June 3 News Quiz of the Week: BTS Heard

Welcome to our weekly current events trivia challenge, the June 3 News Quiz of the Week: Test your knowledge of 2022 current events trivia and the week’s headlines. In world politics: The European Union’s embargo on Russian oil exempts which country? In Social Media: News articles about which subject generated the most reactions? And in History: The city of Memphis, Tennessee, is named after which country’s Memphis? Make sure you know what happened this week. Our weekly news trivia game with the week’s best trivia questions and answers begins when you hit “Start Quiz.”

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News Quiz of the Week (Current Events Trivia) for Friday, June 3, 2022

News Quiz of the Week: 12 Multiple-choice general knowledge questions from the past news week. No time-limit. How smart are you this weekend?

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1. News articles about which subject generated the most social media interactions in the US in April and May 2022?

Screenshot: CBS News

The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion.

The Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Elon Musk.

Data collected by Newswhip from Apr. 4 to May 16, 2022, and published in Axios on May 17, indicated that news articles about the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial had generated more social media interactions per-article in the US compared to all other news topics.

Who won the Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial?

On June 1, 2022, a seven-person jury in Fairfax, Virginia, found that Johnny Depp and his Ex-wife Amber Heard defamed each other. Heard was ordered to pay $10.35 million in damages for describing herself in a 2018 op-ed in The Washington Post as a “public figure representing domestic abuse.” Depp was ordered to pay $2 million in damages after the jury ruled that his lawyer had defamed Heard in one instance when he accused her of damaging the couple’s penthouse and blaming it on Depp. Heard plans to appeal.

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2. K-Pop stars BTS visited the White House to discuss what with US President Joe Biden?

Photo: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The war in Ukraine.

Hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.

The global climate crisis.

Human rights in China.

South Korean boy band BTS met with President Joe Biden at the White House on May 31, 2022, calling for a halt to crimes targeting Asian Americans. Attacks against people of Asian descent have escalated after former President Donald Trump repeatedly referred to the coronavirus as “Kung flu” or “China virus.”

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3. The European Union’s embargo on Russian oil exempts which country?

Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Germany.

Turkey.

Hungary.

Poland.

The European Union’s deal to embargo Russian oil, finalized on May 30, 2022, exempts Hungary from the measure the rest of the bloc is taking to punish Russia for its brutal invasion of Ukraine.

How Come?

EU nations agreed to block imports of Russian oil by sea, which doesn’t include Hungary’s supply as it receives its oil by pipeline. The agreement also ensures that if the pipeline – that runs through Ukraine – is damaged, Hungary could buy Russian oil by other means. Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban, has been turning the country’s leadership toward closer alignment with Russia for a decade now, at times at the expense of relations with the European Union and NATO.

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4. In the wake of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where was the sale and purchase of handguns banned?

Screenshot: camouflage.ca

Texas.

California.

Canada.

New York.

A week after a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers in their classroom in Uvalde, Texas, Canada’s government introduced legislation to implement a “national freeze” on the sale and purchase of handguns (and some toys that look like guns.) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters, “We need only look south of the border to know that if we do not take action firmly and rapidly, it gets worse and worse and gets more difficult to counter.”

Why is Canada banning toy guns?

As a result of the new laws, some toys that resemble real guns will be banned, for example, the above airsoft rifles. Because they resemble real firearms, police have to treat them as such. This kind of mix-up has caused tragic results, as Canada’s Justice Minister Lametti told reporters.

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5. The city of Memphis, Tennessee, is named after which country’s Memphis?

Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube

Egypt.

Israel.

Denmark.

The UK.

Memphis, Egypt, was the ancient capital of the Lower Egypt district of mḥw (“north”). Its ruins – 20 km (12 mi) south of Giza (just outside Cairo) – include the Saqqara site, which contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for ancient Memphis.

How many new mummies were found in 2022?

On May 30, 2022, Egypt displayed 250 painted sarcophagi with well-preserved mummies inside and 150 bronze statues of ancient deities and bronze vessels used in rituals of Isis, the goddess of fertility, all dating back 2,500 years. Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities displayed the artifacts at the feet of the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara. The relics will be transferred for a permanent exhibit at the new Grand Egyptian Museum, still under construction near the famed Giza Pyramids. Take a look.

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6. Which company’s CEO was paid highest in 2021?

Photo: Merzperson at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Apple Inc. CEO.

AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) CEO.

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO.

Expedia Group CEO.

Expedia Group CEO Peter Kern, who earned $296.2 million last year, tops the Associated Press and Equilar’s list of top-paid male and female CEOs in 2021, published on May 26, 2022. Expedia Group is an online travel company that operates Expedia.com, Vrbo (previously HomeAway), Hotels.com, Hotwire.com, Orbitz, Travelocity, trivago, and CarRentals.com.

Who else is on the list?

Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav comes in a close second with a yearly compensation of $246.6 million. After ServiceNow’s William McDermott, Apple’s Tim Cook settles for fourth place, with a humble $98.7 million paycheck.

Are any female CEOs on the list?

Lisa T. Su. Photo: Genevieve Martin, OLCF at ORNL, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

AMD’s (Advanced Micro Devices) CEO Lisa T. Su tops the female CEOs list with a yearly pay of $29.5 million (no. 22 overall), slightly ahead of General Motors CEO Mary T. Barra (no. 23 overall).

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7. What does the unicorn insignia mean in the Ukrainian army’s uniform?

Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube

A symbol for the LGBTQ community.

A symbol for the special units.

A symbol for beating the unbeatable.

A traditional symbol for luck.

Members of Ukraine’s LGBTQ community who sign up for the war have taken to sewing the unicorn insignia into their uniforms, just below the national flag. The practice began in 2014 when Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. As a reaction to the notion that “there are no gay people in the army,” Ukrainian LGBTQ soldiers chose to wear the unicorn symbol.

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8. Which 1990 song opens with the lyrics “Follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park”?

Photo: A.Savin (WikiCommons), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Wind of Change.

The Final Countdown.

I Want to Break Free.

Dust in the Wind.

The Scorpions’ “Wind Of Change” used to open with the lyrics “Follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park,” but the band decided to make some changes. “It simply isn’t right to romanticize Russia,” lead singer Klaus Meine told Die Zeit on May 29, 2022. Instead, the revised lyrics say: “Now listen to my heart / It says Ukrainia / Waiting for the wind to change.”

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9. Which 80s singing sensation originally performed “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”?

Screenshot: Running Up that Hill official music video

Björk.

Tori Amos.

Annie Lennox.

Kate Bush.

Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God), which initially reached No 3 in the UK in 1985, has soared to the top of the UK and US iTunes charts in late-May, 2022, after featuring in the Netflix series Stranger Things. It has also made it to no. 4 in the Spotify Top 200 chart. Running Up That Hill – from the album Hounds Of Love – was played in the first episode of Stranger Things’ season four.

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10. Where is one most likely to be greeted, “Allinllachu”?

Screenshot: Google Translate

Zimbabwe.

Peru.

India.

Aruba.

“Allinllachu” means hello in southern Quechua, the primary language in the Quechua linguistic family spoken mainly in Peru and Bolivia. Approximately 25% (7.7 million) of Peruvians speak a Quechuan language. Quechua variants are still widely spoken today, being the co-official language of many regions and the second most spoken language family in Peru. Quechua was one of 24 languages that Google added to its translation service in May 2022. Many, like Quechua, are spoken by Indigenous or minority groups.

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11. Who’s playing Geppetto in Disney’s live-action remake of Pinocchio?

Screenshot: Pinocchio / Disney+

Tom Hanks.

Matt Damon.

Leonardo DiCaprio.

Ricky Gervais.

Walt Disney Studios released the first teaser trailer for the live-action remake of “Pinocchio” on May 31, 2022, giving the first look at Tom Hanks as Geppetto. Pinocchio premiered on Sept. 8, 2022, on Disney+.

Wasn’t there another Pinocchio planned for 2022?

Netflix has set a Dec. 2022 release for Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion musical adaptation of “Pinocchio” starring Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Gregory Mann, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, and John Turturro.

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12. Which Hollywood actor is behind this heavy Leonard Bernstein makeup?

Photo: From the set of Maestro / Netflix

Robert De Niro.

Christian Bale.

Brad Pitt.

Bradley Cooper.

Bradley Cooper has transformed into Broadway composer Leonard Bernstein in the Netflix biographical drama “Maestro.” The film marks Cooper’s directorial follow-up to the Oscar-winning “A Star Is Born.” “Maestro,” which also stars Carey Mulligan as Bernstein’s wife, started production in May 2022 and should be released in 2023.

