Summer of the Scam
Oscar Buzz
2011
Notes on a PR Scandal
What in the World News?
100
Elizabeth Holmes, founder of this now defunct healthcare company, made national news in 2015 following revelations of potential fraud about the company’s technology claims.
Theranos
100
In 2016, this Hollywood heartthrob finally won his first Oscar for Best Actor after receiving four previous nominations.
Leonardo DiCaprio
100
On August 28, 2011, Beyoncé confirmed she was pregnant with her first child during a performance at this awards show.
The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs)
100
In April 2017, Pepsi pulled a controversial ad starring this celebrity after it was accused of appropriating the Black Lives Matter movement.
Kendall Jenner
100
On June 23, 2016, UK voters backed a British exit - “Brexit” - from this intergovernmental organization.
European Union
200
Anna Delvy pretended to be a wealthy German heiress and defrauded countless hotels and socialites, scamming hundreds of thousands of dollars from actual rich people, in this US city.
New York City
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200
This 2018 film became the first Best Picture nomination ever for the superhero movie genre.
Black Panther
200
May 25, 2011 marked the last episode of this long-running talk show.
The Oprah Winfrey Show
200
In 2016, this technology company was forced to recall 2.8M washing machines and had their phones banned from all US airline flights due to fear of spontaneous explosion.
Samsung
200
This is the name of the 2016 landmark agreement within the United Nations dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance.
The Paris Climate Agreement
300
This man defrauded investors of $27.4M by creating, marketing and selling tickets to the ill-fated Fyre Festival.
Billy McFarland
300
Warren Beaty and Faye Dunaway mistakenly announced this movie as Best Picture winner at the 2017 Oscars.
La La Land
300
On September 17, 2011, hundreds of demonstrators set up camp in New York City’s Zuccotti Park to protest income inequality, corporate greed and the political elite in a movement known as this.
Occupy Wall Street
300
This airline faced several rounds of backlash after a 2017 video was released that showed one of its passengers being dragged off a flight.
United
300
This American whistleblower copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013.
Edward Snowden
400
This was the name of the investigation that looked into criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admissions decisions at several top American universities.
Operation Varsity Blues
400
This movie, released in 2014, famously took 12 years to film as it followed the lives of its main cast members, including actors Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke.
Boyhood
400
On July 18, 2011, ________, the nation's second largest bookseller, announced plans to liquidate its remaining assets after efforts to find a buyer fell through.
Borders
400
A security issue with this company led to a 2017 data breach that impacted over 140M people. The only reason the breach happened was that the company failed to update one of its website application programs.
Equifax
400
This was the name of the British consulting firm that was named in Facebook’s 2018 scandal involving harvesting the personal data of millions of people’s profiles without their consent.
Cambridge Analytica
500
This rapper claimed he was, “hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hoodwinked, and lead astray” when he was asked to help create the disastrous music event known as Fyre Festival.
Ja Rule
500
At the 2013 Academy Awards, this British actor became the first to win the Best Actor award for the third time, for his portrayal as the 16th President of the United States.
Daniel Day Lewis
500
On August 20, 2011, Kim Kardashian married NBA player Kris Humphries. She filed for divorce later that year after this many days of marriage.
72
500
This company thought it had a winner when it launched a campaign asking men to be “better” and renounce toxic masculinity.
Gillette
500
In October 2010, 33 miners in this country were rescued after spending 69 days trapped in a copper mine.
Chile
