Lighter Side of the News (May 26, 2023) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

CoenM
And, it's moist!


Quiz Description

Quiz - #21-07

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 87 14 60 54 27 07 14 34 27 20 80 20
1 AnthonyBianca 488 96 15
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80
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2 CoenM 336 90 00
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80
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3 alamble 298 83 00
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4 DFisher 263 76 00
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5 Tarn 262 70 00
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34
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6 JCEurovision 259 63 00
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7 GoodmanDL 247 56 00
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8 HoH 240 50 00
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9 jveditz 233 43 00
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10 helene 231 36 00
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11 ChrisRosenberg 192 30 00
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12 SokolM 187 23 00
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13 gaufqwi 179 16 00
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14 DouglasLovesVixey 172 10 00
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15 LynchT 123 3 15
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Questions:

Memorial Day is this weekend. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡²πŸͺ–πŸͺ¦πŸ’ In honor, answer: Heard in this audio clip is a song with what LARGE NUMBER in its title?

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50,000

The highly anticipated Disney musical film "The Little Mermaid" (2023) debuts this weekend. In "The Little Mermaid", actor Daveed Diggs voices what character?

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Sebastian

A facility known as Ball Arena will be the site of much attention over multiple evenings in June. Ball Arena is located in what U.S. city?

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Denver

What streaming service fills-in the blank in this recent headline from NPR: "5 things to know about Max, the streamer uniting HBO Max and _________"?

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Discovery+

This week, what team swept the Carolina Hurricanes (4 games to 0) to advance to the 2023 NHL Stanley Cup Finals?

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Panthers

What word has been redacted in this recently posted image?

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Friday

New episodes of the television soap opera "General Hospital" aired this week. What network broadcasts "General Hospital"?

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ABC

The film "Killers of the Flower Moon" has received much buzz this week at the Cannes Film Festival. Name the director of "Killers of the Flower Moon".

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Martin Scorsese

Multiple choice. Which singer currently has a Billboard Hot 100 (week May 27) top-10 hit with the song "Fast Car": A) Jason Aldean; B) Zach Bryan; C) Luke Combs; D) Tracy Chapman?

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C

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Gomer & Goober". Here we go. What Nintendo console fills-in the blank in this recent headline from Dot eSports: "Developer has been a 'goofy goober' and gotten his game banned on ______ and in South Korea"?

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Switch

In honor of a certain event taking place this weekend, answer: The man in this photo is singing a song which contains a lyric that references what SPECIES of TREE?

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Sycamore

The final episode of the television series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" will be released this weekend. "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is available on what streaming service?

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Amazon Prime (Freevee)