For the better part of a decade, I've been a part time trivia host at a few local bars, and have written a couple thousand trivia questions for these events. Our regulars are in general above average trivia players, but nevertheless, every now and then a question stumps everyone. Whether it's because the question was particularly difficult, the crowd was particularly small, or everyone that night was particularly dim, I can't say. But I thought this would be a good place to give them another go, as we have a lot of fiendishly smart people, as well as a wider audience. Beyond having a 0% get rate when I initially asked them, there is no category or theme to any of these. See if you can outsmart my regulars. [Note: After the first two rounds of this quiz, my suspicions are confirmed that these are particularly difficult questions. In general they are meant to be; we work on a progressive difficulty level system in each round, and these are almost always late-round questions for a particularly smart crowd. Nevertheless, if I were to rewrite some of these old quizzes today, I would probably alter many of these questions to give more of a clue (an opinion I held on many before posting them here, but a bit more so now).]
Rank | Player | Total | %ile | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Money Value (% Incorrect): | 50 | 25 | 68 | 84 | 82 | 77 | 47 | 45 | 62 | 94 | 87 | 71 | |||
1 | Rhea428 | 499 | 99 |
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15 68 |
15 84 |
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15 62 |
15 94 |
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15 71 |
2 | MyrowitzJ | 492 | 97 |
15 |
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15 68 |
00 |
15 |
15 77 |
15 47 |
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15 94 |
15 |
15 71 |
3 | tara | 469 | 96 |
15 |
15 |
00 |
15 84 |
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15 |
15 45 |
15 62 |
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15 87 |
15 71 |
4 | LuskT | 449 | 94 |
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15 68 |
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15 82 |
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15 47 |
15 45 |
15 |
00 |
15 87 |
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5 | UllspergerA | 448 | 93 |
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15 68 |
15 84 |
15 82 |
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15 47 |
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15 62 |
00 |
00 |
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6 | ChernicoffS | 434 | 91 |
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15 68 |
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15 82 |
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15 |
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15 62 |
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15 87 |
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7 | Kloefkorn | 420 | 90 |
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15 25 |
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15 82 |
15 77 |
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15 45 |
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15 |
15 71 |
8 | KroegerJ | 410 | 88 |
15 50 |
15 |
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15 77 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
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15 71 |
9 | Sean | 350 | 86 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
15 68 |
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15 45 |
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15 87 |
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10 | DoyleE | 343 | 85 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
00 |
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15 77 |
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15 45 |
00 |
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15 71 |
11 | WalkerAJ | 335 | 83 |
15 50 |
15 |
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15 77 |
15 47 |
00 00 |
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15 |
15 71 |
12 | KreitzerJ | 325 | 82 |
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15 25 |
15 68 |
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15 82 |
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00 00 |
15 45 |
15 |
00 |
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13 | GrahamJ | 317 | 80 |
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15 |
15 68 |
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15 82 |
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15 47 |
15 45 |
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13 | WareD | 317 | 80 |
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15 68 |
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15 82 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
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00 00 |
15 | OlewnickB | 307 | 77 |
15 50 |
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15 68 |
15 84 |
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15 45 |
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00 00 |
16 | SorensonG | 306 | 75 |
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15 68 |
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15 77 |
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15 |
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15 71 |
16 | AdamKing | 306 | 75 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
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15 77 |
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15 94 |
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18 | HomerS | 296 | 73 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
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00 00 |
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15 |
15 45 |
15 |
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15 71 |
19 | KaufmanK | 293 | 70 |
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15 25 |
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00 00 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
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15 71 |
19 | EverettJ | 293 | 70 |
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15 25 |
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00 00 |
15 77 |
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15 45 |
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15 71 |
21 | RautY | 287 | 68 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
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00 00 |
15 77 |
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15 45 |
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22 | Vintsanity | 284 | 65 |
00 00 |
15 25 |
15 68 |
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15 45 |
15 |
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15 71 |
22 | NathanL | 284 | 65 |
15 |
15 25 |
15 68 |
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00 00 |
15 45 |
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15 71 |
22 | KleinJ | 284 | 65 |
00 |
15 25 |
15 |
00 |
00 00 |
15 77 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
00 |
