Liz Pop Quiz
This person dropped out of the Presidential race. No, not that guy! The one you probably forgot about.
Who is Michael Bennet
Trump gave the medal of freedom to this man at his state of the union address
Rush Limbaugh
Popular Marvel antagonist Thanos’ name comes from the word thanatos, which in this language, means “death”
What is (Ancient) Greek
1. Parasite (2019) is the film from this country that recently took home 4 Oscars 2. An Algerian man was rescued by fishermen off the coast of this nation while trying to swim to Australia
What is South KorEast Timor
This spiritual world leader recently cancelled his public events due to the Coronavirus outbreak
Who is the Dalai Lama
65 degrees
In English, the word “China” does not come from anglicized pinyin (Chinese romanization), rather, this mother language of many
Sanskrit - Cina
This local church is changing its name to Dwell to dispel rumors that they are a cult
Findings shown in a new documentary about this individual has led the Manhattan district attorney's office to look into the evidence of his 1965 murder again
Malcolm X
Salary, a term that encompases the range of pay from the sad $7.25 US minimum wage to Bezos’ outrageous $40 billion, comes from a language some of you may have had to take in high school and means “salt money”
Latin - salarium
The U.S. Department of Education is cracking down on foreign funding at universities, forcing these two Ivy Leagues to hand over millions in gifts, grants, and contracts from China and Russia
Who are Harvard and Yale
This astronaut just set the record for the longest space flight for a woman as she was in space for 328 days
Christina Koch
The word “whiskey”, a popular alcohol choice (for those ages 21 and older) comes from this dying language and translates to “water of life”. Cheers!
Gaelic - uisce beatha
Also accept: Scottish Gaelic - uisce-beatha
This world leader's handpicked successor announced they are backing out, casting into the future sustainability of a dominant political party
Who is Angela Merkel
This country has announced a new policy that is gender-neutral that will grant nearly 7 months of paid leave to each of the parents when having a child
Finland
In the field of espionage words, “assassin” comes from a language that was spoken by a people group that played a unique role in the Crusades
Arabic - hashishiyyin, refering to the Muslim Nizari Ismaili sect who would murder opposing leaders after eating “hashish”
Also accept: Latin - assassinus (which came later)