Sept. 2022 Entertainment News Super Quiz

Sept. 15, 2022.

The Sept. 2022 entertainment news cycle was a hot and sour mix of celebrity deaths, Awards, and movies. Take this FOMO Entertainment News Quiz to ensure you didn’t miss anything important: From Emmy’s famous firsts wedding to Netflix‘s latest.

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September 2022 Entertainment Quiz: 10 Showbiz questions on music, TV, films, Awards, and celebrities from Sept. 2022. No time-limit. How smart are you today?

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1. Taylor Swift describes what as “the story of 13 sleepless nights”?

Screenshot: MTV’s Video Music Awards 2022

Her repeated award wins.

Her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Her 10th studio album, “Midnights.”

Her project “All Too Well: The Short Film.”

Taylor Swift announced her 10th studio album, “Midnights,” to be released on Oct. 21 at the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards. She described the album an hour later on social media as “the story of 13 sleepless nights scattered throughout my life.” Swift’s “All Too Well: The Short Film” — from her “Red” rerecorded album — won three awards, including video of the year.

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2. Who is the first non-English-language performer to win the artist of the year award at MTV’s VMAs?

Screenshot: MTV’s Video Music Awards 2022

Bad Bunny.

Daddy Yankee.

Shakira.

Enrique Iglesias.

Bad Bunny won artist of the year at MTV’s Video Music Awards on Aug. 28, 2022 — becoming the first non-English-language performer to win the title.

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3. Who’s this Weird Al Yankovic impersonator?

Screenshot: WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story / The Roku Channel

Robert Pattinson.

Elijah Wood.

Daniel Radcliffe.

Channing Tatum.

The Roku Channel dropped the new trailer for “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” on Aug. 29, 2022, featuring Daniel Radcliffe as the famed comic singer. The film, featuring Quinta Brunson as Oprah Winfrey, Evan Rachel Wood as Madonna, and Rainn Wilson as Dr. Demento, is available to stream for free on The Roku Channel starting Nov. 4. Watch the trailer.

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4. What was George Clooney’s and Julia Roberts’s first movie together?

Screenshot: Ticket to Paradise / Universal Pictures

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

Money Monster.

Ticket to Paradise.

Ocean’s Eleven.

George Clooney’s and Julia Roberts’s first movie together was 2001’s Ocean’s Eleven, alongside Brad Pitt. However, they both appear in 1998’s Murphy Brown’s last episode – Him in a nod to his role in ER and her as one of the characters’ love-interest. Clooney and Roberts pair up in 2022’s Ticket to Paradise, released on Oct. 21. Watch the trailer.

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5. Who’s the movie star in this picture?

Image: The Whale / A24

Brendan Fraser.

Gerard Butler.

Val Kilmer.

Channing Tatum.

Pictured is The Mummy’s 53-year-old Brendan Fraser in the new Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan) film, Whale, dealing with severe obesity. Fraser wears prosthetic appliances for this role. The film premiered at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, on Sept. 4, with a Dec. 8 release date.

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6. In Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive, what’s Mila Kunis’s dream job?

Screenshot: Luckiest Girl Alive / Netflix

A super-model.

A movie-star.

A New York Times writer.

A princess.

Netflix’s Luckiest Girl Alive features Mila Kunis as Ani FaNelli, a writer aspiring for a job for The New York Times, who’s approached by a true-crime documentarian about a shooting incident that happened when she was a school student. The film arrived on Netflix on Oct. 7. Watch the trailer.

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7. What’s the Disney Dreamlight Valley?

Screenshot: Disney Dreamlight Valley Announcement Trailer

A Disney on Ice show.

A Disneyland attraction.

A Disney Jr. series.

A video game.

Disney Dreamlight Valley is a hybrid life-sim and adventure video game featuring Disney and Pixar characters, old and new. Starting on Sept. 6, 2022, the game is available in Early Access for players who purchase a Founder’s Pack or have an Xbox Game Pass membership. The game’s free-to-play launch is set for 2023. Watch the trailer.

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8. What was Steven Spielberg’s first movie in a film festival’s official lineup?

Screenshot: TIFF Originals on YouTube

The Fabelmans.

Schindler’s List.

Saving Private Ryan.

Lincoln.

Steven Spielberg’s autobiopic The Fabelmans premiered on Sept. 10, 2022, at the Toronto International Film Festival. It’s Spielberg’s first film at TIFF, and as he said at the premiere, it was his first time in a film festival’s official lineup. The film is set to release on Thanksgiving 2022. Watch the trailer.

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9. Who is the first actor to win an Emmy award for a non-English performance?

Screenshot: Television Academy – YouTube

Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game).

Álvaro Morte (Money Heist).

