Alpaca Farm (beta)

Lighter Side of the News (Oct. 11, 2019) by HallR

Champion(s):

casketromance
Oath of the Goat

Runner(s)-Up:

quarterrican

Quiz Description

Quiz - #06-13

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 16 16 27 16 87 64 53 44 14 31 48 24
1 casketromance 360 98 15
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2 quarterrican 342 96 15
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3 MoyseyC 336 94 15
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4 Michalle 334 91 15
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4 BarthR 334 91 15
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6 Commodore 323 88 15
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7 GarciaD 319 85 15
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8 MilesTeg 316 83 15
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9 CarthyP 304 80 15
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9 AnthonyBianca 304 80 15
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11 SingerJ2 303 77 15
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12 TWright17 302 75 15
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13 Tarn 298 72 15
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14 gaufqwi 273 70 15
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15 MitchellWA 261 68 15
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16 HortonR 258 66 15
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17 heystephen 256 61 15
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17 StanleyP 256 61 00
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17 KPope 256 61 15
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20 KesslerA2 255 57 15
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21 SokolM 254 55 15
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22 MParks 252 53 00
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23 ecpekkle 244 51 15
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24 BringMoreLegos 241 46 15
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24 SizemoreM 241 46 15
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24 GoodmanDL 241 46 15
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27 ElendilPickle 240 41 15
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27 HoH 240 41 15
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29 jnowell 237 38 15
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30 FauxD 222 34 15
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30 petkunm 222 34 15
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32 WatskyA 220 31 00
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33 HumbabaORiley 217 29 15
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34 HoodM 211 27 15
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35 griffism 209 25 15
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36 MattK 208 22 15
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37 Vendy12 201 20 15
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38 colleenw 199 18 15
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39 JCEurovision 194 16 15
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40 PSUrose 180 14 00
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41 ShampooCell 175 11 15
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42 KreitzerJ 167 9 15
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43 MortimerN 150 7 00
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44 Atomiccoffey 131 5 00
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45 ArunH 91 3 15
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46 DouglasLovesVixey 44 1 00
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Questions:

Question 1

A Google News search was conducted on Monday using the term "South Park NBA". The top results for this search were all stories that mentioned what nation?

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China

Question 2

"E uhi ana ka wa I hala I na mea I hala" is the title of tonight's (Fri.) episode of what CBS television series which recently started its 10th season? (edited at 6:52 pm, October 11, 2019 (EDT))

Click to Reveal Answer
Hawaii Five-O

Question 3

After five weeks of play in the 2019 NFL season, name ONE of the four teams that are currently winless. (Note: as of 10/11)

Click to Reveal Answer
Bengals, Dolphins, Jets, Redskins

Question 4

The much anticipated "Breaking Bad" film is released on Netflix today (Fri.). Subtitled "A Breaking Bad Movie", what is the main title of this film? (Attached image is a hint)

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Click to Reveal Answer
El Camino

Question 5

Multiple choice. Today (Fri.), the band The Devil Wears Prada releases their seventh studio album, titled "The Act". According to Wikipedia, The Devil Wears Prada plays what genre of music: A) Shoegaze; B) Britpop; C) Nu-disco; D) Christian Metal?

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D

Question 6

A major international sporting competition finished up last weekend in Doha, Qatar. This competition was the biennial "Championships" for what major Olympic sport?

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Track and Field (Athletics)

Question 7

50/50 tossup. The animated film "The Addams Family", the latest installment for the venerable franchise, opens nationwide today (Fri.). Who is OLDER, the voice actor/actress who plays Wednesday or Pugsley?

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Wednesday

Question 8

Artist Dave Quiggle currently has a collection of prints and engravings on sale at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. The print (cropped) seen here is dedicated to what fictional character?

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Click to Reveal Answer
Ron Swanson

Question 9

Paste magazine recently released their top 100 albums of the 2010s. At #32 was "Random Access Memoroes" (2013), containing the track "Get Lucky", by what electricic music duo?

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Daft Punk

Question 10

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Biblical Names & Sports Writers". Here we go. The name of what MLB team fills-in the blank in this recent opinion piece from the Houston chronicle: "Solomon: ____ were — look it up —‘Verlandered’"? (Hint: Team that played against the Astros)

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Rays

Question 11

Last weekend, Amazon Prime released the third season of what legal drama television series, which shares its name with a figure depicted in the Book of Samuel who is frequently invoked by sports writers?

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Goliath

Question 12

Today (Fri.) is the birthday of rapper Cardi B. How old (in years) is Cardi B.? (accept within 3)

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27 (accept 24 to 30)