Weekend Quiz: 1 Potato Head, 2 Break-Ups, Big Progress

Hasbro launched Mr. Potato Head in 1952. Back then, families had to supply their real potato, which kids could turn into little people thanks to plastic pieces in the box, such as hands, feet, eyes, accessories like a pipe, and felt pieces that stood for mustaches. The following year, Mrs. Potato Head launched with feminized accessories, such as hair bows and red high heels.

Mr. Potato 2021 Woke Fact

As of autumn 2021, the toy loses its honorifics to become Potato Head on the packaging. The company says the reimagined toy will allow children “to create their own Potato Head family.”

The estranged couple has four children, daughters North, 8, and Chicago, 3, and sons Saint,5, and Psalm, 2.

When did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West split?

Kim Kardashian filed for divorce from the rapper and aspiring president Kanye West on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. The divorce was finalized in a settlement on Nov. 28, 2022, by which Kardashian will receive $200,000 a month in child support, as the children will spend most of their time with her, the New York Post reported.

Tiger Woods is the only player to have won all four professional golf championships in a row (in the 2000–2001 seasons), an accomplishment better known as the “Tiger Slam.”

New Fact

On Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, Woods was hospitalized after his car flipped (multiple times) off the road and underwent surgery to repair compound fractures in his legs in addition to a shattered ankle.

The Simpsons’ Dr. Hibbert gets a new (Black) voice. After more than 30 years in the role, The Simpsons are replacing Harry Shearer (Derek Smalls from This is Spinal Tap) with Kevin Michael Richardson (better known as Cleveland’s voice from Family Guy). Shearer’s replacement in the role reflects the show’s commitment to no longer feature white actors voicing black characters.

On Feb 19, 2021, Facebook blocked Australian users from viewing and sharing local and international news and restricted local publishers from posting links on their pages. The move came as part of a dispute with the Australian government over a planned law forcing tech giants to pay for news content on their platforms. In a statement posted on Facebook, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the social media company’s actions to “unfriend Australia” were “as arrogant as disappointing.”

Are Facebook and Australia friends now?

Facebook agreed to reverse the decision on Tuesday, Feb 23, 2021, after the Australian government decided on last-minute changes to its proposed media bargaining code to bring Facebook back to the negotiating table with news companies.

A month after the Facebook Oversight Board published 17 recommendations for improving its content moderation, one of the changes Facebook decided to adopt is Instagram’s nudity policy to clarify “health-related nudity” is allowed. The Oversight Board recommended that Facebook update Instagram’s community guidelines around adult nudity to explain that some nudity — health-related, photos of breastfeeding, giving birth, breast cancer awareness, gender confirmation surgery, or in the act of protest — is allowed on the platform.

Duke and Duchess of Sussex, AKA Prince Harry, and his wife, Meghan Markle, now live in Montecito, California. In their first major television interview since quitting royal duties and buying a home last year in the U.S, the couple spoke with their Montecito neighbor, Oprah Winfrey. The 90-minute “Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special” aired March 7, 2021.

• Listen & Read: New York Times and Sunday Times Bestseller Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family in Audiobook, Kindle, or print.

Daft Punk was the first electronic act in history to win the album-of-the-year Grammy award in 2014 for the album Random Access Memories, including the mega-hit “Get Lucky,” featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers. 

Daft Punk breaking up in 2021

The helmet-wearing French electronic music duo announced they are breaking up after 28 years in an 8-minute video called “Epilogue,” published Monday. Feb. 23, 2021.

The Ingenuity helicopter, which landed on Mars with Perseverance on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, is the first helicopter ever sent to another planet.

Nigerian-American economist and international development expert Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed as Director-General of the World Trade Organization on Feb. 15, 2021. Her term began in March 2021. She is the first woman and the first African to hold the office.

Tennis superstars Naomi Osaka and Novak Djokovic won the Women’s Singles and the Men’s Singles, respectively, at the Australian Open, Feb. 21, 2021.

A Margarita cocktail consists of tequila, orange liqueur, and lime juice. It is often served with salt on the rim of the glass, with or without ice. Monday, 22 February, was National Margarita Day 2021 in the United States.