?

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Norah Jones

A recent Vanity Fair photoshoot featured actresses Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning and Cailee Spaeny. What other woman, who appeared in a film mentioned in the Question #1 audio clip, posed alongside them?

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Sofia Coppola