Weekly News Quiz: Borat, John Oliver, Adele

Exactly. Maria Bakalova, 24, was born in the resort town of Burgas, Bulgaria. She studied at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia.

That’s right! In October 2020, Banksy’s “Show Me the Monet” was sold to an unidentified bidder at Sotheby’s in London for $9.8 million. In the 2005 work, Banksy added abandoned shopping carts and an orange traffic cone to Claude Monet’s image of water lilies.

Exactly. In the 1988 movie,  Willow is a reluctant farmer who protects a baby from a tyrannical queen. A new Willow series started streaming on Disney+ on Nov. 30, 2022, starring the original Willow, Warwick Davis.

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.

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.

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

True. President Trump said coyotes. To his defense, the slang term refers to human smugglers, not the animal. You’re not the only one confused by this.

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.

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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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.

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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