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Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:29 pm
by morbeedo
NEW WORDS IN THE MERRIAM-WEBSTER DICTIONARY just came up on Jeopardy!, but
this article might still be useful
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:25 pm
by xxaaaxx
Some of those terms are so old, I wonder what took them so long.
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 3:21 pm
by MinnesotaMyron
BOOKS ABOUT MOVIES
Becky Aikman's book "Off the Cliff" tells the story of the making of this 1991 film
What is Thelma & Louise?
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:43 pm
by Volante
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2017 9:42 pm
by alietr
I wonder if Tobias Bluth is included in the deal.
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2017 9:24 am
by Volante
"See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth has passed Psy's Gangnam Style as most viewed YouTube video.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40566816
It was used over the closing credits of Furious 7 as a tribute to Paul Walker
Aaron Judge, Yankees, won the Home Run Derby. They won't ask about -that- but unless he does something silly like slide into a base thumb first, he's a shoe in for AL Rookie of the Year, MVP, AND he has a very TOMable name.
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 2:25 pm
by morbeedo
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 8:54 pm
by Volante
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 10:58 pm
by seaborgium
This news item reminded me of something a little less recent: this year also saw a new record for the most retweeted Twitter post. Whereas the previous record holders were Barack Obama celebrating his 2012 election victory and Ellen DeGeneres taking a star-studded photo at the 2014 Oscars, the record now belongs to a previously unknown teenager who tweeted a screenshot of a conversation with fast food chain Wendy's, in which they told him 18 million retweets would earn him free chicken nuggets for a year. (He did not get 18 million RTs, but Wendy's deemed the new record, some 3.4 million at the time, to be sufficient.)
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 11:40 am
by 9021amyers
Spain's Garbiñe Muguruza has won the women's singles title at Wimbledon, defeating Venus Williams in the final. Muguruza previously won the 2016 French Open final over Serena Williams, making her the first woman to win Grand Slam finals against both Williams sisters.
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2017 10:41 pm
by MarkBarrett
In some way, shape or form "Despacito" will have an Archive hit within a year's time:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/colum ... tin-bieber
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Beyonce and Jay Z are parents of twins, Sir Carter & Rumi.
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:20 pm
by Volante
Jodie Whittaker will be the 13th, and first female, Doctor
https://io9.gizmodo.com/jodie-whittaker ... 1796924974
George "(modern) zombies are HIS fault" Romero, director of Night of the Living Dead, et. al., has died
https://io9.gizmodo.com/rip-george-rome ... 1796965189
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 8:52 pm
by Volante
Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman and Iranian to receive a Fields Medal, has died.
https://jezebel.com/maryam-mirzakhani-t ... 1796962323
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 9:13 pm
by dhkendall
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Sun Jul 16, 2017 10:48 pm
by morbeedo
Martin Landau (who starred in the 1960s TV series
Mission: Impossible and won an Academy Award for
Ed Wood)
has died at 89
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 10:09 am
by Volante
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:12 pm
by hbomb1947
Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of amazon.com, has become the wealthiest person in the world for the first time (with a net worth of over $90 billion), knocking Bill Gates to second place.
http://nypost.com/2017/07/27/jeff-bezos ... st-person/
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 2:33 pm
by earendel
June Foray, the voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and many other characters, died June 26. She was 99 years old.
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 6:28 pm
by hbomb1947
And several hours later, due to the fluctuating price of Amazon stock, Bezos slipped back to no. 2.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... ichest-man
Re: 2017 Current Events Study Guide
Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:19 pm
by MarkBarrett
Doing Joe Friday's just the facts: The book, What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton is being published on September 12, 2017