Current Events Flashcards

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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.”

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Oprah Winfrey

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

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Backup cameras

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

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Garth Brooks

Stagecoach

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2018 Tony’s

Lifetime Achievement

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Andrew Lloyd Webber

Chita Rivera

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Special Tony’s

The Boss on Broadway

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Bruce Springstein

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Special Tony’s

Latin History for Morons

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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.

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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.

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Remington

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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.

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Stormy Daniels

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

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Steinway

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2018 Grammys

icon award

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Jay-Z

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2018 Grammys

best new artist

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Alessia Cara

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2018 Grammys Album of the Year

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Bruno Mars

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2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor for Get Out

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Daniel Kaluuya

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2018 NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Supporting Actor for Thor:Ragnorok

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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

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Tiffany Haddish

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Motion Picture

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Girls Trip

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Literary work - adults for Defining Moments in Black History

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Dick Gregory

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Performance by a Youth for Stranger Things

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Caleb McLaughlin

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

Outstanding Music Video for That’s What I Like

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2018 NAACP Image Awards

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

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Vashti Harrison

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

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Golden Globes

Supporting Actor for This is Us

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Sterling K. Brown

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Golden Globes | Cecil B. De Mille award for outstanding contributions to entertainment
Oprah
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Movies | Best supporting actress for I, Tonya
Allison Janey
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Movies | Best Movie
3 Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
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Movies | Best Actress for Ladybird
Saroise Ronan
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Movies | Best Actor for Darkest Hour
Gary Oldam
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TV | Best Supporting Actress for Big Little Lies
Laura Dern
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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.
Black
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2018 Oscars | Best Picture
The Shape of Water
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2018 Oscars | Best Director for The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
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2018 Oscars | Best Actor for Darkest Hour
Gary Oldman
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2018 Oscars | Best Actress for 3 Billboards outside Ebbing, Mo
Frances McDormand
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2018 Oscars | Supporting Actor for 3 Billboards
Sam Rockwell
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2018 Oscars | Best Actress for I, Tonya
Allison Janney
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2018 Oscars | Best Screenplay for GET OUT
Jordan Peele
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2018 Oscars | Best animated short for Dear Basketball
Kobe Bryant
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Hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, blue moons, rainbows, red balloons and unicorns are found in this General Mills cereal.
Lucky Charms
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Lucky Charms is phasing out this charm and replacing it with a unicorn.
Hourglass
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For the first time in 10 years, this cereal has a new marshmallow shape, a white , blue, and purple what mythical creature.
Lucky Charms | Unicorn
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A Wisconsin HS students invented the JustinKase in shop class which prevents intruders in classrooms from doing what?
Opening classroom doors
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2018 Bafta's | Best Picture
3 Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
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2018 Bafta's | Best Actress for the same
Frances McDormand
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2018 Bafta's | Best Supporting Actress for I, Tanya
Allison Janney
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2018 Bafta's | Best Director for The Shape of Water
Guillermo del Toro
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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.
MoviePass