What’s a Chancellor of the Exchequer? And what are the “Pillars of Creation”? (12 questions)

Oct. 21, 2022.

Weekly News Quiz: Make sure you know what happened this week with the best trivia questions and answers. Test your knowledge of what’s happening worldwide and the week’s headlines with the Oct. 21 News Quiz of the Week. The Friday Weekly News Quiz has multiple-choice questions about current events. In the UK: What’s a Chancellor of the Exchequer? In Kanye West’s world: Did he apologize? And in space: What are the “Pillars of Creation”?

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News Quiz of the Week (Current Events Trivia Game) for Oct. 21, 2022

News Quiz of the Week: 12 Multiple-choice general knowledge questions for the week ending Oct. 21, 2022. No time-limit. How smart are you this week?

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1. Which leader had the shortest tenure of any British prime minister?

Photo: Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons

George Canning.

Liz Truss.

Boris Johnson.

Gordon Brown.

Britain’s Prime Minister, Liz Truss, began her tenure by speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Sept. 6, 2022, in her first call with a foreign leader. 45 Days later, on Oct. 20, 2022, she quit and broke the record for the shortest tenure of any British prime minister. The Conservative Party will elect Britain’s fifth prime minister in six years by Oct. 28.

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2. In the UK, what’s a Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Screenshot: Sky News – YouTube

A minister without a portfolio.

The Treasury chief.

A High Court justice.

The senior lady in the Royal Household.

As the chief executive officer of His Majesty’s Treasury, the chancellor of the Exchequer is a senior member of the British Cabinet. The chancellor is ranked third in the ministerial hierarchy, behind the prime minister and the deputy prime minister.

Who’s the UK’s treasury chief in 2022?

To avoid a financial market meltdown, Jeremy Hunt was appointed as Treasury chief by Britain’s prime minister Liz Truss on Oct. 14, 2022. Hunt announced on Oct. 18 that he would scrape “almost all” of Truss’ tax cuts, along with her flagship energy policy, and promise not to cut public spending. In October 2022, UK consumer price inflation reached 10.1%, the highest level since 1982 and the level last reached in July.

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3. What’s gender-confirming (or gender-affirming) care?

Image: Jernej Furman at Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Conversion “therapy.”

Men’s health care.

Women’s health care.

Transgender health care.

Gender-affirming (or confirming) care is transgender health care – preventing, diagnosing, and treating physical and mental conditions among transgender individuals. It often involves hormone treatment, puberty blockers, and, sometimes, surgery.

Where is it illegal?

On Oct. 17, 2022, the first US trial on a state’s ban on gender-confirming care for children began in Arkansas. Doctors who give gender-affirming treatment to anyone under 18 years old or even refer patients to such treatment could lose their licenses if the law takes effect.

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4. As of Oct. 2022, what’s the size of the Antarctic ozone hole?

Image: NASA Ozone Watch

About the size of Greenland.

Smaller the size of Manhattan.

Bigger than the size of North America.

It’s long gone.

According to NASA, the ozone hole topped 10 million square miles (26.4 million square kilometers, more than the size of North America) on Oct. 5, 2022, the largest it has been since 2015. It’s the third year in which the ozone hole peaked at over 9.5 million square miles. Despite recent data, the hole is still shrinking.

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5. What’s in the picture?

Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

Andromeda galaxy.

The “Pillars of Creation.”

The Ursa Major (greater bear) constellation.

Arctic clouds.

Nasa released a new view of the “Pillars of Creation” from the James Webb Space Telescope on Oct. 19, 2022. The image of the pillars with semitransparent gas and dust indicates that young stars are forming – or have barely broken out of their dusty cocoons.

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6. Who was Anna May Wong?

Image: Anna May Wong Quarter (usmint.gov)

The first Chinese American CEO.

The first Chinese American spy.

The first Chinese American Olympic champion.

The first Chinese American movie star.

The American actress Anna May Wong is considered the first Chinese American Hollywood movie star, the first Asian American film star, and the first Chinese-American actress to gain international recognition. She worked on silent films, sound films, television, stage, and radio between 1919 and her death in 1961.

