Lighter Side of the News (Mar. 29, 2024) by HallR

Champion(s):

AnthonyBianca
The saddest thing in life is wasted talent.


Runner(s)-Up:

ChrisRosenberg
The odds of me winning a quiz are sufficiently low to not compel me to have something witty here.


Quiz Description

Quiz - #24-12

Full Results:

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1 AnthonyBianca 395 92 00
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2 ChrisRosenberg 292 78 00
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3 CoenM 206 64 15
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4 SokolM 205 50 00
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5 JCEurovision 204 35 15
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6 DFisher 146 21 15
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7 LynchT 102 7 15
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Questions:

April Fool's Day is this upcoming Monday! 🤣🃏 In that spirit, name a 1980s Billboard Hot 100 #1 hit by singer Rick Astley... other than... "Never Gonna Give You Up".

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Together Forever

Baseball season is here. According to Caesars Sportsbook, what MLB team has the best odds of winning the 2024 World Series?

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Dodgers

What word fills-in the blank in this recent headline from Vulture: "'Ghostbusters Frozen ______' Review: Witless, Joyless, Dull"?

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Empire

UFC fighter Conor McGregor recently made his cinematic debut in the movie "Road House" (2024). McGregor cited as his "acting inspiration", what woman who once said, "...mixed martial arts, which are not the arts"?

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Meryl Streep

What SPORT fills-in the blank in this recent Daily Mail headline: "Olivia Dunne Wins SEC __________ Championship with LSU"?

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Gymnastics

Today (Fri.) marks the release of "Heaven :x: Hell", the latest studio album for what rock band? (attached image is a hint)

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Sum 41

Multiple choice. What did NOT happen to actress Alyson Hannigan last weekend: A) Turned 50 years old; B) Hair dyed pink; C) Sustained pickleball injury?

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C

The period television mini-series "Palm Royale" debuted this month. "Palm Royale" is available on what streaming service?

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Apple TV+

Of the four Western Conference NHL teams that are from Canada, which one currently has the best 2023-24 season record?

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Canucks

The mini-theme for #10 & #11 this week is titled: "Prophetic". Here we go. "Amid UK royal family's health struggles, Nostradamus' predictions for 2024 resurface", reads a recent headline from The Economic Times. In what YEAR (CE/AD) did Nostradamus die? (accept within 40 years)

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1566 (accept 1526 to 1604)

What group name has been redacted in this screenshot?

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Cypress Hill

Good Friday and Easter are being observed by believing Christians this weekend. In recognition, answer: in the 1965 film "The Greatest Story Ever Told", what actor portrays a Roman centurion who says, "truly this man was the Son of God"?

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John Wayne