Weekend News Super Quiz: Book Awards, Celebrations, History-Making

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Weekly News Quiz for Nov. 21, 2020

Weekly News Quiz: 12 General knowledge questions, No time-limit. A news update follows each entry. Retake quiz for new topics! How smart are you this week?

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What’s the main difference between the Moderna and the Pfizer COVID vaccines, announced in November 2020?

Photo: Rio Tuasikal (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Only one can be kept in a regular freezer.

Only one reached high effectiveness.

Only one has been tested on people.

Only one can be delivered internationally.

2 / 12

Director Doug Liman adapted the sci-fi trilogy Chaos Walking into a movie series starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. How old is Todd, the character played by Holland, ‘who has never seen a girl before,’ in the original first novel?

3 / 12

What’s the name of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in use on NASA’s first full-fledged mission on a privately-owned space taxi?

Photo: NASA

Resilience

Durability

Serenity

Permanence

4 / 12

Who is Kim Ng?

Screenshot: Sportsnet

The first woman to serve as general manager of a team in the Big Four leagues.

The highest-ranking female baseball executive.

She’s all of the above, and more.

The first person of East Asian descent to serve as general manager of an MLB team.

5 / 12

What does the 2020 National Book Award winner The Dead Are Arising describe?

The life of Malcolm X.

The making of The Walking Dead TV series.

Earth, post-human era.

The fight against the coronavirus pandemic.

6 / 12

What does the Latin term Amphitheatrum Flavium stand for?

Tadpoles.

Greek comedy.

The Roman Colosseum.

Flowers of the amaryllis family.

7 / 12

What’s unorthodox about the 2020 National Book Award winner for a fiction novel, Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown?

It’s written with no punctuation at all.

It’s written in the format of a screenplay.

It’s rhymed.

It’s written in tongues.

8 / 12

Complete these ’90s song’s lyrics: I yelled to the cabbie, ‘Yo home smell ya later’ / I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there /
To sit on my throne as the…?

Prince of Bel Air.

King of the Hill.

Blitz of Wet Air.

Queen of Quins.

9 / 12

Queen Elizabeth’s marriage to Prince Philip was the longest of any British sovereign. How long were they married?

Photo: Kiefer. from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

73 Years.

Forever.

53 Years.

63 Years.

10 / 12

Ronald Reagan left the White House when he was 77. Donald Trump will retire from his first and only Presidential term at the age of 74. How old will Joe Biden be when he ENTERS the White House?

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA

11 / 12

Douglas Stuart won the prestigious Booker award for his first novel. What was he doing before his first novel?

A screenwriter.

A journalist.

An academic researcher.

A fashion designer.

12 / 12

Before becoming the Wonder Woman franchise director, what was Patty Jenkins’s best-known feature film?

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

50 Shades of Grey

Thor: The Dark World

Monster, starring Charlize Theron.

I am Superman, starring Ryan Gosling.

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What’s the main difference between the Moderna and the Pfizer COVID vaccines, announced in November 2020?

Photo: Rio Tuasikal (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Director Doug Liman adapted the sci-fi trilogy Chaos Walking into a movie series starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. How old is Todd, the character played by Holland, ‘who has never seen a girl before,’ in the original first novel?

What’s the name of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in use on NASA’s first full-fledged mission on a privately-owned space taxi?

Photo: NASA

Who is Kim Ng?

Screenshot: Sportsnet

What does the 2020 National Book Award winner The Dead Are Arising describe?

What does the Latin term Amphitheatrum Flavium stand for?

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What’s unorthodox about the 2020 National Book Award winner for a fiction novel, Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown?

Complete these ’90s song’s lyrics: I yelled to the cabbie, ‘Yo home smell ya later’ / I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there /
To sit on my throne as the…?

Queen Elizabeth’s marriage to Prince Philip was the longest of any British sovereign. How long were they married?

Photo: Kiefer. from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ronald Reagan left the White House when he was 77. Donald Trump will retire from his first and only Presidential term at the age of 74. How old will Joe Biden be when he ENTERS the White House?

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA

Douglas Stuart won the prestigious Booker award for his first novel. What was he doing before his first novel?

Before becoming the Wonder Woman franchise director, what was Patty Jenkins’s best-known feature film?

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bonus Fact

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Disclaimer: As an Amazon Associate HowSmart.net earns from qualifying purchases.

What’s the main difference between the Moderna and the Pfizer COVID vaccines, announced in November 2020?

Photo: Rio Tuasikal (VOA), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Director Doug Liman adapted the sci-fi trilogy Chaos Walking into a movie series starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland. How old is Todd, the character played by Holland, ‘who has never seen a girl before,’ in the original first novel?

What’s the name of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft in use on NASA’s first full-fledged mission on a privately-owned space taxi?

Photo: NASA

Who is Kim Ng?

Screenshot: Sportsnet

What does the 2020 National Book Award winner The Dead Are Arising describe?

What does the Latin term Amphitheatrum Flavium stand for?

LEGO Fact

What’s unorthodox about the 2020 National Book Award winner for a fiction novel, Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown?

Complete these ’90s song’s lyrics: I yelled to the cabbie, ‘Yo home smell ya later’ / I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there / To sit on my throne as the…?

Queen Elizabeth’s marriage to Prince Philip was the longest of any British sovereign. How long were they married?

Photo: Kiefer. from Frankfurt, Germany, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ronald Reagan left the White House when he was 77. Donald Trump will retire from his first and only Presidential term at the age of 74. How old will Joe Biden be when he ENTERS the White House?

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America / CC BY-SA

Douglas Stuart won the prestigious Booker award for his first novel. What was he doing before his first novel?

Before becoming the Wonder Woman franchise director, what was Patty Jenkins’s best-known feature film?

Photo: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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