Is Anna May Wong on the reverse side of the American quarter?

After Maya Angelou, Dr. Sally Ride, Wilma Mankiller, and Nina Otero-Warren, Wong is the fifth quarter released in 2022 as part of the American Women Quarters Program. She’s also the first Asian American to appear on a US currency. The US Mint is expected to create more than 300 million Wong quarters.

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7. When was the BBC founded?

1822.

1872.

1922.

1972.

Screenshot: Repair Shop / BBC

British wireless manufacturers founded The BBC on Oct. 18, 1922, in London. In 1936, they launched the world’s first regularly scheduled TV service. As part of its centenary celebrations, the BBC presents a series of special programs, including King Charles III appearing on “The Repair Shop,” which features expert craftspeople restoring antiques.

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8. A little over a week after Twitter and Instagram restricted Ye’s accounts in response to antisemitic remarks in Oct. 2022, he did what?

Screenshot: Piers Morgan Uncensored – YouTube

Bought his own social platform and apologized.

Bought his own social platform.

Apologized.

Converted to Judaism.

Following the suspension of Kanye West’s Twitter and Instagram accounts due to antisemitic remarks, Parler’s parent company announced on Oct. 17, 2022, that Ye would buy the site for an undisclosed amount. By December, the conservative social media platform confirmed it would not go through with the deal to sell the site to Ye.

What’s Parler?

Parler bills itself as a platform for uncancelable free speech. Apple, Amazon, and Google had kicked the right-wing social network off their platforms after the app hosted calls for violence around the time of the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill riot. Apple and Google later restored the site to their app stores, but it has struggled to maintain a large user base.

And the apology?

West joined Piers Morgan’s “Uncensored” for an interview out Oct.21, 2022. After a back and forth between Morgan and Ye, the rapper apologized for writing: “I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE”, saying he’s sorry for the “hurt” and “confusion” it caused families unrelated to his anger. Watch the clip.

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9. Why did actress Selma Blair leave 2022’s “Dancing with the Stars”?

Screenshot: Dancing With The Stars / Disney+ on YouTube

Health concerns related to MS.

Harassment allegations.

Failing to do the cha-cha-cha.

Scheduling conflicts.

During a taped piece that aired on Oct. 17, 2022, Selma Blair revealed she was leaving “Dancing with the Stars” because of health concerns related to multiple sclerosis. The actress first revealed in 2018 that she had MS.

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10. After what does BTS plan to come back together as a group “around 2025”?

Screenshot: Run BTS! – YouTube

After all seven members launch their solo careers.

After all seven members complete their military service.

After all seven members start a family.

After all seven members finish school.

When all seven of BTS’s members complete their mandatory military service, “around 2025,” their label and management company Big Hit, plans to reunite them as a group. BTS’s oldest performer, Jin, plans to enlist as soon as his late-Oct. 2022 solo project releases. Jin will be the first BTS member to enlist.

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11. Who is this enchanting lady?

Screenshot: The School for Good and Evil / Netflix

Scarlett Johansson.

Sharon Stone.

Charlize Theron.

Jessica Chastain.

Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Sophia Anne Caruso, and Sofia Wylie star in Netflix’s The School for Good and Evil, directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids). Based on the best-selling series by Soman Chainani, the movie follows best friends Sophie and Agatha as they put their bond to the test at a magical school for future heroes and villains. The movie, also starring Laurence Fishburne and Michelle Yeoh, is available on Netflix from Oct. 19, 2022. Watch the trailer.

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12. The Han Solo in the picture is made of what?

Photo: One House Bakery Facebook

Bread.

Sand.

Clay.

Carbonite.

An artisan bread sculpture depicting Han Solo after being frozen in carbonite in “The Empire Strikes Back” was created by One House Bakery owners in Benicia, California. The sculpture was installed outside the bakery’s shop on October 16, 2022, and will be entered into the annual Downtown Benicia Main Street Scarecrow Contest. The dough from “Pan Solo” will eventually be composted, not eaten.

