Lighter Side of the News (Jul. 28, 2023) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

SokolM


Quiz Description

Quiz - #22-03

Full Results:

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1 AnthonyBianca 444 96 15
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2 SokolM 391 88 15
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3 helene 384 80 15
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4 GoodmanDL 346 73 00
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5 casketromance 316 65 00
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6 HoH 285 57 00
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7 Vintsanity 170 50 00
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8 KPope 169 42 00
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9 LynchT 154 30 00
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9 JCEurovision 154 30 00
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11 HortonR 139 19 00
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12 DouglasLovesVixey 124 11 00
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13 DFisher 116 3 00
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Questions:

The Jonas Brothers recently released the single "Waffle House". However, when a Google News search was conducted on Saturday using the term "Waffle House, Alabama", the top results were all stories about what other pop music hitmaker?

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Lana Del Rey

Here's the obligatory "Barbie" movie question. Name the director/co-writer of "Barbie".

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Greta Gerwig

50/50 tossup. The band formerly known as Dexys Midnight Runners is releasing their latest studio album "The Feminine Devine" today (Fri.). This band now goes by what name: Dexys or Midnight Runners?

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Dexys

What TWO WORDS, associated with a public service campaign created in 1980, have been redacted in this photo taken last weekend?

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Crime Dog

What word fills-in the blank in this recent headline from The Wrap: "How to Watch '___ Ride': Is the Raunchy Comedy Streaming?"?

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Joy

Name the American golfer who won the 151st Open Championship at Royal Liverpool last Sunday.

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Brian Harman

New episodes of the television soap opera "The Bold and the Beautiful" aired this week. What network broadcasts "The Bold and the Beautiful"?

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CBS

What title, also a U.S. state capital city, has been redacted on this newly released product image? (Note: access now granted. First two players will be given credit) (edited at 10:53 am, July 28, 2023 (EDT))

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Austin

Multiple choice. Shark Week is currently happening on the Discovery Channel! 🦈 In honor, answer: Which of the following is NOT a taxonomic biological order of sharks: A) Carpet Sharks; B) Floor Sharks; C) Ground Sharks?

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B

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Honeymooners". Here we go. "The Cottage", a play featuring actress Laura Bell Bundy, opened this week on Broadway. Previously, in a stage musical adaptation of the television classic "The Honeymooners", Bundy played the wife of Ed Norton, a character with what FIRST NAME?

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Trixie

What CITY fills-in the blank in this recent headline from MovieMaker Magazine: "Oppenheimer: Did a Honeymoon Spare _____ From the Atomic Bomb?"?

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Kyoto

The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is currently underway. Besides South Africa and Nigeria, name ONE of the two other African teams playing in this year's event.

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Morocco, Zambia