2020 Current Events Study Guide
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This year's list of 25 films to be inducted into the National Film Registry was announced. Films inducted this year include Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914), The Man with the Golden Arm (1955),Lilies of the Field (1963), A Clockwork Orange (1971), Grease (1978), The Blues Brothers (1980), The Joy Luck Club (1993), Shrek (2001), The Hurt Locker (2008), and The Dark Knight (2008).
An article about this year's inductions which includes the full list of inductees: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dark ... 234852610/
An article about this year's inductions which includes the full list of inductees: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/dark ... 234852610/
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Bill Barr has resigned as Attorney General.
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Ann Reinking, dancer, actor, choreographer, and girlfriend/protégée of Bob Fosse, has died at age 71. Reinking won a Tony Award for choreographing the 1996 revival of the musical Chicago.
In 1979, Reinking appeared in Fosse's semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz as Katie Jagger, a role loosely based on her own life and relationship with Fosse.
In 1979, Reinking appeared in Fosse's semi-autobiographical film All That Jazz as Katie Jagger, a role loosely based on her own life and relationship with Fosse.
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Major League Baseball has decided to recognize the Negro Leagues as official major leagues, on par with the National and American Leagues.
https://www.mlb.com/news/negro-leagues- ... ords-stats
https://www.mlb.com/news/negro-leagues- ... ords-stats
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1. I did happen again [this] year, andMinnesotaMyron wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 7:39 pmI was hoping for this! I've finally embraced the weirdness of Billboard's chart methodology, and I love that the Christmas songs pop up again every year. On a related note, "Last Christmas" didn't chart on the Hot 100 until 2016, on the occasion of George Michael's death.cheezguyty wrote: ↑Mon Dec 16, 2019 6:17 pm Twenty-five years after it was released, Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" tops the Billboard Hot 100. It is the first holiday song to top the chart since "The Chipmunk Song" ruled in 1959 and gives Carey her 19th number one, putting her just one behind the Beatles for the most all-time.
https://www.billboard.com/articles/busi ... number-one
I wonder if it will happen again next year, and if it will count as a second placement, ala Chubby Checkers's "The Twist"
2. Apparently so, although The Twist's break was longer (2 years).
http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-new ... ant-1.html
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Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer became the winningest coach in Division I women's basketball on Tuesday, Dec. 15 when her Cardinal defeated Pacific 104-61. VanDerveer surpassed the late Pat Summitt for most all-time victories with win No. 1,099.
Pat Summitt has 6 hits in the archive.
Full article here: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-wo ... ll-history
Pat Summitt has 6 hits in the archive.
Full article here: https://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-wo ... ll-history
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Two notable nominations for Cabinet positions from a "first" standpoint:
* Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, IN, has been nominated for Secretary of Transportation. He would be the first openly gay Cabinet member.
* Deb Haaland, current House member from New Mexico, has been nominated for Secretary of the Interior. She would be the first Native American Cabinet Member (she is Laguna Pueblo).
* Pete Buttigieg, former presidential candidate and mayor of South Bend, IN, has been nominated for Secretary of Transportation. He would be the first openly gay Cabinet member.
* Deb Haaland, current House member from New Mexico, has been nominated for Secretary of the Interior. She would be the first Native American Cabinet Member (she is Laguna Pueblo).
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The current Interior Secretary, David Bernhardt, has tested positive for COVID-19.
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SolarWinds is a name that will likely come up, if not in Jeopardy, probably in LL.
They are the company that made the software into which the malware was inserted for the big hack of US agencies. The name of the software is Orion.
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They are the company that made the software into which the malware was inserted for the big hack of US agencies. The name of the software is Orion.
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NFL Hall of Famer Kevin Greene dies at 58. No cause of death given.
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Alejandro "Alex" Padilla, California's incumbent secretary of state, has been tapped to replace Kamala Harris in the US Senate when she becomes Vice-President. He will be California's first Latino Senator.
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Also California's first male senator since the beginning of 1993 (when Barbara Boxer replaced Alan Cranston).
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Dan Hodge has died. He was a three time NCAA wrestling champion and an Olympic silver medalist. He never lost a match in his college career. He is the only amateur wrestler to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, appearing in 1957.
He could crush an apple in his hand, even in his 80s.
Fact that may be useful in a trivia contest: The Hodge Trophy, given to the top college wrestler, is named in his honor.
He could crush an apple in his hand, even in his 80s.
Fact that may be useful in a trivia contest: The Hodge Trophy, given to the top college wrestler, is named in his honor.
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Phil Niekro, a very good pitcher for some very bad Atlanta Brave teams (and my childhood hero), has died of cancer at 81.
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A Hall of Fame hurler and master of the knuckleball, Niekro threw more innings than any pitcher in the past 100 years.
Niekro is the seventh Hall of Famer to pass away in 2020. Lou Brock, Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Al Kaline, Joe Morgan, and Tom Seaver all died earlier this year.
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J.K. Rowling fairy tale: The Ickabog (the kid-submitted illustrations are wonderful)
George Clooney and Felicity Jones movie on Netflix: The Midnight Sky
Shondaland series on Netflix: Bridgerton - based on novels by Julia Quinn (Julie Andrews narrates)
Bryan Cranston (he plays a judge in New Orleans) series on Showtime: Your Honor
Disney-Pixar movie: Soul - Jamie Foxx voices middle school music teacher, Joe Gardner.
George Clooney and Felicity Jones movie on Netflix: The Midnight Sky
Shondaland series on Netflix: Bridgerton - based on novels by Julia Quinn (Julie Andrews narrates)
Bryan Cranston (he plays a judge in New Orleans) series on Showtime: Your Honor
Disney-Pixar movie: Soul - Jamie Foxx voices middle school music teacher, Joe Gardner.
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The newest national park in the U.S., the 63rd, is the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, formerly the New River Gorge National River. It's the first national park in West Virginia.
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Fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at 98.
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After Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich was ejected in the second quarter of last night's game against the Lakers, assistant coach Becky Hammon, already the first woman to be an NBA assistant coach, acted as head coach for the team, becoming the first woman to serve in that capacity as well.
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Influential hip hop artist MF DOOM died October 31 from unspecified causes. The news was only made public today.