Lighter Side of the News (Jan. 11, 2018) by HallR

Champion(s):

MilesTeg
Nobody exists on purpose, nobody belongs anywhere, everybody's gonna die. Come watch TV.


Runner(s)-Up:

MattK
Ready. Fire. Aim.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #03-13

Full Results:

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1 MilesTeg 408 99 15
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2 MattK 383 97 00
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3 UllspergerA 371 95 15
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4 Crow-T-Robot 363 93 15
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5 DreierR 356 91 15
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6 akambour 353 90 15
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7 ElendilPickle 348 87 15
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7 ChrisRosenberg 348 87 15
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9 Commodore 347 84 15
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10 Nicole 343 83 15
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11 PipkeR 342 81 15
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12 gregariouschinchilla 341 79 15
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13 CoenM 339 76 15
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13 RauscherM 339 76 15
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15 denise517 338 74 15
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16 quarterrican 324 72 15
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17 BringMoreLegos 321 70 15
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18 heystephen 318 68 15
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19 reallydumb4real 317 66 15
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20 jnowell 311 65 15
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21 AmmermanA 310 63 15
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22 MatherV 309 61 15
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23 MoyseyC 300 59 15
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24 HoH 296 58 00
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25 RalliP 294 56 15
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26 KreitzerJ 293 54 00
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27 BeningoS 288 51 15
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27 petkunm 288 51 15
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29 brando3429 281 49 00
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30 Jecrwin 280 47 00
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31 RJRouge 274 45 00
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32 KPope 270 43 15
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33 SokolM 261 41 15
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34 helene 255 40 15
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35 GarciaD 252 38 00
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36 ShampooCell 248 36 00
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37 Vendy12 244 34 15
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38 gaufqwi 233 33 00
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39 ADSanchez 211 31 15
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40 NatashaBB 208 29 15
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41 Svoyager-11 192 27 15
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42 Tarn 189 25 00
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43 SizemoreM 179 24 15
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44 GoodmanDL 166 22 15
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45 EggCzar 165 20 00
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46 MatchenD 162 17 00
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48 Vicun-YAH 161 14 00
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48 JCEurovision 161 14 00
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50 Michalle 155 11 00
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51 MitchellWA 154 9 00
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52 Vintsanity 142 8 15
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53 DouglasLovesVixey 134 6 00
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54 LynchT 91 4 00
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55 JennyV 86 2 00
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56 ArunH 0 1 00
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Questions:

The Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs is this weekend. What AFC South team is playing the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday?

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Indianapolis Colts

The title of what horror film currently playing in theaters fills-in the blanks in this Wikipedia description: "after solving the puzzle, a clue invites them to the Minos ______ ____ Facility for a chance at $10,000"?

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Escape Room

This past week, Christian Pulisic made history by becoming the "most expensive American player" in soccer. In a transfer worth €64 million, Pulisic will be joining what English Premier League club?

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Chelsea

The second season of the 1958-set television series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" was recently released on Amazon Prime. What provocative real-life figure, who appears as a character in the series, was eulogized by writer Dick Schaap with the line: "One last four-letter word for (redacted): Dead. At forty. That's obscene."?

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Lenny Bruce

The annual Golden Globe Awards were held last Sunday night. The title of what Golden Globe winning film currently playing in theaters has been redacted in the image seen here?

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Green Book

Multiple choice. A South African woman named Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters has been causing some media buzz lately, especially on sports-related websites. Nel-Peters is a: A) Video game designer; B) Singer; C) Swimmer; D) Former Miss Universe?

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D

On this week's edition of WWE's "Monday Night Raw", Hulk Hogan reappeared to give a 3-minute long tribute to the late "Mean" Gene Okerlund. How times did Hogan say the word "brother" during this tribute? (accept within 4)

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9 (accept 5 to 13)

On Wednesday night, a new episode ("The Most Terrible Thing") from the fifth season of the television series "Vikings" aired in the U.S. What cable channel broadcasts "Vikings"?

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History

Multiple choice. Singer Lauren Daigle currently holds the top two positions on what Billboard chart: A) Hot Latin Songs; B) Hot Country Songs; C) Hot Christian Songs?

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C

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "One Rumored Dodger and One Fake Dodger". Here we go. The name of what highly coveted MLB free agent slugger fills-in the blanks in this recent headline from Yahoo Sports: "_____ ______ really likes the idea of signing with the Dodgers"?

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Bryce Harper

Trailers for an upcoming biographical film starring Welsh actor Taron Egerton are now playing. As seen in this redacted still, who does Egerton play in this film?

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Elton John

Though she admits that she does not fit the image expected, actress Kate Hudson has been making media rounds lately as the brand ambassador for WW. WW is the company formerly known by what name?

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Weight Watchers