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Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1120, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Bruce Willis Movie Quotes 1: "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?". Die Hard. 2: "Dead people, like, in graves... in coffins?". The Sixth Sense. 3: "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead". Pulp Fiction. 4: "If you pull that trigger, that bullet is just gonna bounce off me and I'm not going to be hurt". Unbreakable. 5: "Scientists. I'm supposed to report in to them. They'll want to know they sent me to the wrong time". 12 Monkeys. Round 2. Category: Female World Leaders 1: Her husband's assassination and a People Power Revolution made her president in 1986. (Corazon) Aquino. 2: PM Johanna Sigurdardottir of this Atlantic island country is the world's first openly gay head of govt.. Iceland. 3: The daughter of a president who was assassinated, Park Geun-Hye is the president of this country. South Korea. 4: Dame Louise Lake-Tack is governor general of Antigua and this geographic partner. Barbuda. 5: Vigdis Finnbogadottir was president of this country for almost the entire 1980s. Iceland. Round 3. Category: Midway 1: The nearly extinct Hawaiian species of this mammal uses Midway's beaches to breed. a seal. 2: An order signed on Oct. 31, 1996 transferred Midway from the Navy to this cabinet dept.. Interior. 3: In 1935 this airline built a prefab hotel on Midway as a rest stop for passengers flying on its China Clippers. Pan Am. 4: Midway is home to the world's largest colony of the Laysan species of this "wandering" sea bird. the albatross. 5: In the 1950's and '60s Midway was home to crews who flew radar aircraft in this Cold War detection line. the DEW line. Round 4. Category: Politics Talk 1: Sen. Robert Byrd said the survival of our constitutional system is based on "the delicate mechanism of" this pair. checks and balances. 2: It's the group from one state at a convention; at the 2020 DNC, California's was 494 strong. a delegation. 3: Type of post-election election that involved the two men here in December 2022. a runoff. 4: The first time Congress did this to a president was to lame duck John Tyler on March 3, 1845. the first time a veto was overridden. 5: From the name of a D.C. location where many lobbying firms are concentrated, this "Street" is shorthand for lobbyists. K Street. Round 5. Category: Where Ya Been? 1: Strolling through the National Gallery of Australia in this capital. Canberra. 2: Climbing Mount Aconcagua in this Western Hemisphere mountain range. the Andes. 3: Tracking my stocks on the Hang Seng index of this former Crown colony's stock exchange. Hong Kong. 4: Chopping down trees in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon in this province. Saskatchewan. 5: Carefully paddling down this Congolese river that lends its name to a deadly virus. Ebola. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
Każdy Islandczyk w odpowiednim wieku pamięta, co robił 24 października 1975 r. Tego dnia w okienkach w bankach musieli usiąść menedżerowie wyższego szczebla, bo do pracy nie przyszły kasjerki. Odwołano loty, gdyż przy bramkach nie stawiły się stewardessy. Tysiące ojców przyszło do biur i magazynów z dziećmi, gdyż zastrajkowały nauczycielki i przedszkolanki. W strajku kobiet wzięło udział 90 proc. pracujących zawodowo Islandek oraz gospodynie domowe. To bezprecedensowe wydarzenie utorowało drogę kobiecie, która do historii przeszła jako pierwsza na świecie prezydentka wybrana w powszechnych wyborach. Wystartować w wyścigu o urząd zdecydowała się po telegramie od rybaków z kutra łowiącego dorsza na północnych wodach: "Domagamy się, żeby pani kandydowała". Wygrała, będąc chwilowo bezrobotną samotną matką adoptowanej dziewczynki. Rządziła przez 16 kolejnych lat, tak długo, że mali islandcy chłopcy pytali, czy mężczyzna też może być prezydentem. W dzisiejszym odcinku Herstorii Wysokich Obcasów Natalia Waloch i Katarzyna Wężyk opowiadają o Vigdis Finnbogadottir.
