Lighter Side of the News (Sep. 29, 2023) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

helene
I feel like I'm diagonally parked in a parallel universe.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #22-12

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 28 55 10 37 28 82 73 64 19 37 28 46
1 AnthonyBianca 386 95 15
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37
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73
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46
2 helene 329 86 15
28
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82
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19
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3 KonkelT 313 77 15
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64
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4 CoenM 305 68 15
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5 DouglasLovesVixey 244 59 00
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73
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6 JCEurovision 230 50 15
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7 gaufqwi 223 40 15
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37
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8 SokolM 197 31 15
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9 LynchT 196 22 00
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10 DFisher 156 13 15
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11 griffism 126 4 00
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15

Questions:

Last Sunday, what NFL team defeated the Denver Broncos by a near record score 70-20?

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Dolphins

Multiple choice. Which of these standup comedians has NOT had a memoir published within the past few weeks: A) Aparna Nancherla; B) Maria Bamford; C) Michelle Wolf; D) Leslie Jones?

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C

Vin Diesel reprises his role as the voice of Baby Groot in "I Am Groot", a series of television animated shorts. The new season of "I Am Groot" was recently released on what streaming service?

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Disney+

What Swedish surname has been redacted in this recent image?

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Lundgren

The new season of the primetime television game show "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune" debuted this week. What network broadcasts "Celebrity Wheel of Fortune"?

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ABC

Sportscaster Jim Lampley has been making the media rounds this week. This weekend, Lampley will be working a television broadcast related to what SPORT?

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Boxing

Multiple choice. The album "Existential Dance Music" was released this month, from a Dutch DJ with what name: A) San Holo; B) Varth Dader; C) Cando Lalrissian; D) Habba the Jutt?

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A

What album title has been redacted (three times) in this screenshot of a recent news article? (Hint: A singer with a last name same as this album title, performed a song from this album at the 2017 Nobel Prize Awards)

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Legend

The 2023 MLB regular season ends this weekend. What team has the best record in the National League at 103-56 as of Thursday?

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Braves

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Smart Money & Dumb Money" 💰 Here we go. "Nasdaq's August was lousy. How the smart money played it", reads a recent CNBC headline. What does the letter "Q" in NASDAQ stand for?

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Quotations

What company name fills-in the blank in this recent headline from The Guardian: "'Dumb Money' review - Paul Dano excels in fun retelling of the ________ stock craze"?

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GameStop

A Google News search was conducted this week using the term: "Delicate". The top results were stories related to what anthology television series?

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American Horror Story