Weekend Awesome News Quiz: Vanilla, Rawling-verse, and Tears

A viral Tik Tok challenge urges users to Google ‘Where does vanilla artificial flavoring come from?‘ and record themselves as they view the answer. While the challenge refers to the fact that beaver castor glands produce a vanilla-scented Castoreum, it is mostly in use in the perfume industry and certainly not in artificial vanilla flavoring, which is pure 100% Vanillin –  A chemical by-product of the wood pulp industry.

Wentworth Miller has confirmed that he will not return as Michael Scofield to Prison Break for its rumored sixth season.

LGBTQ+ Fact

In an Instagram post, Miller announced his exit from the show, explaining he wishes to pursue roles representing the LGBT+ community. “I just don’t want to play straight characters,” he wrote, “Their stories have been told (and told).”

Viagra, also known as the little blue pill, hit the market in 1998 and immediately became a breakout hit for the Pfizer company.

Pop sensation, BTS, was formed in South Korea, which has been a considerable exporter of pop music (AKA k-pop) in the past decade. BTS won four leading awards, including best song for “Dynamite” and best group, at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Nov. 8, 2020.

The Oslo Accords were a 1993 attempt to broker peace between Israel and the Palestinians, resulting in the formation of a Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, but without a Palestinian state or peace for either side.

New Fact

The historic events are being made into an HBO Max movie, starring Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott.  Steven Spielberg is producing the film,  based on the award-winning play by J.T. Rogers, named ‘Oslo.’

Stacey Abrams is a Democratic leader who was instrumental in turning Georgia blue during the 2020 presidential election – for the first time since 1992. She generated some 2 million votes in years of hard work. Watch her interview with Steven Colbert.

Diwali is the Indian festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika (in 2020, Saturday, Nov. 14). It’s one of Hinduism’s most popular festivals, symbolizing the spiritual “victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.”