Lighter Side of the News (Jun. 04, 2021) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

MattK
Ready. Fire. Aim.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #13-08

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 35 87 31 40 27 27 44 70 57 31 48 53
1 AnthonyBianca 454 97 15
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70
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57
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2 MattK 379 93 15
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27
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70
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57
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3 RobinJRichards 364 89 15
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70
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31
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53
4 helene 362 84 15
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27
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70
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57
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53
5 KonkelT 337 80 00
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70
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57
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53
6 KPope 325 76 15
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48
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7 Tarn 321 71 15
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57
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8 casketromance 319 67 15
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9 Vintsanity 285 63 00
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10 heystephen 276 58 15
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11 Vendy12 266 52 00
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11 CoenM 266 52 15
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13 GarciaD 260 45 00
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14 HoH 240 41 15
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15 gaufqwi 236 36 00
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16 McGeeDean 225 32 15
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17 Timm 221 28 15
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18 ecpekkle 220 23 15
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19 felsenheldd 215 19 00
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20 HortonR 166 15 15
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21 Squidpickles 160 10 00
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22 DouglasLovesVixey 149 6 00
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23 DavidA 122 2 15
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Questions:

A Google News search was conducted on Tuesday using the term: "Yurchenko". The top results were all stories mentioning what American athlete?

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Simone Biles

What word fills-in the blank in this recent Los Angeles Times headline: "Avengers ______ at Disney California Adventure opens Friday"?

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Campus

The fourth season of the television game show "Beat Shazam" debuted on Thursday night. What network airs "Beat Shazam"?

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Fox

Give BOTH the first and last names of the sports figure, who made news last weekend, alluded to by this attached montage.

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Helio Castroneves

The 1982 Stephen King novella "The Body" served as the basis for what film that became available on Netflix on Tuesday?

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Stand by Me

What letter fills-in the blank in this recent Billboard headline: "_. Cole Collects Sixth No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With ‘The Off-Season'"?

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J

50/50 tossup. Which Missouri ball club currently has the better 2021 MLB record: Cardinals or Royals?

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Cardinals

As widely reported, Amazon will acquire MGM which will include the James Bond franchise. However, Amazon will only have a 50% stake in James Bond. The other 50% is owned by siblings Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson. What WORD in this image is the name of Broccoli and Wilson's production company?

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Eon

Pee-wee Herman, "The Simpsons" and Oingo Boingo were just some of the subjects mentioned on the latest "WTF with Marc Maron" podcast. Who was Maron's guest?

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Danny Elfman

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Box Office - The 'Home' Kind & Otherwise". Here we go. There has been a lot of buzz about the final episode of the HBO television mini-series "The Mare of Easttown". The program's finale premiered on what NIGHT of the seven day calendar week?

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Sunday

What number fills-in the blank in this Monday headline from NBC News: "'A Quiet Place Part II' smashes pandemic box office records with $__ million debut"? (accept within 8)

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57 (accept 49 to 65)

The album "Where Have You Gone" was released recently. "Where Have You Gone" is by what singer, known for such hits as: "Don't Rock the Jukebox", "Country Boy" and "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere"?

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Alan Jackson