June 2022 Entertainment News Super Quiz

June 14, 2022.

The June 2022 Entertainment news cycle was a fun mix of shocking and amusing news. A virus attacked Justin Bieber, and Darth Vader got on a rollercoaster. Take this FOMO Entertainment News Quiz to ensure you didn’t miss anything important: From major celebrity outings to unrecognizable celebrity faces.

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June 2022 Entertainment Quiz: 12 Showbiz questions on music, TV, films, Awards, and celebrities from June 2022. No time-limit. How smart are you today?

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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. What’s Ramsay Hunt syndrome?

Screenshot: Justin Bieber on Instagram

A virus that affects nerves in the face.

Symptoms associated with the carpal tunnel.

A form of brain stroke.

A rapid-spreading muscle weakness.

Justin Bieber was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a virus that affects nerves in the facial area. In a video posted on Instagram, Bieber said the left half of his face was paralyzed, and his right eye was not blinking. About 75% of patients with the Ramsay Hunt syndrome who receive early treatment, including steroids and antivirals, make a full recovery.

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3. How old is Rebel Wilson in 2022?

Screenshot: Rebel Wilson on Instagram

48.

42.

36.

30.

Rebel Wilson was born on Mar. 2, 1980, making her 42 in 2022. A self-proclaimed “late bloomer” in love, Wilson revealed on her Instagram account on June 9, 2022, that she is dating fashion designer Ramona Agruma. Wilson had come out after a Sydney Morning Herald reporter asked her to comment about her new partner, giving her a two-day deadline. The reporter later apologized.

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4. Who’s been on Saturday Night Live longer?

Screenshots: Saturday Night Live / NBC

Michael Che.

Pete Davidson.

Kate McKinnon.

Kyle Mooney.

Kate McKinnon joined the Saturday Night Live cast in 2012, making the 2022 season her 11th, while Pete Davidson appeared on the show for eight seasons.

 Did Kate McKinnon and Pete Davidson leave SNL?

Saturday Night Live said goodbye to Kate McKinnon, Aidy Bryant, Kyle Mooney, and Pete Davidson on May 21, 2022, as the show wrapped its 47th season – the season that had the biggest cast in SNL history. McKinnon brought back alien abductee Colleen Rafferty for the show’s cold open. Then she opened the show for the last time as a cast member: “Live from New York, it’s Saturday night.” Davidson appeared on Weekend Update to mark his closure after eight seasons. Watch Davidson in a cut-for-time sketch rapping about the show’s producer, Lorne Michaels (and look for a surprise Eminem appearance towards the end).

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5. Who authored The Handmaid’s Tale?

Image: The Handmaid’s Tale book cover

Virginia Woolf.

Margaret Atwood.

George Orwell.

George Eliot.

Canadian-born Margaret Atwood famously authored The Handmaid’s Tale in 1985.

Is there a Burn-proof edition of The Handmaid’s Tale?

Screenshot: Penguin Random House

Atwood and Penguin Random House announced on May 23, 2022, that a one-off, unburnable edition of The Handmaid’s Tale would be auctioned through Sotheby’s New York. Proceeds will be donated to PEN, which advocates for free expression around the world.

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6. 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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7. 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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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. Who is Queen Elizabeth II having tea with in this picture?

Screenshot: Platinum Party at the Palace / BBC One

Rupert Bear.

Fozzie Bear.

Paddington Bear.

Winnie-the-Pooh.

On June 4, 2022, Queen Elizabeth II appeared in a pre-recorded comic sketch with Paddington Bear ahead of a pop concert outside Buckingham Palace – marking her platinum Jubilee as a queen. Paddington Bear first appeared in October 1958 in the children’s book A Bear Called Paddington and has been featured in over twenty books written by British author Michael Bond.

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10. Which video game features Darth Vader on a rollercoaster?

Screenshot: Fortnite / Epic Games / Lucasfilm

Multiversus.

Among Us.

Minecraft.

Fortnite.

Fortnite’s Chapter 3: Season 3, which started on June 5, 2022, introduces Darth Vader as a new character for players to unlock. Vader is joining the Obi-Wan Kenobi character made available in the Fortnite Item Shop on May 26. Later in the season, battle pass owners will also be able to unlock Indiana Jones.

What’s the vibe in Fortnite’s new season?

