Weekly News Quiz: Borat, John Oliver, Adele

That’s right. Bruce Willis’s iconic character from the Die Hard movies is named John McClane.

Bonus Question: Which battery brand featured a Die Hard commercial?

The character is featured in a new commercial for Die Hard batteries.

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.”

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True. In the upcoming Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Sasha Baron Cohen is seen dressed as Donald Trump, crashing a rally held by US Vice President Mike Pence. Speaking to the New York Times, Baron-Cohen said that after realizing that security was there to ‘check everyone’s bodies going through,’ he began to wonder: “How do I get in and how do I get out?”.

That’s right. ‎U.S. officials are accusing Iran of being behind threatening emails sent to Democratic voters in multiple states. Seemingly from far-right groups like the Proud Boys, the fake messages meant to intimidate Democratic voters.

That’s right. The Jewish comedian told Jimmy Kimmel that COVID-19 “comes from a place called Wuhan, which is in Israel.” He was jokingly referring to antisemitic conspiration theories spurring in the United States.  Cohen then asked Kimmel, “In the last week, have you spent more than 15 minutes in the presence of any Jews?” to which Kimmel replied that, “All of our writers and none of our camera guys are Jews.” Watch the hilarious interview.

Correct. The European Union on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020,  awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. The 38-year old former English teacher took her husband’s place in the opposition after he was jailed. Tsikhanouskaya shares the prize with several leading members of the opposition, including Nobel winner Svetlana Alexievich, musician Maryia Kalesnikava, and others.

That’s right. President Donald Trump called New York City a “ghost town” during the final debate on Thursday, Oct 22, 2020. New Yorkers naturally fired back with ‘Ghostbusters’ memes.

Adele was 19 when she published her debut album in 2008.

When was Adele’s first SNL appearance?

In 2012 she made her first SNL appearance, and on Oct. 24, 2020, She made her debut as the show’s host.

‘Jagshemash! Happy birthday, Kimothy!‘ began the message. Watch it.

“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)

Exactly. Jacinda Ardern is 40 years old. She led her party to a landslide victory, winning an overall majority of 64 seats in the 120-seat House of Representatives and her second term as Prime Minister. She gets credit for the success her country had fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

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. 

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