Shoeless Trivia: Episode 22 (Current Events)

I’ve apparently decided that Wednesdays are current event days. So here we are.

1. Mark Wahlberg recently announced he was donating the 1.5 million dollars he was paid for doing reshoots for the film All the Money in the World. This was in the wake of the revelation that what female costar received less than $1000 for her reshoots?
2. What upcoming film had the biggest first day of pre-sales of any Marvel film, besting the record set by Captain America: Civil War in 2016?
3. As suggested by the image below, Julian Assange was recently granted citizenship in what country? Assange has been living in asylum in this country’s London embassy for more than five years.
4. What South African city is facing a major water shortage with the possibility of being completely dry in as few as three months?
5. Whistleblower Chelsea Manning just announced that she is the seeking the Democratic nomination for a senate seat representing what US state? The seat is currently held by Ben Cardin, who was first elected in 2006?

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1. Michelle Williams
2. Black Panther
3. Ecuador
4. Cape Town
5. Maryland