Lighter Side of the News (Nov. 27, 2020) by HallR

Champion(s):

casketromance
Oath of the Goat


Runner(s)-Up:

CoenM
And, it's moist!


Quiz Description

Quiz - #11-07

Full Results:

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1 casketromance 379 98 00
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2 CoenM 371 96 15
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3 heystephen 344 93 00
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4 felsenheldd 341 91 15
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5 Steph 338 88 00
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6 GarciaD 336 85 15
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7 UncleTed 330 83 15
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8 RobinJRichards 324 80 15
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9 Vintsanity 317 78 00
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10 imogen 312 75 00
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11 Commodore 310 73 00
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12 jnowell 303 70 15
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13 LynchT 300 66 15
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13 groug 300 66 15
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15 alamble 298 62 15
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16 KonkelT 287 60 15
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17 HoH 273 57 00
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18 ifitsnotbaroque 267 55 00
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19 Nicola 265 52 15
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20 HortonR 262 50 00
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21 DarthPace 241 47 00
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22 srs 239 44 00
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23 MattK 238 42 15
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24 michaelmillerjr 228 39 00
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25 JCEurovision 226 35 00
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25 SokolM 226 35 15
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27 KPope 224 32 15
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28 HoodM 221 29 00
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29 Tarn 217 26 00
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30 McGeeDean 209 24 15
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31 Vendy12 208 20 00
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31 petkunm 208 20 00
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33 BeningoS 179 16 00
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34 ArunH 174 14 00
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35 ColeB 165 11 00
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36 ecpekkle 162 8 00
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37 mwg 116 5 00
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37 KlionskyG 116 5 00
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39 DouglasLovesVixey 46 1 00
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Questions:

A Google News search was conducted last weekend using the term: "Albanian Samurai Chicago". The top result was a Rolling Stone review of a recently aired Showtime documentary about what person?

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John Belushi

A woman named Kim Ng has been the subject of a few headlines lately. Ng is a figure associated with what sport?

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Baseball

The animated film sequel "The Croods: A New Age" was released on Wednesday. What studio, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, produced "The Croods: A New Age"?

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DreamWorks (Animation)

50/50 tossup. What German thrash metal band is releasing their latest album "Genesis XIX" today (Fri.): Sodom or Gomorrah? (Note: also applicable for last week's mini-theme)

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Sodom

What U.S. president fills-in the blanks in this recent Vanity Fair headline: "Ben Affleck Remembers Having to '____ _______ It' With Weed on the Set of 'Dazed and Confused'"?

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Bill Clinton

In honor of yesterday's (Thur.) televised NFL games, please identify the 9-letter item redacted in this 2001 photo.

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Turducken

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "Cyr", the eleventh studio album for what alternative rock band, known for such hits as "1979" and "Tonight, Tonight"?

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The Smashing Pumpkins

Tonight (Fri.) NBC will air the classic 1966 animated special "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". What actor narrates "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!"?

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Boris Karloff

Due to certain ongoing circumstances, the planned Olympics question has been postponed until 2021. Instead please answer: How long (in meters) is the distance of the Olympic Track & Field Steeplechase event? (Note: same for men and women)

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3,000

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Guys Singing About Girls". Here we go. People magazine recently named actor Michael B. Jordan as its "Sexiest Man Alive" for 2020. What singer, known for his romantic love ballads, was People's "Sexiest Man Alive" last year?

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John Legend

Multiple choice. The television miniseries "The Queen's Gambit" continues to break streaming records on Netflix. Which of the options seen in this montage contains the first name of the main character from "The Queen's Gambit"?

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B

The name "Rene Decartres" was plugged into a Google News search on Thursday. The top three results were stories about what current #2 hit song by Billie Eilish?

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Therefore I Am