Journalists
Papers
Television and Radio
Controversy
Required questions about stuff you have learned (also known as the boring category, also also known as the only category most of the earned points will be coming from)
200

In 2008, Journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw shoes at this person. Al-Zaidi was later imprisoned for 9 months following the incident.

Who is George W. Bush?

200

The newspaper bought by Jeff Bezos in 2013.

What is The Washington Post?

200

KOSU airs this show from 3:00PM-6:00PM every weekday.

What is All Things Considered?

200

In September 2022, Coy Wire replaced this person as the anchor of the news program CNN 10, shocking and scaring many regular viewers.

Who is Carl Azuz?

200

The first paragraph in a story.

What is the lead paragraph?

400

This former CNN journalist was arrested in 2026 for livestreaming and covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota.

Who is Don Lemon?

400

This publication based in Stillwater has a Wikipedia article on it.

What is the Stillwater News Press?

400

This entertainment conglomerate owns the exclusive rights to broadcast the Olympic Games.

What is NBCUniversal/NBC?

400

CBS announced that this show would be cancelled on July 17th 2025, sparking rumors that it was cancelled to appease the Paramount - Skydance merger.

What is The Late Show with Stephen Colbert?

400

The act of converting speech or audio into written words. 

What is transcribing?

600

This co-anchor of the show Good Morning America was a senior advisor to Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1996.

Who is George Stephanopoulos?

600

The non-serious physical and digital publication named after a vegetable.

What is The Onion?

600

This cable news show sued Fox News twice, accusing it of using anti-competitive tactics that deliberately stifle competition.

What is Newsmax

600

In 2022, this news agency announced they would start selling NFTs of their photographs. After backlash from those calling the venture "dystopian", the operation was quietly cancelled.

What is the Associated Press?

600

This news value describes events that have recently happened.

What is timeliness?

800

This journalist interviewed every sitting U.S. President from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama and co anchored the ABC show 20/20 for 25 years.

Who is Barbara Walters?

800

This newspaper is the most printed paper in the United States as of current.

What is The Wall Street Journal?

800
This government program that funded many local NPR and PBS stations was shut down by Donald Trump on January 5th 2026.

What was the Corporation for Public Broadcasting/CPB?

800

This television broadcaster has been accused of having a left-wing political bias by US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher but also has been accused of having a right-wing bias by The Guardian.

What is the BBC?

800

The journalistic writing structure used for stories in the Ms. Janloo Journalism class.

 What is LQTQ?

1000

This journalist ran as a Presidential candidate in the 1872 election but died before the electoral college made their decision.

Who is Horace Greeley?

1000

This newspaper, founded in 1764, is the longest consecutively running paper in the United States.

What is the Hartford Courant?

1000

This CNN debate show was cancelled after The Daily Show host Jon Stewart made an appearance on it.

What is Crossfire?

1000

In 2003, several premature obituaries were discovered on CNN.com including this person who was described as the "UK's favorite grandmother".

Who was Dick Cheney?

1000

The term used to describe a lack of political bias.

What is nonpartisanship?