August 2022 Entertainment News Super Quiz

August 22, 2022.

The August 2022 entertainment news cycle was a hot and sour mix of celebrity deaths, DC Comics news, and lots of Ben Affleck. Take this FOMO Entertainment News Quiz to ensure you didn’t miss anything important: From the year’s celebrity wedding to Netflix‘s latest.

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August 2022 Entertainment Quiz: 10 Showbiz questions on music, TV, films, Awards, and celebrities from Aug. 2022. No time-limit. How smart are you today?

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1. In which Las Vegas institute did Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck marry?

Photo: Jennifer Lopez / onthejlo.com

The Golden Nugget hotel.

The Church of the West.

The Little White Chapel.

The Aladdin hotel and casino.

On July 16, 2022, Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck were married at Little White Chapel, a drive-through wedding chapel in Las Vegas. Their marriage was announced on July 17 in Lopez’s newsletter to fans under the headline “We did it.” Lopez and Affleck famously dated in the early 2000s, earning the nickname “Bennifer.“

Weren’t they married before?

Affleck married Jennifer Garner in 2005. They divorced in 2018. It’s Lopez’s fourth marriage. She was briefly married to Ojani Noa and Cris Judd before marrying singer Marc Anthony in 2004. The couple split a decade later and share 14-year-old twins.

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2. On Game of Thrones and its prequel House of the Dragon, what’s the house of the dragon’s name?

Screenshot: House of the Dragon / HBO

Targaryen.

Lannister.

Stark.

Velaryon.

“House of the Dragon,” set 200 years before the events of “Game of Thrones,” follows the story of House Targaryen and the Targaryen civil war between siblings Aegon II and Rhaenyra, who fought for the throne after their father’s death. HBO released the first official trailer for “House of the Dragon” on July 20, 2022. The “Game of Thrones” prequel series debuted on Aug. 21. Watch the trailer.

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3. Why won’t Pat Benatar perform her song “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” at live shows?

Screenshot: CBS Sunday Morning

Out of respect for the #MeToo movement.

Out of respect for the Black Lives Matter movement.

Out of respect for Americans hurt in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

Out of respect for American families affected by mass shootings.

In an interview with USA Today on July 21, 2022, singer Pat Benatar said she would no longer perform her song “Hit Me with Your Best Shot” at live shows out of respect for American families affected by mass shootings. She explained that her view of the song’s lyrics, which include the words “fire away,” have changed.

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4. In Don McLean’s classic American Pie, the lyrics “the day the music died” refer to which event?

Photo: JeremyWestby, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Elvis Presley’s death.

Buddy Holly’s death.

The war in Vietnam.

The assassination of John F Kennedy.

Don McLean’s American Pie’s “the day the music died” refers to Feb. 3, 1959, when a single-engine plane carrying musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Jiles P. Richardson, crashed into a cornfield north of Clear Lake, Iowa, killing the three and their pilot. “The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean’s ‘American Pie,'” streams on Paramount+ starting July 26, 2022.

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5. Which movie starred Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, and Tony Sirico?

Screenshot: G********s / Warner Bros. Pictures

Goodfellas.

The Godfather.

The saints of New Jersey.

The Avengers.

Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, and Tony Sirico appeared in Martin Scorsese’s 1990 hit movie “GoodFellas,” along with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Lorraine Bracco.  Liotta, Sorvino, and Sirico passed away in 2022.

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6. Which two 90s movies feature Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn?

Screenshot: Universal Pictures

The Green Mile and To Die For.

Dead Man Walking and Cape Fear.

Return to Paradise and Psycho.

Just Cause and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Return to Paradise and the Psycho remake were both released in 1998, and both starred Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn.

How did Anne Heche die?

Anne Heche died from inhalation injury and burns and was removed from life support on Aug. 11, 2022, after her car accidentally jumped a curb and smashed into a west Los Angeles home on Aug. 5, 2022. She was 53.

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7. Who plays Batman in the upcoming 2023 DC Universe films?

Photo: Jason Momoa on Instagram

Just Ben Affleck.

Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson.

Michael Keaton and Robert Pattinson.

Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton.

Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton will appear as two Batmans in March 2023’s The Flash, and Affleck will reprise the role in June’s Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (as revealed on Jason Momoa’s Instagram account.) Keaton was also set to appear as Batman in Batgirl, initially scheduled for 2023. That is, until Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Aug. 2, 2022, that it was canceling the film, despite completing a significant degree of post-production. No news yet for Robert Pattinson’s The Batman 2 release date.

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8. Who’s the director behind Netflix’s new Addams Family series, “Wednesday”?

Screenshot: Wednesday / Netflix

The Addams Family live-action film director.

The Addams Family animated film director.

The Beetlejuice director.

The original Addams Family TV series director.

