Lighter Side of the News (Apr. 19, 2024) by HallR

Champion(s):

helene
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.


Runner(s)-Up:

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #25-02

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 helene 400 95 15
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2 AnthonyBianca 320 85 15
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3 CoenM 285 75 00
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4 DFisher 235 65 00
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5 KonkelT 220 55 15
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6 SokolM 205 45 15
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7 JCEurovision 190 35 15
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8 HoH 175 25 00
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9 KPope 170 15 15
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10 LynchT 95 5 15
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Questions:

The Jewish holiday of Passover begins this upcoming Monday night. In recognition, name the producer/director of the 1956 film "The Ten Commandments".

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Cecil B. DeMille

What flying object fills-in the blank in this recent CNN headline: "Lithuanian ______ thrower Mykolas Alekna breaks longest standing men’s track and field world record"?

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Discus

New episodes of the television game show "Let's Make a Deal" aired this week. What network broadcasts "Let's Make a Deal"?

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CBS

The Indiana Fever had the #1 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, which took place on Monday. That said, the name of what Midwestern raised woman has been redacted in this screenshot?

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Peggy Lee (who did you think it would be? 😉)

The anticipated drama film "Challengers" debuts in the U.S. next week. In "Challengers" Zendaya portrays a coach who was formerly a player in what sport?

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Tennis

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "Dark Matter", the twelfth studio album for what rock band, known for such previous albums as "Vs.", "Vitalogy" and "Yield"?

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Pearl Jam

The attached image was taken from a recent episode of what YouTube talk show?

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Hot Ones

What city fills-in the blank in this recent BBC headline: "Borussia ________ 4-2 Atletíco Madrid (Agg: 5-4): German side edge Champions League thriller"?

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Dortmund

The attached Google search is inspired by a certain highly publicized product that goes on sale today (Fri.). Give the AGE (in years) in which the person, whose name is shaded in blue in the attached search, died of a severe fever? (accept within 7 years)

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36 (accept 29 to 43)

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Spoofs". Here we go. "Freddie Highmore Spoofs Infamous Willy Wonka Immersive Fan Event on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’", reads a recent headline from the Hollywood Reporter. The aforementioned Willy Wonka fan event took place in what Scottish city?

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Glasgow

Multiple choice. Which of these film franchises does NOT currently have a cinematic reboot in the works: A) Airplane!; B) The Naked Gun: C) Scary Movie?

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A

This week, the NHL Board of Governors voted in favor for what team to relocate to Salt Lake City, beginning at the 2024-25 season?

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Coyotes