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Current Events Flashcards

1
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In 2018, she was awarded the Cecil B DeMille Award at the Golden Globes. Name the woman that the Hollywood Foreign Press Association described as “one of the most respected and admired figures today.”

A

Oprah Winfrey

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To help drivers avoid accidents, all new cars must now have this safety feature.

A

Backup cameras

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He headlined Coachella’s country music cousin. Name him and the music festival.

A

Garth Brooks

Stagecoach

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4
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2018 Tony’s

Lifetime Achievement

A

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Chita Rivera

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5
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Special Tony’s

The Boss on Broadway

A

Bruce Springstein

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6
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Special Tony’s

Latin History for Morons

A

John Leguizamo

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She is the late Kansas girl at the center of the 1954 US Supreme Court ruling that struck down racial segregation in schools.

A

Linda Brown

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This North Carolina gunmaker that began in 1816 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2018. Name this famed rifle maker.

A

Remington

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9
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The salacious interview of this porn star gave 60 minutes its best rating since 2008s interview with then President elect and Michelle Obama.

A

Stormy Daniels

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This piano company has a $133,000 self-playing piano called the Spiro. Name the company.

A

Steinway

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11
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2018 Grammys

icon award

A

Jay-Z

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2018 Grammys

best new artist

A

Alessia Cara

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13
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2018 Grammys Album of the Year

A

Bruno Mars

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14
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2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor for Get Out

A

Daniel Kaluuya

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2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor for Thor:Ragnorok

A

Idris Elba

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2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding actress for Gifted

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Octavia Spencer

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding supporting actress for Girls Trip

A

Tiffany Haddish

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Motion Picture

A

Girls Trip

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Literary work - adults for Defining Moments in Black History

A

Dick Gregory

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20
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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Youth for Stranger Things

A

Caleb McLaughlin

21
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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Music Video for That’s What I Like

A

Bruno Mars

22
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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding literary work-children for Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black

A

Vashti Harrison

23
Q

The mudslides in California has forced the closure of California’s main coastal road

A

Highway 101

24
Q

Golden Globes

Supporting Actor for This is Us

A

Sterling K. Brown

25
Q

Golden Globes

Cecil B. De Mille award for outstanding contributions to entertainment

A

Oprah

26
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Movies

Best supporting actress for I, Tonya

A

Allison Janey

27
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Movies

Best Movie

A

3 Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

28
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Movies

Best Actress for Ladybird

A

Saroise Ronan

29
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Movies

Best Actor for Darkest Hour

A

Gary Oldam

30
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TV

Best Supporting Actress for Big Little Lies

A

Laura Dern

31
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TV
To stand up for sexual harassment at the Golden Globe Awards, most of the women attending wore what color to stand in solidarity with abused women.

A

Black

32
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2018 Oscars

Best Picture

A

The Shape of Water

33
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2018 Oscars

Best Director for The Shape of Water

A

Guillermo del Toro

34
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2018 Oscars

Best Actor for Darkest Hour

A

Gary Oldman

35
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2018 Oscars

Best Actress for 3 Billboards outside Ebbing, Mo

A

Frances McDormand

36
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2018 Oscars

Supporting Actor for 3 Billboards

A

Sam Rockwell

37
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2018 Oscars

Best Actress for I, Tonya

A

Allison Janney

38
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2018 Oscars

Best Screenplay for GET OUT

A

Jordan Peele

39
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2018 Oscars

Best animated short for Dear Basketball

A

Kobe Bryant

40
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Hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, blue moons, rainbows, red balloons and unicorns are found in this General Mills cereal.

A

Lucky Charms

41
Q

Lucky Charms is phasing out this charm and replacing it with a unicorn.

A

Hourglass

42
Q

For the first time in 10 years, this cereal has a new marshmallow shape, a white , blue, and purple what mythical creature.

A

Lucky Charms

Unicorn

43
Q

A Wisconsin HS students invented the JustinKase in shop class which prevents intruders in classrooms from doing what?

A

Opening classroom doors

44
Q

2018 Bafta’s

Best Picture

A

3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri

45
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2018 Bafta’s

Best Actress for the same

A

Frances McDormand

46
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2018 Bafta’s

Best Supporting Actress for I, Tanya

A

Allison Janney

47
Q

2018 Bafta’s

Best Director for The Shape of Water

A

Guillermo del Toro

48
Q

It seemed too good to be true. See one film a day for $9.95 a month, Name this app changing its rules now to 4 movies a month.

A

MoviePass

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