Lighter Side of the News (Feb. 17, 2023) by HallR

Champion(s):

GoodmanDL
A genius is someone like Norman Einstein...


Runner(s)-Up:

KPope


Quiz Description

Quiz - #20-06

Full Results:

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1 GoodmanDL 417 97 15
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2 KPope 400 91 15
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3 alamble 367 85 15
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4 Vintsanity 359 79 15
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5 helene 319 73 00
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6 HoH 302 64 15
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6 ChrisRosenberg 302 64 15
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8 CoenM 281 55 00
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9 LynchT 260 50 00
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10 HortonR 248 44 15
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11 KonkelT 222 38 15
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12 Tarn 213 32 00
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13 DFisher 201 26 00
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14 RuizJ 165 20 15
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15 JCEurovision 144 14 00
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16 SokolM 114 8 15
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17 DouglasLovesVixey 54 2 00
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Questions:

The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles (38-35) at Super Bowl LVII last Sunday. Name the Chiefs running back that rushed for 75 yards and a touchdown during the game.

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Isiah Pacheco

What two words fill-in the blanks in this Wednesday headline from National Review: "'_____ ______ Last Dance' Is a Stale Striptease"?

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Magic Mike's

A Google News search was conducted this week using the term: "Dunkin' Donuts". The top results were headlines that mentioned what actor?

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Ben Affleck

What 11-letter word has been redacted in this recent image?

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Quantumania

Currently nominated on this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot is what rapper known for such hits as "Work It", "Lose Control" and "Get Ur Freak On"?

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Missy Elliott

A young man named David Pastrñák is having a pretty good year. Pastrñák is an athlete who competes in what sport?

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Hockey

Multiple choice. Country singer Chris Stapleton earned praise for his rendition of the National Anthem at Super Bowl LVII. Which of these songs was a hit for Stapleton: A) "Woman Amen"; B) "Broken Halos"; C) "Gone"; D) "Get Ur Freak On"?

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B

The name of what premium cable channel has been redacted in this recent image?

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Starz

Multiple choice. On Thursday, alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin broke the record for most individual World Championship medals. Shiffrin did it with a gold medal in what event: A) Downhill; B) Super G; C) Giant Slalom; D) Slalom?

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C

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Pilots". Here we go. What title associated with Andy Griffith fills-in the blank in this recent headline from The A.V. Club: "CBS orders pilot of '_______' reboot starring Kathy Bates"?

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Matlock

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar witnessed LeBron James breaking his NBA all-time career scoring record this month. In honor, name ONE of the two other NBA players mentioned immediately after the abrupt end of this audio clip.

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Bill Walton, Bob Lanier

A certain red-headed Brit is celebrating a birthday today. NO, not that one!!! Actually, two of them: singer Ed Sheeran and "Harry Potter" actress Bonnie Wright were born on the the same date (Feb. 17) and year. How old (in years) are Sheeran and Wright? (accept within 2 years)

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32 (accept 30 to 34)