Sofia Helin (The Bridge).

Marco D’Amore (Gomorrah).

Squid Game is the first non-English language series ever nominated for best drama. It also landed Lee Jung-Jae the 2022 Emmy Award for lead actor in a drama series, making him the first to win an acting award for a non-English language performance.

Which other Emmys did Squid Game win in 2022?

Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk took home the director for a drama series Emmy. The show was nominated for 14 Emmys in 2022 and won additional awards for guest acting, stunts-production design, and visual effects.

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10. Who is Emmy’s first Black woman to win the lead actress in a drama series award TWICE?

Screenshot: Television Academy – YouTube

Cicely Tyson.

Debbie Allen.

Viola Davis.

Zendaya.

Zendaya has made Emmys history with her second win for outstanding lead actress in a drama series for Euphoria at the 2022 Emmys. The 26-year-old became the youngest two-time winner for acting in Emmy’s history and the first Black woman to win the Emmy for lead actress in a drama series twice.

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The Sept. 2022 Entertainment News VIDEO QUIZ

10 Entertainment news questions. 30 Seconds per answer. How many questions can you answer in five minutes?

Sources for the Sept. 2022 Entertainment News Quiz

Here are some of the most prominent showbiz and entertainment news reports from the past month.

• Weird: The Al Yankovic Story: A new official trailer shows Daniel Radcliffe getting weird (CNN)
• Bad Bunny makes history at MTV’s Video Music Awards, winning artist of the year (CBS News)
• Taylor Swift Announces a New Album, ‘Midnights’ – The New York Times (nytimes.com)
• Disney Dreamlight Valley Wiki Guide (IGN)
• Luckiest Girl Alive Trailer: Mila Kunis Has a Dark Secret to Hide (collider.com)
• Brendan Fraser Mounts a Transformational Comeback With ‘The Whale’ (nytimes.com)
• George Clooney and Julia Roberts on ‘Ticket to Paradise’ (nytimes.com)
• Irene Papas, Actress in ‘Zorba the Greek’ Bakuand Greek Tragedies, Dies at 96 (nytimes.com)
• Zendaya Makes History With Second Win for ‘Euphoria’ at 2022 Emmys (Vanity Fair)
• ‘Squid Game’ and Lee Jung-Jae Make Emmys History (nytimes.com)
• Steven Spielberg debuts his movie memoir ‘The Fabelmans’ (AP News)

The Sept. 2022 Entertainment News Quiz Questions

• Taylor Swift describes what as "the story of 13 sleepless nights"?

  Screenshot: MTV's Video Music Awards 2022

  Her repeated award wins.

  Her relationship with Jake Gyllenhaal.

  Her 10th studio album, “Midnights.”

  Her project “All Too Well: The Short Film.”

  Who is the first non-English-language performer to win the artist of the year award at MTV's VMAs?

  Screenshot: MTV's Video Music Awards 2022

  Bad Bunny.

  Daddy Yankee.

  Shakira.

  Enrique Iglesias.

  Who's this Weird Al Yankovic impersonator?

  Screenshot: WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story / The Roku Channel

  Robert Pattinson.

  Elijah Wood.

  Daniel Radcliffe.

  Channing Tatum.

  What was George Clooney's and Julia Roberts's first movie together?

  Screenshot: Ticket to Paradise / Universal Pictures

  Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.

  Money Monster.

  Ticket to Paradise.

  Ocean's Eleven.

  Who's the movie star in this picture?

  Image: The Whale / A24

  Brendan Fraser.

  Gerard Butler.

  Val Kilmer.

  Channing Tatum.

  In Netflix's Luckiest Girl Alive, what's Mila Kunis's dream job?

  Screenshot: Luckiest Girl Alive / Netflix

  A super-model.

  A movie-star.

  A New York Times writer.

  A princess.

  What's the Disney Dreamlight Valley?

  Screenshot: Disney Dreamlight Valley Announcement Trailer

  A Disney on Ice show.

  A Disneyland attraction.

  A Disney Jr. series.

  A video game.

  What was Steven Spielberg's first movie in a film festival's official lineup?

  Screenshot: TIFF Originals on YouTube

  The Fabelmans.

  Schindler's List.

  Saving Private Ryan.

  Lincoln.

  Who is the first actor to win an Emmy award for a non-English performance?

  Screenshot: Television Academy - YouTube

  Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game).

  Álvaro Morte (Money Heist).

  Sofia Helin (The Bridge).

  Marco D'Amore (Gomorrah).

  Who is Emmy's first Black woman to win the lead actress in a drama series award TWICE?

  Screenshot: Television Academy - YouTube

  Cicely Tyson.

  Debbie Allen.

  Viola Davis.

  Zendaya.

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