Weekly News Quiz: Borat, John Oliver, Adele

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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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.

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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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.

True. The Spencer Davis Group’s “Gimme Some Lovin’ ” hit the Top 10 in the U.S. and the United Kingdom in the early 1970s. RIP Spencer Davis, leader of the band. He died at the age of 81 while being treated for pneumonia.

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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.

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

Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Prime Minister of Iceland, was interrupted by an earthquake while filming an interview on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. “Well, this is Iceland,” Jakobsdóttir laughed and continued her response.

In May, New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was doing an interview when an earthquake struck near the capital, Wellington. As the camera shook, Ardern said smiling, “we’re just having a bit of an earthquake here, quite a decent shake here.”

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.

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.

True. Bad Bunny and Daddy Yankee conquered the Billboard Latin Music Awards Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020,  receiving seven trophies each. Bad Bunny won artist of the year, top Latin album, and songwriter of the year. Daddy Yankee won six of his awards for his hit “Con Calma.” His awards included the hot Latin song and song of the year for streaming and airplay.