Comments for
How Well Do You Know: 4/11/20-5/17/20
Users are allowed and even encouraged to submit specific feedback
about quizzes.
Please keep in mind that some of these comments may
spoil individual quiz questions.
Looking for the quiz that goes along with these comments?
Find it
here.
Comments are the sole responsibility of the person posting them.
By posting, you agree not to post comments that are off topic,
defamatory, obscene, abusive, threatening or an invasion of privacy.
Violators may be banned.
You must be logged in to post or rate comments.
Please
log in or
register.
Comments
Answers:
1.
|
Let's start by checking in on who has passed on lately. Moving on to the Great Improv Troupe in the sky is comic actor Fred Willard, most recently a recurring a guest on this sitcom:
|
|
|
Will and Grace
|
|
|
Superstore
|
|
|
Modern Family
|
|
|
Big Bang Theory
|
|
2.
|
RIP burly everyman actor Brian Dennehy. Best known to screen audiences for his roles in First Blood and Silverado, Dennehy was a two-time Tony winner, with one of the drama awards coming for his work in:
|
|
|
12 Angry Men
|
|
|
Death of a Salesman
|
|
|
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
|
|
|
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
|
|
3.
|
Broadway note #1: This well-known Disney stage production fell victim to Covid, as producers announced it will not reopen when Broadway resumes:
|
|
|
Frozen
|
|
|
Aladdin
|
|
|
The Lion King
|
|
|
Beauty and the Beast
|
|
4.
|
Broadway note #2: In more encouraging news, we learned that Broadway megahit Hamilton will come to the masses, when a cinematic version will hit this network's airwaves July 3:
|
|
|
HBO Max
|
|
|
Disney+
|
|
|
Apple+
|
|
|
Netflix
|
|
5.
|
Catching on just in the nick of time, this comic actress changed the name of her baby from Gene Atell - which sounds waaaaaayyyy too much like "genital" to Gene David.
|
|
|
Amy Wong
|
|
|
Amy Shumer
|
|
|
Awkwafina
|
|
|
Melissa Rauch
|
|
6.
|
At least we can be comforted by some things not changing during Covid. For example, this actor is still crashing airplanes:
|
|
|
Clint Eastwood
|
|
|
Ben Affleck
|
|
|
Ed Begley, Jr.
|
|
|
Harrison Ford
|
|
7.
|
The gang from this beloved sitcom reunited for a well-received virtual episode:
|
|
|
Parks and Recreation
|
|
|
Friends
|
|
|
30 Rock
|
|
|
Better Off Ted
|
|
8.
|
Movie studio had Trolls World Tour all set to debut in theaters. Studio pivoted and released the film digitally. Studio crowed about the film's success. AMC Theaters said they would no longer carry said studio's films. Who are we talking about here?
|
|
|
Warner Bros
|
|
|
Columbia
|
|
|
Paramount
|
|
|
Universal
|
|
9.
|
Cover Artist, Part I: In a development that no one saw coming, Post Malone impressed everyone when Post Malone streamed a terrific version of this grunge era heavyweight:
|
|
|
Pearl Jam
|
|
|
Nirvana
|
|
|
Soundgarden
|
|
|
Stone Temple Pilots
|
|
10.
|
Cover Artist, Part II: Miley Cyrus did a serviceable rendition of this classic rock staple for Saturday Night Live:
|
|
|
Free Bird
|
|
|
Layla
|
|
|
Going to California
|
|
|
Wish You Were Here
|
|
11.
|
And speaking of classic rock, this group unleashed Living In a Ghost Town, their first new song in 8 years:
|
|
|
The Eagles
|
|
|
The Rolling Stones
|
|
|
The Who
|
|
|
AC/DC
|
|
12.
|
And finally, alert and discerning subscribers took in The Great, Hulu's unexpected comedy about this figure:
|
|
|
Peter the Great
|
|
|
Catherine the Great
|
|
|
Alexander the Great
|
|
|
Constantine the Great
|
|