Smart Quiz Frenzy: iPhone 12, Barbie, Lakers

The new Apple iPhone 12 models sport a tougher, more resilient glass over its screen –  a feature the company dubbed Ceramic Shield.

On the Oct. 15 town hall meeting aired on NBC News, President Trump said adherents of the QAnon conspiracy theory were at least “strongly against pedophilia.” He then added he knew nothing more on the subject. QAnon believers are told that the Democratic elite is a pedophilic satanist group and that Trump was their savior. QAnoners prominently took part in the Jan. 6 Capitol Riots.

That’s right. Meaning wrong. Rapper and independent presidential candidate Kanye West tweeted bogus election results that he said showed he’s ahead of President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden in the presidential race in Kentucky. The false tweet had over 11,000 retweets. The numbers West shared were randomly generated mock election data that The Associated Press provides as routine testing ahead of elections.

RIP Conchata Ferrell. The actress was best known for her role as Berta the housekeeper on TV’s Two and a Half Men. Her career on stage and in movies also included Mystic Pizza and Network. She was 77.

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Correct! Fracking is a hotly debated environmental and political issue. It involves drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. President Donald Trump is persisting with the myth that Democratic rival Joe Biden proposes to ban fracking. Biden doesn’t.

That’s right. Amy Coney Barret is set to be confirmed before the November 3 US election day, barring unexpected events. She would be Trump’s third justice on the US Supreme Court.

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Correct. Amy Coney Barrett famously considers late conservative Justice Antonin Scalia as her mentor.

That’s right. The controversy arises in objection to the lead role of Cleopatra being portrayed by a white actress. Historically speaking, though, Cleopatra, although ruling the north African country of Egypt, was actually from Macedonian-Greek descent. 

During the Coronavirus eruption, the New York Philharmonic didn’t play at its home residence of Manhattan’s Lincoln Center for months. Instead, it took to the streets in a series of pop-up concerts.

True. Curb Your Enthusiasm first aired on HBO 22 years ago, on Oct. 15, 2000