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Category 1002 - Question 1Who is
Awkwafina? Her real name? What is she known for?
Nora Lum, AKA Awkwafina is an American
rapper and
actress. She made her film breakthrough in 2018 with her roles in the films Ocean's 8 and
Crazy Rich Asians.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 2Before her breakout film roles, what was
Awkwafina known for?
Akwafina first gained popularity for her song
My Vag, a response to Mickey Avalon's
My Dick.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 3The name of
Jay-Z's music streaming service? What are some of its features? Its origins?
Tidal combines lossless audio and high-definition music videos with
exclusive content and special features on music. Tidal was launched in 2014 by Norwegian public company Aspiro.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 4Who is
Ruth Joan Bader Ginsburg?She's an
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, appointed by President Bill Clinton. She is one of three female justices currently serving on the
Supreme Court (along with Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan).
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 5What two
companies have been contracted to transport U.S. government crews to and from the
International Space Station? What are the names of the spacecraft they will use?
The
SpaceX Dragon and
Boeing's CST-100
Starliner have been chosen.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 7What two
companies have been contracted to
transport U.S. government crews to and from the International
Space Station? What are the names of the spacecraft they will use?
The
SpaceX Dragon and
Boeing's CST-100
Starliner have been chosen.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 8What is the
Incel movement?Incel is short for
involuntarily celibacy. The term was originally coined in 1993 by a
queer woman known only as
Alana, searching for a way to describe her sense of loneliness. It’s since been used by an online community of men who are angry that they can’t convince women to have sex with them.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 10General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China?Xi Jinping
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 12Who is the
leader of
Myanmar? What is her title? What was Myanmar formally known as?
Aung San Suu Kyi is the incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister.
The ruling military junta changed its name from
Burma to
Myanmar in 1989.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 13What does the term
Gerrymandering mean?
It's a practice intended to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by
manipulating district boundaries.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 14Who is
Anthony Bourdain? What TV show was he famous for?
He had a American travel and
food show on CNN called Anthony Bourdain:
Parts Unknown. On June 8, 2018, he committed suicide while on location in France for his show.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 15Who was
Anthony Bourdain dating at the time of his death? What major news story involved her?
Italian
actress Asia Argento became a leader of the
#metoo movement. She was accused of sexually assaulting actor Jimmy Bennett in 2013 when he was 17 and she was 37.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 16The name of
Jay-Z's music
streaming service? What are some of its features? Its origins?
Tidal combines lossless audio and high-definition music videos with
exclusive content and special features on music. Tidal was launched in 2014 by Norwegian public company Aspiro.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 17What is
Emily's List? Who founded it? What does the acronym stand for?
It's an American political action committee (PAC) that aims to help elect
pro-choice Democratic female candidates to office. It was founded by Ellen Malcolm in 1985. The acronym stands for
EARLY MONEY IS
LIKE YEAST.
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 18Who Am I? What am I known for?
Busy Phillips is known for her roles on the Dawson's Creek TV series and movies like He's Just Not That Into You. She also had her own talk show called
Busy Tonight
View Question Graphics Category 1002 - Question 19Who
replaced Jon Stewart as host of The
Daily Show after his last show on August 6th, 2015?
Trevor Noah
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