Lighter Side of the News (July 31, 2020) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

CoenM
And, it's moist!


Quiz Description

Quiz - #10-03

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 45 15 11 60 39 28 86 62 49 32 52 43
1 AnthonyBianca 476 98 15
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2 CoenM 444 96 15
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86
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3 GoodmanDL 427 94 15
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11
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86
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43
4 helene 381 92 15
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49
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5 mwg 373 90 00
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86
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49
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6 MaccaroneM 358 88 15
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7 MattK 353 86 15
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49
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32
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8 MoyseyC 341 84 15
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86
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9 casketromance 335 81 00
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10 GarciaD 322 79 15
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11 SokolM 315 77 00
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12 felsenheldd 311 75 15
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13 bdavery 305 73 00
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14 melvillean 302 70 15
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14 LynchT 302 70 00
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16 jnowell 298 67 15
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17 HoH 296 64 15
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18 heystephen 294 62 15
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19 colleenw 286 60 15
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20 HortonR 277 58 00
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21 PSUrose 274 56 15
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22 KCrest 273 54 00
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23 RobinJRichards 270 52 15
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24 imogen 268 50 15
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25 UncleTed 266 47 00
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26 JNathan 262 45 15
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27 Tarn 255 43 00
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28 BringMoreLegos 251 40 15
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28 ecpekkle 251 40 00
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30 benwick 249 37 00
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31 IFSEsq 238 35 00
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32 HoodM 236 32 15
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33 ChrisRosenberg 223 29 00
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33 LakeMA 223 29 15
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35 DouglasLovesVixey 204 26 00
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36 garrybl 200 24 15
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37 JennyV 182 22 15
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38 Vendy12 180 20 15
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39 GoldfarbDavidJ 178 18 00
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40 Nicola 174 15 15
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41 NathanL 165 13 15
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42 WatskyA 142 11 00
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43 Jonathan 135 9 00
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44 KlionskyG 112 7 00
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45 ColeB 103 5 00
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46 StreitD 101 3 00
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47 ArunH 77 1 00
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Questions:

A Google News search was conducted last Friday using the term "folklore". The top-10 results were all stories about what woman?

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Taylor Swift

Nominations for the 72nd Emmy Awards were announced on Tuesday. Leading the pack with 26 nominations is the drama series "Watchmen". What television channel airs "Watchmen"?

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HBO

What TWO names fill-in the blanks in this recent Yahoo News headline: "The most excellent trailer for '____ & ___ Face the Music' is here, man"?

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Bill, Ted

The 2020 WNBA season got underway last weekend at the IMG Academy in Florida. What is the nickname for the WNBA team from Las Vegas? (attached montage is a hint)

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Aces

Boxer Roy Jones, Jr. made news lately by announcing that he will be coming out of retirement for an exhibition match, scheduled for September 12th. Who will Jones be fighting?

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Mike Tyson

What word fills-in the blank in this Tuesday headline from Polygon: "Nintendo enabling Animal ________: New Horizons restoration service to protect your island"?

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Crossing

The big news this past week is that popular podcaster Joe Rogan announced that he will be leaving California. What Sunbelt U.S. state did Rogan say he will be moving to?

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Texas

“When Rodney pulled out, I said, ‘I’m done’...recalled Ramis. “And then they said, ‘Come on, we’ll go see Jackie Mason’." Are quotes from a recent Sports Illustrated article about the making of what film sequel?

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Caddyshack 2

The title of what currently airing television program has been redacted in this image?

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Master Minds

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Sports Parents". Here we go. What FIRST name fills-in the blank in this line from a recent Sportscasting.com story: "As the son of ______ Manning, Peyton had football in his blood"?

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Archie

50/50 tossup. Which indie rock artist is releasing an album titled "Brain Candy" today (Fri.): Soccer Mommy or Hockey Dad?

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Hockey Dad

Sir Michael Philip Jagger celebrated his birthday last Sunday. How old (in years) is Mick Jagger? (accept within 2)

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77 (accept 75 to 79)