I was frighteningly bad at current events during my rookie season of Learned League, so this one is probably going to come up weekly-ish. For our purposes “current” encompasses approximately the last three months, but I’m not going to be a stickler about that.
- Who has been appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by Al Franken until a special election can be held in November? This person’s previous office was Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota.
- What college gave (part of) its name to the largest wildfire in modern California history, which began in December of 2017? The college itself was named for a 13th century Italian theologian and philosopher.
- Dexter Fletcher replaced Bryan Singer as the director of what upcoming Freddy Mercury / Queen biopic? 20th Century Fox finally pulled the trigger and fired Singer after numerous on set issues, including clashes with lead actor Rami Malek and repeated absences.
- Though Snapchat and Spotify had both expressed interest, ultimately it was Apple that reached an agreement to buy what company whose namesake app is sometimes used as verb?
- A nurse from what state won a half million dollar settlement after police arrested her when she refused to draw blood from an unconscious car crash victim?
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- Tina Smith
- Thomas Aquinas College
- Bohemian Rhapsody
- Shazam
- Utah
