Home Daily Trivia Updates 5 Amazing Newsbites: What is John Oliver Memorial? 5 Amazing Newsbites: What is John Oliver Memorial? October 20, 2020 Daily Trivia Updates Daily News Quiz for Oct. 20, 2020 Daily News Quiz: 5 questions, No time-limit. A must-see news update follows each entry. How smart are you today? 1 / 5 What is the John Oliver Memorial in Danbury, Connecticut? Photo: Neil Grabowsky / Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A library. A sewer plant. A statue. A school. Danbury’s City Council voted to rename its sewage plant “The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” following an expletive-filled rant against the city on HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in August. Oliver offered to donate $55,000 to local charities if Danbury actually followed through with the idea, which they did. Watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (FREE with your 7-day HBO trial on Amazon) Exactly. Danbury’s City Council voted to rename its sewage plant “The John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant,” following an expletive-filled rant against the city on HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver in August. Oliver offered to donate $55,000 to local charities if Danbury actually followed through with the idea, which they did. Watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (FREE with your 7-day HBO trial on Amazon) 2 / 5 US President Donald Trump called the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci, a “disaster.” Why, in his words, didn’t he fire him? Photo: The White House, Washington, DC / Public domain “It would look bad in the middle of a pandemic.” "I can’t fire him. He’s been serving since 1984.” "I don’t want to hurt him. He’s been there for about 350 years.” “Maybe I will, maybe I won’t.” “Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” President Donald Trump said Monday, Oct 19, 2020, in a conference call with campaign workers, which reporters were allowed to join. Asked by a reporter why Mr. Trump hasn’t fired Dr. Fauci, the President said: “I don’t want to hurt him. He’s been there for about 350 years.” Dr. Fauci, 79, has served under both Republican and Democrat presidents since 1984. Listen to Soldiers of Science: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci by Alan Alda (FREE on Amazon Audible) “Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” President Donald Trump said Monday, Oct 19, 2020, in a conference call with campaign workers, which reporters were allowed to join. Asked by a reporter why Mr. Trump hasn’t fired Dr. Fauci, the President said: “I don’t want to hurt him. He’s been there for about 350 years.” Dr. Fauci, 79, has served under both Republican and Democrat presidents since 1984. Listen to Soldiers of Science: An Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci by Alan Alda (FREE on Amazon Audible) 3 / 5 What was Jeff Bridges’s only Oscar-winning role so far? Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Los Angeles dude. A country musician. A cowboy. A sheriff. Jeff Bridges may be best known for his role as the Dude in The Big Lebowski, but his oscar-winning role was as a country musician in 2010’s Crazy Heart. The actor announced on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, that he was diagnosed with lymphoma. Bridges, 70, said he is starting treatment for the condition and that the “prognosis is good.” Watch Bridges’s Crazy Heart now! (FREE with STARZ 7-day free trial, $3.99) Jeff Bridges may be best known for his role as the Dude in The Big Lebowski, but his oscar-winning role was as a country musician in 2010’s Crazy Heart. The actor announced on Monday, Oct. 19, 2020, that he was diagnosed with lymphoma. Bridges, 70, said he is starting treatment for the condition and that the “prognosis is good.” Watch Bridges’s Crazy Heart now! (FREE with STARZ 7-day free trial, $3.99) 4 / 5 What was the first major acting job for American actress and singer, Zendaya? Photo: Toglenn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Disney Channel. Spider-man. Euphoria. SNL. Zendaya began her acting career on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up. The HBO’s Euphoria star revealed “two special Euphoria episodes coming soon” on a recent Instagram photo caption. Watch HBO’s Euphoria now (FREE with your 7-day HBO free trial, $3.99) That’s right! Zendaya began her acting career on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up. The HBO’s Euphoria star revealed “two special Euphoria episodes coming soon” on a recent Instagram photo caption. Watch HBO’s Euphoria now (FREE with your 7-day HBO free trial, $3.99) 5 / 5 What’s the main difference between the 2020 first and second US Presidential debates? A separated studio for each nominee. The number of debate monitors onstage. Kanye West. A mute button. The final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden got a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted. Yes, really. That’s true. The final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden got a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted. Sign up to never miss a quiz! Follow our social feeds: [sc name=”follow_us” ] Or subscribe to our newsletter: NameEmail LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte Retake quiz Found a mistake? Tell us! Be sure to come back tomorrow for another quiz. Don’t miss a quiz. Follow us here! [sc name=”follow_us” ] More News Quizzes for You What did Barbie explain on YouTube? 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