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25 | MatherV | 279 | 62 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
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15 84 |
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00 |
15 |
15 45 |
00 |
00 |
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00 00 |
26 | VenguswamyK | 266 | 60 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
00 00 |
15 84 |
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15 47 |
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27 | BeningoS | 263 | 59 |
00 00 |
15 25 |
00 |
00 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
00 |
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15 71 |
28 | MoyseyC | 260 | 57 |
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15 25 |
15 68 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
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29 | OrrenH | 253 | 55 |
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15 84 |
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15 47 |
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15 62 |
00 |
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29 | JonesRW | 253 | 55 |
15 50 |
15 25 |
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15 47 |
00 00 |
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15 71 |
31 | ElendilPickle | 239 | 53 |
15 50 |
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15 82 |
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15 47 |
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15 |
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32 | WattsR | 219 | 51 |
15 50 |
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15 62 |
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33 | AinslieM | 214 | 50 |
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15 25 |
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15 84 |
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15 45 |
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34 | randalleng | 207 | 47 |
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15 25 |
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15 77 |
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15 45 |
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34 | LiptonM | 207 | 47 |
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15 25 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
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36 | HallR | 192 | 45 |
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15 25 |
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15 47 |
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37 | RosenbergR | 187 | 43 |
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15 82 |
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15 45 |
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38 | OBrienJ | 186 | 42 |
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15 25 |
00 00 |
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15 45 |
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15 71 |
39 | BregantJessie | 179 | 40 |
00 |
15 25 |
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15 47 |
00 00 |
15 62 |
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00 00 |
40 | MyersB | 178 | 39 |
15 |
00 00 |
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15 47 |
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15 71 |
41 | cruzich | 177 | 37 |
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15 25 |
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00 00 |
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15 47 |
15 45 |
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42 | Shosin | 169 | 36 |
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00 00 |
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15 47 |
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15 62 |
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00 00 |
43 | LeeS | 162 | 33 |
15 |
15 25 |
00 00 |
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15 77 |
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00 00 |
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43 | EdwardsT | 162 | 33 |
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15 25 |
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15 47 |
15 45 |
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45 | ChrisRosenberg | 157 | 31 |
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15 77 |
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46 | oldschoolways | 154 | 30 |
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15 84 |
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47 | RichmondJ | 152 | 28 |
00 00 |
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00 00 |
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15 45 |
15 62 |
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48 | BillPennington | 142 | 26 |
15 50 |
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00 00 |
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15 62 |
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49 | Bup | 140 | 25 |
15 50 |
00 00 |
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15 45 |
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50 | GoodmanDL | 139 | 23 |
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15 25 |
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15 84 |
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00 00 |
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51 | Warek | 138 | 22 |
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15 25 |
15 68 |
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52 | CainM | 137 | 20 |
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53 | SochackiA | 132 | 19 |
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54 | akambour | 122 | 17 |
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15 47 |
15 45 |
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55 | quarterrican | 102 | 16 |
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15 25 |
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15 47 |
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56 | WatsonG | 100 | 14 |
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15 45 |
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57 | RossS | 97 | 13 |
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15 82 |
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58 | milton | 92 | 11 |
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15 62 |
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59 | JCEurovision | 70 | 10 |
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60 | Tarn | 40 | 6 |
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15 25 |
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60 | AllardM | 40 | 6 |
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15 25 |
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60 | BradburnA | 40 | 6 |
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15 25 |
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63 | WeaverR | 0 | 2 |
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63 | SaferMR | 0 | 2 |
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00 00 |
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63 | JacobyJ | 0 | 2 |
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