Netflix released the first trailer for Wednesday, Tim Burton’s (Beetlejuice) reimagining of the Addams Family series, on August 17, 2022. Burton was previously signed to develop a stop-motion Addams Family film – which was later canceled. The series, starring Jenna Ortega in the title role alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzman, Gwendoline Christie, and Christina Ricci (who played Wednesday in the 1991 Barry Sonnenfeld live-action film,) premiered on Netflix in the fall of 2022. Watch the trailer.

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9. Who is the first South Korean artist to headline a major US musical festival?

Screenshot: HYBE LABELS on YouTube

Psy.

Jungkook.

J-Hope of BTS.

V of BTS.

J-Hope of BTS will perform on July 31, 2022, as the finale act at Chicago’s annual Lollapalooza, becoming the first South Korean artist to headline a major US musical festival. The festival organizers, Live Nation, also announced that South Korean boy band Tomorrow X Together (TXT) would perform at Lollapalooza on July 30, marking their US festival debut.

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10. Which TV show featured the first kiss between a white man and a Black woman to be broadcast in a US series?

Screenshot: Paramount Pictures.

Batman.

Star Trek.

Mission: Impossible.

I Love Lucy.

During the original “Star Trek”‘s third season, in 1968, Nichelle Nichols’ character, Lt. Uhura, and William Shatner’s Capt. James Kirk shared the first interracial kiss between a white man and a Black woman to be broadcast on a US TV series. Nichols died on July 30, 2022, at the age of 89.

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The August 2022 Entertainment News VIDEO QUIZ

11 Current entertainment news questions, 30 seconds per question. How many can you answer in under six minutes?

Sources for the August 2022 Entertainment News Quiz

Here are some of the most prominent showbiz and entertainment news reports from the past month.

• Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck got married in Las Vegas (NPR)
• ‘House of the Dragon’ Trailer: Fire and Blood Are Coming to Westeros (Variety)
• K-Pop star J-Hope to make music history at Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival (Reuters)
• Paul Sorvino, Master of the Mild-Mannered Mobster, Dies at 83 (nytimes.com)
• Don McLean looks back at his masterpiece, ‘American Pie’ (AP News)
• Pat Benatar won’t perform ‘Hit Me with Your Best Shot’ anymore (Reuters)
• Nichelle Nichols, Uhura in the Star Trek franchise, dies at 89 (The Washington Post)
• Where Does Batgirl’s Cancellation Leave Ben Affleck’s Batman? (screenrant.com)
• Anne Heche’s death ruled accidental after a fiery car crash (The Guardian)
• ‘Wednesday’: First Look Addams Family From Netflix Series (Deadline)

The August 2022 Entertainment News Quiz Questions

• In which Las Vegas institute did Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck marry?

  Photo: Jennifer Lopez / onthejlo.com

  The Golden Nugget hotel.

  The Church of the West.

  The Little White Chapel.

  The Aladdin hotel and casino.

  Who is the first South Korean artist to headline a major US musical festival?

  Screenshot: HYBE LABELS on YouTube

  Psy.

  Jungkook.

  J-Hope of BTS.

  V of BTS.

  On Game of Thrones and its prequel House of the Dragon, what's the house of the dragon's name?

  Screenshot: House of the Dragon / HBO

  Targaryen.

  Lannister.

  Stark.

  Velaryon.

  Why won't Pat Benatar perform her song "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" at live shows?

  Screenshot: CBS Sunday Morning

  Out of respect for the #MeToo movement.

  Out of respect for the Black Lives Matter movement.

  Out of respect for Americans hurt in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots.

  Out of respect for American families affected by mass shootings.

  In Don McLean's classic American Pie, the lyrics "the day the music died" refer to which event?

  Photo: JeremyWestby, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

  Elvis Presley's death.

  Buddy Holly’s death.

  The war in Vietnam.

  The assassination of John F Kennedy.

  Which movie starred Ray Liotta, Paul Sorvino, and Tony Sirico?

  Screenshot: G********s / Warner Bros. Pictures

  Goodfellas.

  The Godfather.

  The saints of New Jersey.

  The Avengers.

  Which TV show featured the first kiss between a white man and a Black woman to be broadcast in a US series?

  Screenshot: Paramount Pictures.

  Batman.

  Star Trek.

  Mission: Impossible.

  I Love Lucy.

  Who plays Batman in the upcoming 2023 DC Universe films?

  Photo: Jason Momoa on Instagram

  Just Ben Affleck.

  Ben Affleck and Robert Pattinson.

  Michael Keaton and Robert Pattinson.

  Ben Affleck and Michael Keaton.

  Which two 90s movies feature Anne Heche and Vince Vaughn?

  Screenshot: Universal Pictures

  The Green Mile and To Die For.

  Dead Man Walking and Cape Fear.

  Return to Paradise and Psycho.

  Just Cause and I Know What You Did Last Summer.

  Who's the director behind Netflix's new Addams Family series, "Wednesday"?

  Screenshot: Wednesday / Netflix

  The Addams Family live-action film director.

  The Addams Family animated film director.

  The Beetlejuice director.

  The original Addams Family TV series director.

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