Good evening. In tonight’s edition:

• 🧟 Do the Mash
• 🧩 New puzzles
• 🦁 A problem free philosophy

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Each of the following events happened on October 20th. Your challenge is to put them in the order in which they occurred by year, earliest to latest. Answers at the bottom!

• A) The quirky and spooky song “Monster Mash” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was recorded by Bobby “Boris” Pickett and Leonard Capizzi with a band they called The Crypt-Kickers. The song was originally rejected from 4 different labels until a radio station played the song and it became an instant hit.
• B) The US Senate approves a treaty with France providing for the purchase of the territory of Louisiana, which would double the size of the United States. Napoleon, who’s now facing war with Britain, decides to raise money for his war and simultaneously deny his enemy plum territory by offering to sell the entire Louisiana territory to the US for a mere $15 million.
• C) The Sydney Opera House opens. After 15 years of construction, the $80 million structure, designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon and funded by the profits of the Opera House Lotteries, is opened in Sydney, Australia. Famous for its geometric roof shells, the structure contains several large auditoriums and presents an average of 3,000 events a year to an estimated two million people.
• D) Hip-Hop icon Snoop Dogg is born. Born Cordozar Calvin Broadus, Jr., his mother nicknames him Snoop Dogg because he resembles the character Snoopy from Peanuts. Snoop’s music career, including hits like “Drop It Like It’s Hot” and “Gin and Juice,” is later launched by Dr. Dre.

Hint: The land Down Under is fittingly named

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Today’s conjoiner theme is a problem free Monday philosophy. Can you let go and solve it to start your week off right?

The first clue of today’s sequence is: “‘It means no worries, for the rest of your days”...

Mini

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Sudoku

Every nine tells a tale. Catastrophe or triumph awaits:

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Click to play the challenge below, then pick the GOAT through a series of head-to-head matchups. This data-driven process was developed to create definitive best-of-all-time lists using a more objective approach than random bloggers just publishing controversial opinions for clicks.

• 🎮 THE GREATEST ORIGINAL NES GAME OF ALL TIME

Note: We’re moving to a once daily GOATWars format in response to feedback.

🍿 THE GREATEST ‘TULSA KING’ CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME

1. Dwight Manfredi
2. Mitch Keller
3. Tyson Mitchell

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🦸 THE GREATEST ‘FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS’ CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME

1. Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic)
2. Victor Von Doom (Dr. Doom)
3. TIED: Ben Grimm (The Thing) and Sue Storm (Invisible Woman)

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🎬 THE GREATEST DYLAN O’BRIEN MOVIES OF ALL TIME

1. American Assassin (2017)
   
2. Saturday Night (2024)
3. The First Time (2012)

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Note: Results are as of the published time; these lists are dynamic and may change.

B, A, D, C

• B) 1803: The US Senate approves a treaty with France providing for the purchase of the territory of Louisiana
• A) 1962: The quirky and spooky song “Monster Mash” hits #1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• D) 1971: Hip-Hop icon Snoop Dogg is born.
• C) 1973: The Sydney Opera House opens after 15 years of construction