Lighter Side of the News (Oct. 18, 2019) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

gregariouschinchilla
Rufio! Rufio! Rufioooooooo!


Quiz Description

Quiz - #07-01

Full Results:

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1 AnthonyBianca 395 98 15
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2 gregariouschinchilla 380 96 15
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3 PipkeR 375 93 15
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4 quarterrican 372 91 00
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5 KonkelT 361 89 15
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6 AdamLevin18 358 86 00
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7 CoenM 345 82 15
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7 MattK 345 82 15
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9 HortonR 337 79 15
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10 felsenheldd 316 76 15
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11 RautY 311 74 00
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12 akambour 310 71 15
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13 ElendilPickle 309 69 00
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14 JCEurovision 306 67 15
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15 Matto 305 64 15
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16 GarciaD 304 62 00
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17 ecpekkle 303 58 00
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17 Commodore 303 58 00
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19 SokolM 294 54 00
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20 Vendy12 288 52 15
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21 HumbabaORiley 287 50 00
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22 MoyseyC 282 47 00
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23 casketromance 281 45 15
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24 Tarn 274 42 00
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25 KPope 253 40 15
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26 BringMoreLegos 252 37 00
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27 BradarichP 250 35 00
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28 HoodM 247 32 00
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29 MitchellWA 237 29 00
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29 brando3429 237 29 00
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31 helene 225 25 00
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32 LynchT 217 23 00
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33 imogen 215 20 00
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34 ArunH 214 18 00
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35 gaufqwi 190 15 00
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36 Faith 187 13 00
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37 Michalle 167 10 00
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38 FauxD 165 8 00
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39 Vintsanity 140 6 00
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40 DouglasLovesVixey 124 3 00
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41 colleenw 97 1 00
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Questions:

On Tuesday night, the Washington Nationals swept the St. Louis Cardinals (4 wins to 0) to play in the franchise's first World Series. Who is the manager of the Washington Nationals?

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Dave Martinez

A Google News search was recently conducted using the term: "Kanye West Pop Up". Many of the resulting headlines from this search mentioned which day of the week?

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Sunday

What name fills-in the blank in the title of this film that opens nationwide today (Fri.): "__________: Mistress of Evil"?

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Maleficent

Multiple choice. This past week, a classic Beatles album jumped to #3 on the Billboard 200 chart (Oct. 12). Which Beatles album is this: A) Abbey Road; B) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band; C) Revolver?

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A

What two-digit number has been redacted in this recent photo? (accept within 3)

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40 (accept 37 to 43)

After two weeks, the psychological thriller film "Joker" has exceeded expectations at the box office. In "Joker", Robert De Niro plays Murray Franklin. What is Franklin's occupation?

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Talk Show Host

This Saturday, at Goodison Park, Everton will play a home soccer match against West Ham United. Goodison Park is located in what city?

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Liverpool

Of the people seen in this recent posted photo, which one just joined Instagram this past week?

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Jennifer Aniston

"Raising Hell" was the title of Thursday night's episode of what CW network dark fantasy television series which recently began its 15th and final season?

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Supernatural

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "One of the Guys Doesn't Talk". Here we go. What word fills-in the blank in this recent headline from Bustle: "Will 'Penn & Teller: ____ Us' Return For Season 7? It's A One Of A Kind Show"?

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Fool

A courtroom and Mooby's are just two of the locations depicted in the long anticipated recently released movie featuring what TWO title characters?

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Jay and Silent Bob

Angela Lansbury of "Murder She Wrote..." fame celebrated her birthday this past Wednesday. How old (in years) is Angela Lansbury? (accept within 2)

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94 (accept 92 to 96)