And That's a Fact
Here's to You, 2022
"Fotography" Talk
LMG Trivia
Journalism on the Big (and Small) Screen
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Till today, the prizes for excellence in journalism are named after this man, who traded the sensationalism of yellow journalism in the early 1900s for journalism that exposed corruption and served the public.

Who is Pulitzer?

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He is the former comedic actor and current president of Ukraine, leading the country against the Russian invasion that began in February.

Who is Volodymyr Zelensky?

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The number that reflects the size of your aperture. A smaller number means a larger opening for light.

What is the f-stop?

100

The name of the moose on the wall in the newsroom. (She even has her own Instagram.)

Who is Raquel?

100

Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking. Meryl Streep plays a fictionalized version of Vogue editor Anna Wintour in this film also starring Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt.

What is "The Devil Wears Prada"?

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The most famous investigative reporters in history. In the movie about their work breaking the Watergate story, they're played by Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford.

Who are Woodward and Bernstein?

200

This tech mogul dropped $44 billion to buy the bird app in April.

Who is Elon Musk?

200

Not a crop-sensor camera — the other kind.

What is full-frame?

200

The year that The Banner and Angelos began.

What is 1953?

200

At the end of the series, this character leaves her hometown of Stars Hollow to cover Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign for an online magazine. (Sadly, she ended up being a sort of terrible journalist in the series revival.)

Who is Rory Gilmore?

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This major breaking news event of 1963 was the moment TV news came of age, eclipsing radio as the way people got news quickly.

What is the Kennedy assassination?

300

She became the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court when she was sworn in as an associate justice on June 30.

Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?

300

When there are harsh shadows present, you might introduce this kind of secondary light.

What is fill light?

300

Based on the real-life experiences of filmmaker Cameron Crowe, this film follows a teenage rock journalist in the 1970s who dupes Rolling Stone into sending him on tour with his favorite band for a feature story.

What is "Almost Famous"?

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This was the first 24-hour news channel, launched by media mogul Ted Turner in 1980.

What is CNN?

400

This music icon broke three UK chart records when "Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)" — a 37-year-old song — was featured in season 4 of "Stranger Things."

Who is Kate Bush?

400

A lens that has a large maximum aperture — meaning it lets in a lot of light — is sometimes called this.

What is fast?

400

An unethical reporter played by Kate Mara gets shoved in front of a train by an even less ethical senator played by Kevin Spacey in this political drama series — also one of the first major Netflix hits.

What is "House of Cards"?

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This newspaper created waves with its first issue in 1982 because of its unusual, widespread use of bold color and shorter stories. You might've spotted it outside your hotel room door.

What is USA Today?

500

This coming-of-age film took home the Oscar for Best Picture this year — if anyone can remember anything about that night besides The Incident.

What is "CODA"?

500

The distance between the lens and the camera's image sensor. It lets us know how much of a scene will be captured, and it's given in millimeters — a 35mm lens, for example.

What is the focal length?

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Often called the greatest film of all time, this 1941 movie by Orson Welles is loosely based on the life of newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst.

What is "Citizen Kane"?