Lighter Side of the News (Jan. 21, 2022) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

SokolM

Vendy12


Quiz Description

Quiz - #16-02

Full Results:

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Money Value (% Incorrect): 75 30 70 10 60 35 50 70 40 65 60 75
1 AnthonyBianca 485 97 15
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2 SokolM 370 90 15
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2 Vendy12 370 90 00
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4 casketromance 340 82 15
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5 CoenM 305 75 00
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5 Vintsanity 305 75 00
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7 reallydumb4real 290 67 00
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8 ecpekkle 275 62 00
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9 felsenheldd 270 57 00
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10 KPope 240 52 00
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11 Tarn 235 47 15
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12 MasonC 215 42 00
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13 HortonR 210 37 00
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14 HoH 205 32 00
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15 chabotj 200 27 15
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16 LynchT 160 22 00
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17 DouglasLovesVixey 155 17 00
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18 GarciaD 135 12 00
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19 JCEurovision 120 7 00
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20 ChrisRosenberg 100 2 00
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Questions:

Whitney Cummings, Chris Shiflett, Jeff Garlin and Nate Mendel are seen in the recently released trailer for "Studio 666", an upcoming horror-comedy movie featuring what rock band?

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Foo Fighters

The NFL Divional playoffs are this weekend. What team are the Green Bay Packers playing on Saturday?

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Forty Niners

It's been announced that "Play", a concert residency for what singer at Resorts World Las Vegas, has been extended to March 19th? (Note: Shows scheduled for evenings not mornings)

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Katy Perry

What species of animal fills-in the blank in this Wednesday tweet from the Associated Press: "Tomorrow: 40th anniversary of Ozzy Osbourne biting the head off of a live ___ while on stage in Des Moines (Jan. 20)"?

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Bat

"Now is the Winter of Broadway's Discontent" reads a Sunday headline from the New York Times. The headline alludes to a quote from what play by William Shakespeare?

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Richard III

What FIRST NAME has been redacted in this recent tweet?

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Bruno

A new episode of the reality television series "Undercover Boss" airs tonight (Fri.). What network broadcasts "Undercover Boss"?

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CBS

Nominations for the 28th Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced recently. Javier Bardem was nominated for his leading role film portrayal of what Cuban man?

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Desi Arnaz

Multiple choice. Which of the following is the title of a current hit song by Ed Sheeran: A) "Tremors"; B) "Shivers"; C) "Trembles"; D) "Shakes"?

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B

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Notable LL's". Here we go. What two-word alliterative term fills-in the blanks in this recent Times Now headline: "Who is Salvatore Caruso? The '_____ _____' who is set to replace Novak Djokovic in Australian Open 2022"?

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Lucky Loser

The object seen in this photo was recently installed in what New York City borough?

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Queens

Canadian figure skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier are featured in "Meddling", the recently released Peacock documentary series about a Winter Olympics scandal that occurred in what YEAR?

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2002