Just because we had a conference over the weekend doesn’t mean we’re skipping the News Biz Quiz for this week.
But, first, let’s take a moment to congratulate SPJ2020 Pub Trivia winner Kelly Kissel who triumphed against a very tough field in ten rounds of questions. The top prize: registration for next year’s conference. Kudos also to Brendan O’Reilly, who came in second and won a box of journalism and trivia books.
Now, on to this week’s questions:
1. What’s the one-word title of Bob Woodward’s latest book about the Trump presidency (which might also name the emotion some have felt about Woodward not releasing some of the information earlier)?
2. What Silicon Valley tech giant has reportedly beat out Microsoft to run the U.S. operations of social media app TikTok?
3. ViacomCBS is set to sell its CNET websites (such as GameSpot and ZDNet) to which of these companies, which already owns such brands as ThePointsGuy, Bankrate and Reviews.com?
A. Deezer
B. Group Nine Media
C. Red Ventures
D. Otter Media
4. What longtime Chicago newspaper covering the city’s LGBTQ community (which gets its name from one of the city’s nicknames) says it will stop printing and go online-only as of October?
5. What long-form publication, which is a year into a plan to increase revenue through use of a paywall on its website, was the first to publish a story saying President Trump had called veterans buried at a cemetery near Paris “losers”?
6. Beauty site Byrdie has launched a quarterly called “Changemakers,” which focuses much of its attention on stories of people of color. What actress and director, who appeared as Judy Robinson in the 2018-2019 reboot of “Lost in Space,” graces its inaugural cover?
A. Taylor Russell
B. Tristin Mays
C. Tessa Thompson
D. Tika Sumpter
7. A magazine called “The Enthusiast” will replace one called “HOG Magazine” as the signature publication of what brand (which uses HOG as its stock ticker symbol)?
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ANSWERS
1. Rage
2. Oracle
3. Red Ventures
4. Windy City Times
5. The Atlantic
6. Taylor Russell
7. Harley-Davidson
