Weekly News Quiz: Borat, John Oliver, Adele

That’s right. After walking away from his 60 Minutes interview, the president tweeted his interview with Lesley Stahl was “FAKE and BIASED” and threatened to release a White House account of the interview before its Sunday airtime.

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“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.

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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.

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.

In his new memoir, “Greenlights,” “Dallas Buyers Club” star Matthew McConaughey tells the story of his life through moments he identifies as green, yellow, or red lights — events that caused him to advance, pause or stop.

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That’s right. Check out the new iPhone 12 series.

The new iPhone 12 Pro and Pro Max are equipped with 3 cameras (not including the frontal HD selfie cam). It’s considered the most advanced camera setup available on smartphones today.

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. 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.

That’s true. The final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden got a mute button to allow each candidate to speak uninterrupted. 

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

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.