Media Quiz #3

 

LOCAL NEWS 

Southern Arkansas University has accepted an invitation to play in the Farmers Bank & Trust Live United Bowl against Missouri Western. The game at noon Saturday, December 2 in Razorback Stadium in Texarkana will feature a rematch from the Live United Bowls in 2018, when the Griffons beat the Muleriders 30-25. ( Southern Arkansas will travel to Farmers Bank & Trust Live United Bowl | Southern Arkansas University Sports | magnoliareporter.com )

On Wednesday, the Southern Arkansas University Board of Trustees appointed former SAU President Dr. David Rankin as interim president. Dr. Rankin will become interim president effective November 27 and remain through the selection and transition to a new president to succeed Dr. Trey Berry.  (SAU trustees name former President David Rankin as interim during search for Dr. Berry's successor | Southern Arkansas University | magnoliareporter.com )

STATE NEWS 

A popular central Arkansas bar and grill, which was featured on a 2018 episode of Guy Fieri's Food Network show "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives," announced their plans to go mobile following a significant fire that shuttered their restaurant indefinitely last month. North Bar, which is located in the park Hill neighborhood of North Little Rock, announced Wednesday their intentions to open The North Bar Mobile Kitchen while they work to rebuild their destroyed brick-and-mortar business. ( Popular Arkansas restaurant featured on Fieri's Food Network show announces temporary plans following fire | KATV ) 

A 16-year-old southeast Arkansas boy was sentenced to more than three decades in prison last week after pleading guilty to killing another minor during a robbery earlier this year. According to Monticello police, Zaquandre Pittman pleaded guilty to capital murder, attempted first-degree murder, aggravated robbery, and aggravated residential burglary. ( Teenage boy sentenced to 35 years in prison for deadly robbery in southeast Arkansas | KATV )

NATIONAL NEWS

An Iowa teen convicted in the 2021 beating death of a high school Spanish teacher was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison with a possibility of parole in 25 years.A judge sentenced Jeremy Goodale for his role in killing Nohema Graber, a 66-year-old teacher at Fairfield High School. Goodale, 18, and a friend pleaded guilty earlier this year to first-degree murder in the beating death of Graber. The two teens used a bat to beat their teacher after stalking her all day. (Iowa teen sentenced to life in prison for killing Spanish teacher over a bad grade (nbcnews.com)

An Ohio community is reeling after what was supposed to have been a "once-in-a-lifetime event" turned tragic when three high school students, two parent chaperones, and a teacher were killed in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday morning.  Students and chaperones from the district were traveling on a charter bus to an Ohio School Boards Association conference in Columbus when several vehicles, including the bus, a semitrailer, and two passenger vehicles, were involved in what authorities described as a "chain-reaction crash." Dozens of people were hospitalized after at least three of the vehicles burst into flames. (Ohio bus crash victims mourned amid investigation into deadly wreck (nbcnews.com)

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

1. The Israeli military has published a video, which has not been independently verified, which it says shows Hamas weapons and equipment found in Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital ( Israel-Gaza live news: Israel says military operation continues at Gaza's main hospital - BBC News) 

A boat carrying 100 passengers capsized on its way to Blue Lagoon Island in the Bahamas. One US tourist died as a result and two others were taken to the hospital. The victim, a 74-year-old woman from Colorado, was on holiday with her family. Police say she was found unconscious when passengers were rescued from the water and was pronounced dead on the dock. The exact cause of death is still unknown. (US tourist dies after boat capsizes in the Bahamas - BBC News ) 

SPORTS NEWS 

The NBA is suspending Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green five games without pay for his role in an altercation with the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday night, the league announced. Green was ejected for putting Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert into a headlock during a brawl that erupted after teammate Klay Thompson and Timberwolves’ Jaden McDaniel started to scuffle in the first two minutes of the game. (Warriors’ Draymond Green suspended 5 games for chokehold on T-Wolves’ Rudy Gobert | Fox News ) 

Devon Wylie, a former NFL wide receiver who played for the Kansas City Chiefs and Tennessee Titans, has died, his family and his alma mater Fresno State said Tuesday. He was 35. ( Devon Wylie, former NFL player for Chiefs and Titans, dead at 35 | Fox News ) 

  

POP CULTURE NEWS 

Courteney Cox is honoring her late "Friends" co-star Matthew Perry.Cox, 59, posted a video Nov. 14 on Instagram that showed her and Perry, who died last month at age 54 in an apparent drowning, acting together in a love scene from the hit NBC sitcom. (Courteney Cox Posts Tribute To Matthew Perry: 'I Miss You Every Day’ (today.com)

Harry Styles is showing off his new shaved head look. In the pic, Styles wears a black-and-white sweater while staring into the camera. His normally long and wavy locks have been shaved down to a dark buzz cut. Facial stubble gives him the hint of a beard and mustache. ( Harry Styles Shows Off Buzz Cut At Fragrance Launch Party (today.com)

WEIRD NEWS 

A cargo jet headed to Belgium from New York had to turn around mid-flight after a horse escaped its stall and got loose in the hold, according to air traffic control audio. The Boeing 747 operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic had just started its flight across the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 9 when the pilot radioed air traffic control in Boston and said that a horse on board had escaped its stall. ( Horse escapes stall on flight from New York to Belgium | AP News ) 

 Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born. The toilet, valued at 4.8 million pounds ($5.95 million), was an artwork titled “America” and intended as a pointed satire about excessive wealth by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan. It was part of an art installation at Blenheim Palace, near the city of Oxford, a few days before it vanished overnight in September 2019. (4 men charged in theft of satirical golden toilet titled 'America,' at Churchill's birthplace | AP News) 

SOCIAL MEDIA 

Across the US, over 150 million people turn to TikTok to be entertained and inspired by content they find from their favorite creators -- including the latest trends, fashion and beauty tips, recipes, and more. Today, we're excited to announce a new way for people to now find and shop for their favorite products with the full launch of TikTok Shop in the US. ( Introducing TikTok Shop | TikTok Newsroom) 

While performing "Karma", one of her songs from her 2022 album, "Midnights", Swift cleverly changed the lyrics from "Karma is the guy on the screen" to "Karma is the guy on the Chiefs." This, of course, was in reference to Kelce, her new boyfriend. (Taylor Swift 'Karma' lyrics change, explained: Travis Kelce gets first song with 'Karma is the guy on the Chiefs' shoutout | Sporting News)