Mystery Theme by BruceM

Champion(s):

RautY
The machines are winning


Runner(s)-Up:

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Quiz Description

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Money Value (% Incorrect): 42 71 30 42 42 76 30 74 27 71 66 76 69 30 27 93
1 RautY 600 98 15
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2 AnthonyBianca 508 96 15
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3 CoenM 500 93 15
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4 VenguswamyK 471 91 15
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5 DreyfusB 451 89 00
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6 ChrisRosenberg 450 86 15
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7 EggCzar 425 84 00
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8 HightB 421 81 15
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9 GoodmanDL 416 79 00
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10 akambour 392 76 15
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11 KosmanJ 381 74 00
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12 MurphyCD 369 70 15
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12 Tarn 369 70 15
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14 RaskTM 365 67 15
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15 quarterrican 364 64 15
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16 PipkeR 362 62 15
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17 FauxD 356 59 15
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18 MatherV 355 56 00
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18 KPope 355 56 00
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20 RichmondJ 354 52 00
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21 TheLuggage 347 50 15
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22 HKV 342 47 15
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23 BrochinS 340 45 15
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24 randalleng 336 42 15
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25 TimL 323 40 15
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26 MoyseyC 321 37 15
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27 WeinbergD 307 35 15
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28 SykesS 305 32 00
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29 BIngram 300 30 00
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30 MitchellWA 294 28 00
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31 DouglasLovesVixey 290 25 15
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32 Michalle 285 23 00
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33 SizemoreM 264 20 15
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34 Commodore 261 18 00
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35 SokolM 245 15 00
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36 BringMoreLegos 240 13 15
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37 ArunH 201 10 00
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38 Shosin 198 8 15
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39 BartholowJ 171 6 00
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40 DFisher 168 3 00
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41 SaraNorcott 146 1 00
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Questions:

Name this cinematic canine. (We want the dog's name, not the movie title. Hint: His name is also an irregular, past-tense verb.)

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Dug

A pillar box not far from 221B Baker Street is the demesne of which eyepatched secret agent, who works for Colonel K and is assisted by Penfold? A birthday party themed on this cartoon character comes up in the Onion article, "Cool Dad Raising Daughter On Media That Will Put Her Entirely Out Of Touch With Her Generation."

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Danger Mouse

Either of two answers is acceptable. Name either of the two people in this October 2018 photo. She's 4'11" and he's 7'3"; good thing we aren't all so extreme in height.

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Kristin Chenowith; Boban Marjanović

"So tonight gotta leave that nine to five upon the shelf
And just enjoy yourself."

That lyrical advice comes from which Michael Jackson song? This top ten hit was released in 1980 from the album of the same name.

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Off the Wall

Who was the winning boxer in the March 1971 "Fight of the Century" at Madison Square Garden? He won a unanimous decision shortly after flattening his opponent with a left hook in the 15th round. He would lose both of the rematches later that decade.

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Joe Frazier

Which restaurant owner (and notorious segregationist) succeeded Carl Sanders as governor of Georgia in 1967, three years after menacing black would-be customers with an ax handle? He held office until 1971; Jimmy Carter was after him.

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Lester Maddox

Although most people think of Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms as the "three B's" of classical composition, Peter Cornelius originated that expression in reference to Bach, Beethoven, and which French Romantic composer of Harold in Italy and Symphonie Fantastique?

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Hector Berlioz

Cherry Seaborn is the wife of which singer, previously romantically linked to Athina Andrelos (who now works for Jamie Oliver Ltd.) and Nina Nesbitt (who supposedly inspired the song "Photograph")?

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Ed Sheeran

As a rookie, Kansas City Chiefs' wunderkind quarterback Pat Mahomes sat on the bench for most of the 2017 season, behind what starting quarterback whom the Chiefs subsequently traded to Washington?

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Alex Smith

In the film It's a Wonderful Life, George Bailey comes home after a bad day and yells at his daughter for continually playing which Christmas carol on the piano? Near the end of the film, a gathering of Bailey's friends/supporters sing a medley of this song with Auld Lang Syne.

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Hark the Herald Angels Sing

"Where are you going?"
"Where are
you going?"
"I was following you."
"I was following you... all right, don't tell anyone this happened, okay?"

That exchange between Josh and Sam occurs in the fourth episode of which TV series?

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The West Wing

"Walkin' about, even in a crowd, well You'll pick her out, makes a bloke feel so proud"

Those lyrics are the chorus of which 1965 Herman's Hermits song?

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Mrs. Brown, You've Got A Lovely Daughter

What web site was co-founded by Jeremy Stoppelman‎ ‎Russel Simmons, former PayPal employees? The California Supreme Court held earlier this year that businesses cannot force this site to remove content; it has between 100 and 200 million of the type of content for which it is best known.

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Yelp

Yuki Kawauchi is the most recent male winner, and Lelisa Desisa the most recent repeat winner, of what American event held every April? Desisa's first win at this event came in 2013 and was tragically overshadowed. Meanwhile, two weeks ago Desisa was the men's winner of an annual event that takes place about 200 miles southwest of this event.

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Boston Marathon

Two answers required. If you undertook a late 14th or early 15th century journey (let's say well after the Black Death but before 1453) southwest between the endpoints depicted here, by what two city names would you refer to your origin and destination cities, respectively?

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Constantinople; Timbuktu

Say, say, the questions on this quiz are inspired by the words of which classic children's book? I could ask you tomorrow, but if you're about to hit submit then I do need your answer today.

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