Story time with Katie & Allie. Grab a glass and pour a drink. Let’s talk Sheryl Swoopes & Vigdis Finnbogadottir
Esta semana quise hablar de mujeres presidentas porque lamentablemente tenemos muy pocos ejemplos y quiero que veas que si se puede, hoy estoy hablando de Vigdis FinnBogadottir, la primera presidenta de Europa y quien estableció el Consejo de Mujeres Líderes Mundiales, ¿cómo te quedas?
Yayin da ake cika shekaru 60 da shigar mata cikin harkokin siyasa, wanda aka fara daga zaben Sirima Bandaranalke a matsayin jagorar gwamnatin Sri Lanka mace ta farko a shekarar 1960, sannu a hankali, mata na cigaba da taka rawa cikin harkokin siyasa wajen rike manyan mukamai daban daban. Cikin matan da suka rike manyan mukaman shugabanci sun hada da Vigdis Finnbogadottir, shugabar Iceland, wadda ta yi wa’adi 3, sannan aka samu irin su Margareth Thatcher da Theresa May a Birtaniya, Angela Merkel a Jamus, Mary Robinson a Ireland, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ta Liberia da Sheikh Hasina ta Bangladesh. Dangane da tasirin rawar da mata suka taka musamman a nahiyar Afirka, Bashir Ibrahim Idris ya tattauna da Yar siyasa kuma kwamishinan kula da harkokin mata a Jihar Kaduna, Hajiya Hafsat Muhammad baba, kuma ga yadda zantawar su ta gudana.
In 1980, the tiny country of Iceland did something no other nation had done. They elected a female head of state. BBC chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet travels to Reykjavik to meet Vigdis Finnbogadottir. Now 87, she was president for exactly 16 years and remains the longest-serving elected female head of state of any country to date. "That's what I have given to the girls of this country," she says: “If she can, I can.”
Islendinger kan ikke alltid bruke morsmålet sitt når de handler eller går på restaurant i Reykjavik. De siste årene har turismen økt voldsomt på den lille øya, og servicenæringen er avhengig av å importere arbeidskraft for å få hjulene til å gå rundt. Det fører til at mange ansatte på restauranter, puber, i suvenirbutikker og hoteller ikke snakker islandsk. - Jeg synes det er trist at jeg ikke kan snakke morsmålet mitt i mitt eget land, sier Sigrún Stefánsdóttir, dekan ved universitetet i Akureyri. Språkprofessor Áudur Hauksdóttir, som leder Vigdis Finnbogadottir institutt for fremmedspråk ved Islands Universitet, mener det er greit å bruke engelsk, så lenge det ikke påvirker det islandske språket. Men akkurat det er man bekymret for ved Árni Magnússon-instituttet for islandske studier i Reykjavík. - Utviklingen innen turistnæringen går så fort nå, vi vet ikke hvordan dette ender, sier språkkonsulent Jóhannes Bjarni Sigtryggsson. Det er viktig for et lite språk at det kan brukes på alle områder i samfunnet, mener han. Hvor kommer uttrykket "sandpåstrøing" fra? Sylfest Lomheim svarer på dette og andre lytterspørsmål. Programleder er Ann Jones.
In October 1975, 90% of all women in Iceland took part in a nationwide protest over inequality. Vigdis Finnbogadottir, later Iceland's first female president, talks about that momentous day. (Photo Credit: The Icelandic Women's History Archives)
Hvis flommen vasker bort huset ditt for 3. gang bør du heller flytte enn å bygge nytt, mener forsikringsbransjen, og krever strengere lovverk. Terroristene bak machete-drapet i London brukte et språk som minner om Bin Ladens, sier norsk terrorforsker. - Polikere på sykehjems-besøk med pressen på slep, er uverdige, mener tidligere generalsekretær i Røde Kors. - og møter partisekretær Raymond Johansen. og både Fe og Frendar døyr fremdeles, i Knut Ødegårds nye oversettelsen av Edda dikt. Han tar med seg Vigdis Finnbogadottir til Dagsnytt 18.