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This Week in the News

The facts on the Oct. 21 News Quiz of the Week are crosschecked with the world’s top news outlets, research centers, and NGOs. The following articles inspired this week’s news quiz. Here are our weekend reading recommendations.

• UK inflation accelerates to a 40-year high as food prices rise (AP News)
• Landmark trial begins over Arkansas’ ban on trans youth care (AP News)
• The Ozone hole grew this year but still shrinking in general (AP News)
• Webb Telescope Captures New View of “Pillars of Creation” (nytimes.com)
• Anna May Wong Will Be the First Asian American on US Currency (nytimes.com)
• BBC marks 100 years of broadcasting history (AP News)

• Kanye West to Buy Parler, Joining the Right-Wing Social Media Crowd (nytimes.com)
• BTS members to do military service in South Korea (The Guardian)
• Actress Selma Blair departed the “Dancing with the Stars” competition over health concerns related to MS (CNN)
• The School for Good and Evil review – Netflix’s Harry Potter rip-off is a disaster (The Guardian)
• Bakery Creates ‘Pan Solo,’ a 6-Foot Replica of Star Wars Hero Made of Bread (nytimes.com)

The Oct. 21 News Quiz of the Week Questions

Here’s a complete list of current events trivia questions from the Oct. 21 News Quiz of the Week.

• Which leader had the shortest tenure of any British prime minister?

  Photo: Picture by Simon Dawson / No 10 Downing Street, OGL 3, via Wikimedia Commons

  George Canning.

  Liz Truss.

  Boris Johnson.

  Gordon Brown.

  Why did actress Selma Blair leave 2022's "Dancing with the Stars"?

  Screenshot: Dancing With The Stars / Disney+ on YouTube

  Health concerns related to MS.

  Harassment allegations.

  Failing to do the cha-cha-cha.

  Scheduling conflicts.

  After what does BTS plan to come back together as a group "around 2025"?

  Screenshot: Run BTS! - YouTube

  After all seven members launch their solo careers.

  After all seven members complete their military service.

  After all seven members start a family.

  After all seven members finish school.

  As of Oct. 2022, what's the size of the Antarctic ozone hole?

  Image: NASA Ozone Watch

  About the size of Greenland.

  Smaller the size of Manhattan.

  Bigger than the size of North America.

  It's long gone.

  What's gender-confirming (or gender-affirming) care?

  Image: Jernej Furman at Flickr, CC BY 2.0

  Conversion “therapy.”

  Men’s health care.

  Women’s health care.

  Transgender health care.

  The Han Solo in the picture is made of what?

  Photo: One House Bakery Facebook

  Bread.

  Sand.

  Clay.

  Carbonite.

  In the UK, what's a Chancellor of the Exchequer?

  Screenshot: Sky News - YouTube

  A minister without a portfolio.

  The Treasury chief.

  A High Court justice.

  The senior lady in the Royal Household.

  When was the BBC founded?

  1822.

  1872.

  1922.

  1972.

  Who was Anna May Wong?

  Image: Anna May Wong Quarter (usmint.gov)

  The first Chinese American CEO.

  The first Chinese American spy.

  The first Chinese American Olympic champion.

  The first Chinese American movie star.

  A little over a week after Twitter and Instagram restricted Ye's accounts in response to antisemitic remarks in Oct. 2022, he did what?

  Screenshot: Piers Morgan Uncensored - YouTube

  Bought his own social platform and apologized.

  Bought his own social platform.

  Apologized.

  Converted to Judaism.

  What's in the picture?

  Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Joseph DePasquale (STScI), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

  Andromeda galaxy.

  The “Pillars of Creation.”

  The Ursa Major (greater bear) constellation.

  Arctic clouds.

  Who is this enchanting lady?

  Screenshot: The School for Good and Evil / Netflix

  Scarlett Johansson.

  Sharon Stone.

  Charlize Theron.

  Jessica Chastain.

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