April 23 Weekend Quiz: Arts, High-Tech, TV

In How I Met Your Mother, the story is framed by a voiceover from Bob Saget - better known in the 80s as the father from Full House.

What’s new?

On Wednesday, April 21, 2021, Hulu gave a 10-episode straight-to-series order to How I Met Your Father, starring Hilary Duff as the new protagonist. There's no word yet on when How I Met Your Father will start shooting or when it might premiere on Hulu.

Prince Harry is Chief Impact Officer at the San Francisco-based mental health start-up BetterUp.

What is CHIMPO in Japanese?

The job title, which in the US is often shortened to 'CHIMPO,' in Japanese is slang for 'penis.'

Queen Elizabeth II hit 96 on April 21, 2022. She was born in 1926 in London.

Apple introduced AirTags, a coin-like personal location device, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. They can be placed on personal possessions and then tracked with the Find My app (formerly Find My iPhone) on iPhones, iPads, or Macs.

Do AirTags beep?

Like some other similar products, AirTags also emit noise to make them easier to find. Apple users can also lift their phone cameras and see their AirTags' locations accurately in real physical space on the screen.

Claude Monet painted the famous Water Lilies series, including the 1919 piece Le Bassin Aux Nymphéas (Water Lily Pond).

What’s new?

Le Bassin aux Nymphéas will star at Sotheby’s New York Impressionist and modern art evening sale on May 12, 2021. On Sunday, April 17, the auction center announced that it expects to bring in $40 million from the sale.

Nomadland won four awards At the 2021 British Academy Film Awards, including Best Film. Watch the film's trailer.

The last time the winners of best actress and best actor were from the same film was 1998 when Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson scored the double for As Good As It Gets.

The Sex, Lies, and Videotape director, Steven Soderbergh, co-produced the 2021 Oscars, which organizers say is the "perfect occasion for innovation and re-envisioning the possibilities for the awards show."

Miranda Lambert held onto her record as the most decorated winner in ACM history in Sunday’s April 18, 2021, ceremony. Maren Morris won Female artist of the year.

Any notable performances?

Besides Lambert’s performances, Carrie Underwood performed in the 2021 ACMs with gospel legend CeCe Winans.

The Armenian genocide was the systematic killing and deportation of around 1 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Turkey) during World War I (1915-1917).

Joe Biden and the Armenian genocide fact:

President Joe Biden acknowledged the Armenian genocide formally on Saturday, April 24, the Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. Turkey’s foreign minister has warned the Biden administration in the past that the recognition would “harm” U.S.-Turkey ties.

R.I.P. Helen McCrory, the actress who portrayed Cherie Blair in The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010).

McCrory also appeared as Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter films. Her other notable roles include Mama Jeanne in Martin Scorsese's Hugo (2011), The James Bond film Skyfall (2012), and Peaky Blinders (2013–2019).

What happened?

McCrory died of cancer on Friday at the age of 52. Her husband, actor Damian Lewis, said: “She’s left our beautiful children, Manon and Gully, too early, but they have been prepared for life.”

Famously a late bloomer, comedian Ricky Gervais turned 60 on June 25, 2021.

What's new?

Ricky Gervais has confirmed the third series of "After Life" started filming on Monday, April 19, 2021. "After Life" 's third and final series hits Netflix by the end of 2021.