7:30AM:

1. This weekend Pickle Fest returns to Cleveland and will feature pickle beer, pickle candy, pickle ice cream and more. It’s happening in Mall C downtown starting at 11 AM tomorrow. What is the primary liquid ingredient used to create the sour flavor in traditional pickled cucumbers?

Vinegar

2. Madonna's hit song "Like a Prayer" gained renewed popularity this summer after being featured in “Deadpool & Wolverine.” Madonna capitalized on the moment by re-releasing her “Like a Prayer” album, leading to a sales surge of over 38-hundred-percent. In what year did Madonna’s ‘Like A Prayer’ album first release? 1987 or 1989?

1989

3. The Cleveland Guardians clinched an American League playoff berth with a win in 10 innings over the Twins. Which Midwest state are the Twins from?

Minnesota

4. The Cleveland Metroparks has approved the purchase of a 13.6 acre lot for a proposed women’s soccer stadium. This would bring a new national women’s soccer league expansion team to Northeast Ohio. Which women’s soccer icon, who is a two-time World Cup Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist and wore number 13, retired professionally this month?

Alex Morgan 

5. Sabrina Carpenter will host a holiday music special titled “A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter,” airing on Netflix on Dec. 6. What is the name of Sabrina Carpenter’s latest album that recently debuted number 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart?

Short n' Sweet

8:30AM:

1. Chris Hemsworth recorded all his lines as Optimus Prime in “Transformers One” at his home in,Australia, and was in full “dad-mode” during the process as he would interrupt the recordings to make his kids lunch. What iconic superhero role is Chris Hemsworth best known for playing?

Thor

2. Just in time for spooky season, Michael Jackson’s iconic 1983 music video for "Thriller" has surpassed one billion YouTube views. This marks his fourth video to join the Billion Views Club. Name at least one of the other 3 music videos to reach over a billion views

“Beat It,” “Billie Jean,” and “They Don’t Care About Us”

3. The PBS "trace your family tree" series "Finding Your Roots" is returning for an 11th season on January 7th. What does PBS stand for?

Public Broadcasting Service

4. We now know which singles will be looking for love in Washington, DC! Netflix dropped the trailer for season 7 of “Love Is Blind” where we get to meet the 29 singles looking for love who range from 27 to 37 years old. Who is the former lead singer of the boyband 98 degrees that now hosts the show Love is Blind with his wife Vanessa?

Nick Lachey

5. On her podcast, Sophia Bush let us know what's really happening with the "One Tree Hill" reboot. Well sort of. Sophia said she "can't tell anyone anything" about it just yet except that it has been in development for some time. Sophia Bush is a host on two podcasts. Name at least one of them

Work in Progress and Drama Queens