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The November 2020 That's a "NO" Quiz by Fran Joyce

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November is always a busy month with elections, Veterans’ Day, Thanksgiving, Indigenous People’s Day, Black Friday, Movember, and countless movie premieres.

We decided to focus on things that didn’t happen in November for our November “That’s a NO” Quiz.

For each question, we’ve given you four possible answers – three are correct, but one is not. Identify the November No’s to complete our November Quiz. Here is the link for answers to this quiz, https://www.thisawfulawesomelife.com/home/2020/11/28/next-month-in-this-awful-awesome-life-december-2020.

1.       Stephen King movies with November release dates:

a.       Carrie

b.       Misery

c.       The Shining

d.       Creep Show

2.       Celebrities born in November:

a.       Ryan Gosling

b.       Anne Hathaway

c.       Matthew McConaughey

d.       Michael B. Jordan

3.       Celebrities who joined the cast of Saturday Night Live on November 10, 1990:

a.       Will Ferrell

b.       Adam Sandler

c.       Chris Farley

d.       Chris Rock

4.       Famous treaties in November:

a.       The Maastricht Treaty – 1993 Treaty that created the European Union

b.       The Treaty of the Pyrenees – Treaty ending the Franco-Spanish War of 1648-1659

c.       The Erdut Agreement – 1995 Treaty ending the Croatian War of Independence

d.       The Treaty of Paris - 1783

5.       Famous authors born in November:

a.       Samuel Clemens

b.       Alice Walker

c.       Bram Stoker

d.       C.S. Lewis

6.       November Milestones in Radio:

a.       First broadcast of KDKA in Pittsburgh (1920)

b.       The first broadcast of the BBC (1922)

c.       The first Broadcast of JOAK radio station in Japan (1925)  

d.       First broadcast of NBC Radio Network (1925)

7.       November Album Releases:

a.       Fleetwood Mac – Rumours (1977)

b.       Pink Floyd – The Wall (1979)

c.       Michael Jackson – Thriller (1982)

d.       Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV (1971)

8.       Produce in Season in November:

a.       Mandarins

b.       Artichokes

c.       Parsnips

d.       Pomegranate

9.       U.S. Presidents born in November:

a.       Zachary Taylor

b.       James K. Polk

c.       Barack Obama

d.       James A. Garfield

10.   Disney movies premiering in November

a.       The Lion King

b.       Beauty and the Beast

c.       Toy Story

d.       The Little Mermaid

11.   November Firsts for Women:

a.       In 1848, the first medical school for women opened in Boston

b.       In 1963, Russian Cosmonaut, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

c.       In 1990, Mary Robinson became the first female president of Ireland.

d.       In 1992, the Church of England voted to let women become priests.

12.   These U.S. States achieved Statehood in the month of November:

a.       Pennsylvania – 1787

b.       North Carolina - 1789

c.       North Dakota - 1889

d.       Washington – 1889

13.   Football and Thanksgiving:

a.       In 1876, the college football teams at Yale and Princeton began an annual tradition of playing each other on Thanksgiving Day.

b.       In 1941, the Pittsburgh Steelers became the first team to beat the Detroit Lions on Thanksgiving Day.

c.       The Jacksonville Jaguars are the only NFL team to have never played on Thanksgiving Day.

d.       Since 1934, the Detroit Lions have played 80 games on Thanksgiving Day – the most in the NFL.

14.   The Pittsburgh Steelers and November:

a.       The Terrible towel debuted in November 1975.

b.       The Steelers have played in 8 Thanksgiving games and are set to play the Baltimore Ravens this year bringing their total to 9.

c.       During the November 14, 2019 game vs. the Cleveland Browns, a brawl resulted in three suspensions.

d.       On November 26, 2007, the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Miami Dolphins 3-0 in the lowest scoring game in Monday Night football history.

15.   Academy Award winning movies that premiered in the month of November:

a.       Dances with Wolves (1990)

b.       The English Patient (1996)

c.       No Country for Old Men (2007)

d.       Titanic (1997)

16.   Video Game Consoles that debuted in the month of November:

a.       Nintendo Wii (2006)

b.       Xbox 360 (2005)

c.       Sony Playstation 2 (2000)

d.       Sony Playstation 4 (2013)

17.   Reasons to celebrate in November:

a.       World Vegan Day

b.       World Kindness Day

c.       International Joke Day

d.       Fibonacci Day

18.   November Inventions:

a.       Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone in 1876.

b.       Henry Ford received a patent for a motor carriage – 1901

c.       Batman, the original comic strip was trademark registered

d.       Robert Jarvik was granted a patent for an artificial heart.

19.   Famous November events in the NHL:

a.       In 1957, Claude Provost of the Montreal Canadiens, scored the fastest goal from the start of a period in NHL history – 4 seconds into the second period.

b.       In 1988, Wayne Gretzky of the Los Angeles Kings scored his 600th NHL goal

c.       In 1992, Mike Bossy had his uniform #22 retired in an Islander’s pre-game ceremony before a game against Montreal.

d.       In 1965, Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings became the first NHL player to score 600 goals.

20.   Movember facts:

a.       Movember started in Melbourne, Australia in 2003.

b.       Movember has funded over 1200 men’s health projects since 2003.

c.       Movember is the leading charity for men’s health on a global scale focusing on mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer.

d.       Movember is observed in 15 different countries.

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