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Sources for the June 3 News Quiz of the Week

Consider these news sources as our recommended current events reading list for the weekend:

• Egypt displays a trove of newly discovered ancient artifacts (AP News)
• Hungary’s Oil Embargo Exemption Is a Sign of Orban’s Affinity for Russia (nytimes.com)
• How much the top-paid male and female CEOs made in 2021 (AP News)
• Ukraine’s ‘unicorn’ LGBTQ soldiers head for war (Reuters)
• K-pop supergroup BTS meets Biden, speaks at White House (Reuters)
• Canada introduces law to freeze handgun sales, ban look-alike toys (Reuters)
• ‘Maestro’ First Look: Bradley Cooper Transforms Into Leonard Bernstein (Variety)
• Pinocchio Premiere Date Set on Disney+, Teaser Trailer Released (Variety)
• ‘Allinllachu.’ Google Translate Adds Quechua to Its Platform. (nytimes.com)
• The strangest thing? Why Kate Bush is back at the top of the charts (The Guardian)
• Scorpions say they changed Wind of Change lyrics as the song ‘romanticized Russia’ (The Guardian)
• Key Moments From the Johnny Depp-Amber Heard Verdict (nytimes.com)

We Stand with Ukraine

It seems everybody these days has publicly declared their position on the brutal Russian invasion of Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine and its people, fighting against military forces attacking civilians. We salute Ukraine’s heroic battle for democracy as we stand with every nation fighting against tyranny and for human rights. Our empathy extends to the Russian people, Belarusians, and all who suffer under oppressive governments, including soldiers forced to die in the name of their leaders. We also side with the truth, so here’s a quick list of reliable sources on the conflict.

• Breaking News & Live Updates on Russia-Ukraine from AP News.
• Live Updates and Video Coverage of the Russia-Ukraine War on The New York Times.
• Coverage of the Russia-Ukraine crisis by The Guardian.

The June 3 News Quiz of the Week Questions

Here’s the complete list of the May 27 news quiz questions.

• The city of Memphis, Tennessee, is named after which country’s Memphis?

  Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube

  Egypt.

  Israel.

  Denmark.

  The UK.

  The European Union's embargo on Russian oil exempts which country?

  Photo: Kremlin.ru, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Germany.

  Turkey.

  Hungary.

  Poland.

  Which company's CEO was paid highest in 2021?

  Photo: Merzperson at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  Apple Inc. CEO.

  AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) CEO.

  Warner Bros. Discovery CEO.

  Expedia Group CEO.

  What does the unicorn insignia mean in the Ukrainian army's uniform?

  Screenshot: Reuters on YouTube

  A symbol for the LGBTQ community.

  A symbol for the special units.

  A symbol for beating the unbeatable.

  A traditional symbol for luck.

  K-Pop stars BTS visited the White House to discuss what with US President Joe Biden?

  Photo: The White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

  The war in Ukraine.

  Hate crimes targeting Asian Americans.

  The global climate crisis.

  Human rights in China.

  In the wake of the massacre in Uvalde, Texas, where was the sale and purchase of handguns banned?

  Screenshot: camouflage.ca

  Texas.

  California.

  Canada.

  New York.

  Which Hollywood actor is behind this heavy Leonard Bernstein makeup?

  Photo: From the set of Maestro / Netflix

  Robert De Niro.

  Christian Bale.

  Brad Pitt.

  Bradley Cooper.

  Who's playing Geppetto in Disney's live-action remake of Pinocchio?

  Screenshot: Pinocchio / Disney+

  Tom Hanks.

  Matt Damon.

  Leonardo DiCaprio.

  Ricky Gervais.

  Where is one most likely to be greeted, "Allinllachu"?

  Screenshot: Google Translate

  Zimbabwe.

  Peru.

  India.

  Aruba.

  Which 80s singing sensation originally performed "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)"?

  Screenshot: Running Up that Hill official music video

  Björk.

  Tori Amos.

  Annie Lennox.

  Kate Bush.

  Which 1990 song opens with the lyrics "Follow the Moskva / Down to Gorky Park"?

  Photo: A.Savin (WikiCommons), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Wind of Change.

  The Final Countdown.

  I Want to Break Free.

  Dust in the Wind.

  News articles about which subject generated the most social media interactions in the US in April and May 2022?

  Screenshot: CBS News

  The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on abortion.

  The Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard trial.

  The Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  Elon Musk.

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