Lighter Side of the News (Dec. 01, 2023) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

Timm


Quiz Description

Quiz - #23-08

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 46 28 10 28 82 28 19 28 46 19 46 28
1 AnthonyBianca 356 95 15
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2 Timm 296 86 00
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3 JCEurovision 254 72 00
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3 SokolM 254 72 15
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5 gaufqwi 251 59 00
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6 DFisher 242 50 15
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7 DouglasLovesVixey 239 40 00
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8 CoenM 238 31 15
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9 LynchT 233 18 00
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9 helene 233 18 15
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11 HoH 217 4 15
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Questions:

A Google News search was conducted this week using the term: "Bedard". The top results were stories that all mentioned what SPORT?

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Hockey

"His Girl Friday" (1940) and "To Catch a Thief" (1955), are two of the films featuring what Golden Age movie star who is the subject of "Archie", a new ITV television drama series?

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Cary Grant

Billionaire Mark Cuban has been in the news a bit this past week. Cuban is selling his majority share in what NBA team?

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Mavericks

"There will be no leftovers" is the tagline for what horror movie that was released into theaters a few weeks ago?

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Thanksgiving

"Lovin On Me" is the new #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. "Lovin on Me" is by what Kentucky raised rapper who pretty much goes by his real name?

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Jack Harlow

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

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Songbirds

The sixth season of the television drama series "The Crown" was recently released on Netflix. In this latest season, actor Khalid Abdalla portrays what wealthy, but tragic figure?

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Dodi Fayed

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "I/O", the tenth studio album for what singer, known for such songs as "Shock the Monkey" from 1982?

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Peter Gabriel

A new episode of the television game show "The Wall" airs tonight (Fri.). What network broadcasts "The Wall"?

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NBC

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Bitter Feuds". Here we go. What iconic musical duo fills-in the blanks in this recent headline from AP News: "_____ ____ is suing ____ _____ over plan to sell stake in joint venture. A judge has paused the sale"?

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Daryl Hall, John Oates

50/50 tossup. The attached cropped photo was taken last weekend in what U.S. state? (Options should be apparent)

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Michigan

There have been many headlines and social media posts mentioning Dolly Parton's age over the past week. So, how old (in years) is Dolly Parton? (accept within 1)

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77 (accept 76 to 78)