Lighter Side of the News (Dec. 20, 2019) by HallR

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

heystephen


Quiz Description

Quiz - #07-10

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 35 27 37 57 30 66 42 32 57 44 22 66
1 GoodmanDL 387 98 15
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2 heystephen 360 96 15
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3 KesslerA2 350 93 15
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4 AnthonyBianca 342 90 15
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4 KPope 342 90 00
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6 BarthR 334 86 15
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7 Commodore 332 84 00
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8 TWright17 330 81 00
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9 casketromance 329 79 00
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10 RautY 317 76 15
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11 SokolM 306 74 15
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12 MattK 303 71 15
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13 CoenM 302 69 15
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14 Tarn 298 65 15
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14 MilesTeg 298 65 15
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16 MirandaM 297 62 00
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17 ecpekkle 293 59 00
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18 IvixorB 290 57 15
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19 KreitzerJ 288 54 15
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20 ElendilPickle 287 52 15
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21 alamble 285 50 00
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22 colleenw 284 47 00
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23 PSUrose 273 43 15
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23 quarterrican 273 43 15
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25 HortonR 271 40 15
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26 LynchT 266 36 15
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26 gregariouschinchilla 266 36 15
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28 akambour 263 32 15
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29 MitchellWA 256 30 15
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30 BringMoreLegos 254 28 15
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31 ColeB 247 25 00
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32 Vendy12 245 23 00
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33 LeungT 239 20 15
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34 Michalle 238 18 15
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35 ShampooCell 231 15 15
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36 HoH 221 13 00
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37 imogen 194 10 15
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38 Vintsanity 183 8 00
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39 ArunH 159 6 15
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40 DouglasLovesVixey 153 3 00
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41 JCEurovision 57 1 00
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Questions:

A caveman, a scientist, a cow and a nerd, are visually depicted in a Tuesday New York Times online feature about the long, long anticipated launch of a new website by what person?

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Gary Larson

With fantastic results during the 2019 NFL season, quarterback Lamar Jackson is predicted by many observers to win this year's MVP award. Jackson plays for what team?

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Baltimore Ravens

Sister Night, Looking Glass and Panda, are all characters in what HBO television series which aired the final episode of its debut season last Sunday?

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Watchmen

Multiple choice. "Knives Out" is still playing in theaters, and Hallmark Channel Christmas movies are currently being televised. That said, whom of the following is mentioned by name in "Knives Out": A) Kellie Martin; B) Melissa Joan Hart; C) Candace Cameron Bure; D) Danica McKellar?

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D

The name and likeness of what person has been redacted in this currently circulating Change.org petition?

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Barbara Walters

On Tuesday, the rock band KISS announced that they have added as an opener for upcoming tour dates, what singer, known for his association with a certain band, as well as such solo hits as, "Just Like Paradise" and "Yankee Rose"?

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David Lee Roth

Jarl Magnus Riiber has gotten some notice for his hot start to the 2019-20 World Cup season. What word fills-in the blank in this Wikipedia entry: "Jarl Magnus Riiber (born 15 October 1997) is a Norwegian ______ combined skier..."?

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Nordic

Kathy Scruggs was a journalist who has became a point of discussion lately, due to the depiction of her in what recently released film?

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Richard Jewell

This photo was taken last weekend in what nation?

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Australia

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Going Gospel". Here we go. The Cheat Sheet recently reported that the soundtrack from the 1996 film "The Preacher's Wife" is actually the best-selling gospel music album of all time. All of the songs on this album were performed by what singer?

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Whitney Houston

50/50 tossup. For those that missed it, ABC has recently made the television special "A Charlie Brown Christmas" available on the ABC app. In this timeless classic, Linus quotes from what New Testament book: Matthew or Luke?

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Luke

On Christmas Eve/Day, TBS will once again air its "A Christmas Story" marathon. In honor of the beloved film, according to Wikipedia, how long (in inches) is a Red Ryder BB Gun? (accept within 4)

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30 (accept 26 to 34)