Lighter Side of the News (Nov. 04, 2022) by HallR

Champion(s):

CoenM
And, it's moist!


Runner(s)-Up:

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #19-04

Full Results:

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1 CoenM 388 96 15
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2 AnthonyBianca 338 89 15
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3 casketromance 329 82 00
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4 Timm 263 75 00
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5 helene 257 67 00
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6 gaufqwi 256 60 00
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7 KPope 249 53 00
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8 felsenheldd 243 46 00
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9 DFisher 219 35 00
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9 JCEurovision 219 35 15
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11 Tarn 207 25 00
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12 DouglasLovesVixey 197 17 15
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13 LynchT 189 10 15
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14 SokolM 81 3 00
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Questions:

This upcoming Wednesday will mark the debut of the fifth season of what television series which had momentarily suspended production of its sixth season on September 8th 2022?

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The Crown

Multiple choice. Which of these NCAA football programs WON their game last Saturday (Oct. 29): A) Florida State; B) Michigan State; C) Oklahoma State; D) Penn State?

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A

Quentin Tarantino recently confessed that he has not seen every movie ever made 😱. Notably, Tarantino has never seen what beloved 1965 film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture?

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The Sound of Music

The attached photo is a publicity still for what television series that is premiering its third season tonight (Fri )?

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Young Rock

What ACRONYM fills-in the blank in this recent Oregon Live headline: "Portland Thorns win 3rd ____ championship with 2-0 victory over Kansas City Current"?

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NWSL

Rapper Sean Combs is celebrating his 53rd birthday today. Per his twitter handle, what is Combs' current stage name? (Note: exact wording required)

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Diddy

It's now the month of November! In honor, answer: According to IMDB, how long (in minutes) is the $1.5 million production seen in this GIF? (accept within 2 minutes)

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9 (accept 7 to 11)

A Google News search was conducted on Tuesday using the term: "Martin Luther King, birth". The top results were headlines that mentioned what 55-year old Caucasian woman?

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Julia Roberts

50/50 tossup. Which band is releasing their latest album "Lucifer on the Moon" today (Fri.): Spoon or Spoons?

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Spoon

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Bubble Gum Blowing Guys". Here we go. What first name, also the name of a legendary Native American warrior, fills-in the blank in this recent Sporting News headline: "Who is Jeremy Peña's dad? Meet ________ Peña, the bubble gum-blowing former Cardinals infielder"?

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Geronimo

Election Day is this upcoming Tuesday! In honor, answer: The name and face (mostly) of what man has been redacted in this image?

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Robert Redford

New episodes of the television game show "Let's Make a Deal" aired this week. What network broadcasts "Let's Make a Deal"?

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CBS