Smart Quiz Frenzy: iPhone 12, Barbie, Lakers

Exactly. While Columbus Day started in 1792 as an Italian-American holiday, it had to wait for President Franklin D. Roosevelt to be declared as a day a national holiday in 1937. Happy shopping!

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

Correct. These are characters from The Nutcracker. This year the coronavirus pandemic has canceled traditional Christmas performances of the famous Tchaikovsky’s ballet around the U.S. and Canada.

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.

Exactly. Take a look at the new iPhone 12 models. Click here.

The new iPhone doesn’t come in yellow. Here are its color options: 

iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Mini: Black, red, white, green, and blue.

iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max: Gold, silver, graphite, and blue.

Correct. Check out the new iPhone 12 series.

The new iPhone 12 was announced Tuesday, Oct 13, 2020. While it’s equipped with the newest 5G technologies, it will not come with an adapter or headphones of any kind. Apple is saying this will help save the environment, as well as lower their shipping costs.

Just remembered something?

Nearly 10,000 Indian theaters closed in mid-March when the government imposed restrictions to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Seven months after screens went dark, cinemas reopened Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in much of India – with mostly old titles on the marquee. They are among the last public places to reopen in the country.

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.

For more on the Supreme Court, read this.

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

True. Over two dozen people caught Covid-19 in Coney Barrett’s Sept. 26 Rose Garden nomination announcement.