Lighter Side of the News (Sep. 02, 2022) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

HoH


Quiz Description

Quiz - #18-08

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 63 38 44 38 32 50 25 57 50 94 63 32
1 AnthonyBianca 450 96 15
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2 HoH 374 90 00
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3 CoenM 340 84 00
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4 helene 339 78 15
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5 casketromance 335 71 15
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6 SokolM 301 65 00
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7 alamble 294 56 00
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7 KashyapN 294 56 00
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9 KonkelT 275 46 00
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10 DFisher 260 40 15
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11 Vintsanity 249 34 15
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12 ecpekkle 243 28 15
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13 LynchT 202 21 00
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14 KCrest 199 15 00
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15 JCEurovision 123 9 00
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16 DouglasLovesVixey 100 3 00
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32

Questions:

Serena Williams has generated some buzz this week for her performance at this year's U.S. Open, believed to be the last pro tournament of her career. In honor, name the city that fills-in the blank in this sequence: Saginaw, _______, West Palm Beach.

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Compton

The much discussed television series "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" debuts today (Fri.). As widely reported, "Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is available on what streaming service?

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Amazon Prime

An NCAA football game was played last weekend in Dublin, Ireland. Name ONE of the two Big Ten teams that played in this game.

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Nebraska, Northwestern

A Google News search was conducted last weekend using the term: "Hold Me Closer". The top five results were headlines that mentioned what TWO people?

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Elton John, Britney Spears

The name and face of what man has been redacted in both of these current images?

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Idris Elba

A new Tik Tok trend in which users post throwback photos from high school has helped renew the popularity of what year 2000 pop-punk song from the band Wheetus?

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Teenage Dirtbag

A new episode of the television soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" will air today (Fri.). What network broadcasts "The Bold and the Beautiful"?

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CBS

Multiple choice. A man named David Zaslav has been in the news lately. Zaslav is a figure associated with what field: A) Literature; B) Music; C) Sports; D) Television?

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D

Emirates Stadium is home to what soccer club that currently (as of Fri.) leads the English Premier League 2022-23 season standings with a 5-0-0 record?

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Arsenal

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Political Papers". Here we go. What actor, known for such films as "Vivacious Lady", "The Naked Spur" and "Strategic Air Command", has been redacted in this image?

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Jimmy Stewart

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!", the latest studio album for what thrash metal band named after a word (minus an letter "A") printed in a pamphlet from California senator Alan Cranston?

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Megadeth

Today (Sep. 2) marks the anniversary of the Great Fire of London. In what YEAR (CE/AD) did the Great Fire of London occur? (accept within 25 years)

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1666 (accept 1641 to 1691)