In Fortnite’s Chapter 3: Season 3, titled Vibin’, “the Island is one giant party,” equipped with a rollercoaster and a dance floor, among others, according to the Epic Games website. Watch the new season’s trailer. 

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11. MCU’s Ms. Marvel is what?

Screenshot: Ms. Marvel, Marvel Entertainment, Disney+

Marvel’s first queer superhero.

Marvel’s first Muslim superhero.

Marvel’s first Latinx superhero.

Marvel’s first teenage superhero.

“Ms. Marvel,” based on the 2014 comic-book series, tells the story of Kamala Khan, Marvel’s first Muslim superhero, a Jersey City high schooler who admires the Marvel superheroes from afar — until she is granted powers that allow her to fight alongside them. Ms. Marvel started streaming on Disney+ on June 8, 2022.

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12. Jennifer Hudson won which awards during her career?

Screenshot: Late Show with Stephen Colbert / CBS

Oscar.

Oscar and Grammy.

Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy.

Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony.

With a Tony win for “A Strange Loop,” Jennifer Hudson, one of the show’s co-producers, joined on June 12, 2022, the select group of people who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony (aka EGOT). Hudson won an Oscar in 2007 for her role in “Dreamgirls,” two Grammys for the cast album of 2015’s “The Color Purple,” and a 2021 Daytime Emmy Award for an interactive animated short for which she was an executive producer, “Baba Yaga.” The EGOT club includes Rita Moreno, John Legend, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Brooks, Whoopi Goldberg, and 16 others.

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The June 2022 Entertainment News Video Quiz

30 Seconds per question, 12 entertainment news questions from June 2022. Try our video quiz!

The June 2022 Entertainment News Quiz Questions

• Who’s been on Saturday Night Live longer?

  Screenshots: Saturday Night Live / NBC

  Michael Che.

  Pete Davidson.

  Kate McKinnon.

  Kyle Mooney.

  Who authored The Handmaid's Tale?

  Image: The Handmaid’s Tale book cover

  Virginia Woolf.

  Margaret Atwood.

  George Orwell.

  George Eliot.

  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.

  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.

  Who is Queen Elizabeth II having tea with in this picture?

  Screenshot: Platinum Party at the Palace / BBC One

  Rupert Bear.

  Fozzie Bear.

  Paddington Bear.

  Winnie-the-Pooh.

  Which video game features Darth Vader on a rollercoaster?

  Screenshot: Fortnite / Epic Games / Lucasfilm

  Multiversus.

  Among Us.

  Minecraft.

  Fortnite.

  MCU’s Ms. Marvel is what?

  Screenshot: Ms. Marvel, Marvel Entertainment, Disney+

  Marvel’s first queer superhero.

  Marvel’s first Muslim superhero.

  Marvel’s first Latinx superhero.

  Marvel’s first teenage superhero.

  What's Ramsay Hunt syndrome?

  Screenshot: Justin Bieber on Instagram

  A virus that affects nerves in the face.

  Symptoms associated with the carpal tunnel.

  A form of brain stroke.

  A rapid-spreading muscle weakness.

  How old is Rebel Wilson in 2022?

  Screenshot: Rebel Wilson on Instagram

  48.

  42.

  36.

  30.

  Jennifer Hudson won which awards during her career?

  Screenshot: Late Show with Stephen Colbert / CBS

  Oscar.

  Oscar and Grammy.

  Oscar, Grammy, and Emmy.

  Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony.

The June 2022 Entertainment News Sources

We crosscheck our questions and answers with the best entertainment news outlets. Here are some of the most prominent entertainment stories of June 2022.

• Justin Bieber is showing early signs of recovery, the surgeon says (Reuters)
• Rebel Wilson reveals she is dating a woman in an Instagram post tagged #loveislove (The Guardian)
• Jennifer Hudson Becomes an EGOT as Co-Producer of ‘A Strange Loop’ (nytimes.com)
• Queen Elizabeth ‘humbled’ by cheering Jubilee crowds (Reuters)
• Fortnite’s new season has a rollercoaster, Darth Vader, and vibes (The Verge)
• ‘Ms. Marvel’ Introduces a New Hero (and a New Actress) – (nytimes.com)
• K-pop supergroup BTS meets Biden speaks at White House (Reuters)
• ‘Maestro’ First Look: Bradley Cooper Transforms Into Leonard Bernstein (Variety)
• Pinocchio Premiere Date Set on Disney+, Teaser Trailer Released (Variety)
• 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)

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