Hearsay & 20 Questions

I think I only almost cried once – during the Megan Thee Stallion scene, because I had to twerk and I cannot twerk.

TikTok comedian Sarah Cooper – best known for lip-synching Trump – on the downsides of getting your own Netflix special.

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW I US

“I think it’s important to be honest with yourself about what really makes you happy. I’ve chosen myself. I think it’s okay to choose you.” Reality-TV billionaire Kim Kardashian on joining “Team Me” in her forties.

VOGUE I US

“We’ve all experienced these same symptoms – coughing, trouble breathing, fever – and here’s a 150-million-year-old dinosaur that likely felt as miserable as we all do when we’re sick.” Cary Woodruff, of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and the University of New Mexico, on evidence that a long-necked herbivorous sauropod dinosaur (they’ve nicknamed her Dolly, for short) suffered a respiratory infection way back in the late Jurassic period. “I’m not really keen on sax, but I think this record needed it. I always find it a bit creepy…” Oasis singer Liam Gallagher gets all saxy on his upcoming album, C’Mon You Know.

NME I UK

“We’re still small and scrappy, but we’re not so innocent anymore.” Stu Upson, CEO of USA Pickleball, on the rising popularity of the sport, which is a cross between tennis, pingpong and badminton.

NPR I US

“Having a bad day? Spare a thought for New Zealand’s Meikayla Moore.” BBC journalist Alistair Coleman on soccer player Meikayla Moore, who scored three goals – left foot, right foot and a header – for the wrong side in a match against the US women’s team. “Lottie just said ‘the core of my apple looks exactly like George Harrison’. I just said ‘stop eating the apple’. I had a look and said ‘oh my God, it’s George’.” By George! Hard-core Beatles fan and record store owner Mark Thorne was bowled over when a vision of the band’s lead guitarist – complete with signature mop top – appeared in his wife’s lunchtime snack.

THE SCOTTISH SUN I UK

“We need to seize the opportunity and do it as quickly as possible. I want to be frank: civilisation is feeling a little fragile these days.” SpaceX founder Elon Musk on building capability to establish a self-sufficient city on Mars.

THE NEW YORK TIMES I US

“If I were to jump to the philosophical realm, I would speculate that if the brain did a flashback, it would probably like to remind you of good things, rather than the bad things. But what’s memorable would be different for every person.” Dr Ajmal Zemmar, a neurosurgeon at the University of Louisville, on data that suggests life may actually flash before our eyes before we die, after a team of scientists recorded the brainwaves of an 87-year-old epilepsy patient, who suffered a fatal heart attack mid-test.

BBC I UK

“We would like to issue a timely reminder that this crop will deliver absolutely no ‘high’ and is similar to agricultural crops such as wheat (which no-one has tried to steal before!).” Tasmania’s Institute of Agriculture with a sobering reminder that hemp won’t get you high, after thick-as thieves nabbed several industrial hemp plants from one of its research farms.

EAR2GROUND “There seems Dad: “Have you heard of The Beatles?” to be selfish interest that is beginning to swamp societies Maddy: “Yeah I’ve everywhere and heard of them, a carelessness they’re like One about people who Direction but for need help. And old people.” this has come Tuan of Melbourne, learning around only the hard realities from his in the last few eight-year-old daughter. years and it is so disappointing. I don’t think it will hold, I really don’t. I believe that we do have a better future and we shall get through these times.” Star Trek great Patrick Stewart on why he’s “disappointed, distressed and fearful” of the world of 2022 – but still remains an optimist in the long-term.

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH I AU

“I think the area surrounding the eyes is attracting attention as an important part of communication instead of the mouth that is covered by a mask. The marketing battle is expected to continue as many people feel that masks have benefits other than preventing infections, such as eliminating the need to put on make-up or groom their beards.” The eyes have it: Kenji Arima, of Rikkyo University, on an increased demand for eyebrow treatments and coloured contact lenses during COVID.

JAPAN TODAY I JP

“It’s a huge leap forward for the cola category and will redefine cola for years to come.” Pepsi’s Todd Kaplan talking up Nitro Pepsi, which has a widget in it, like a can of Guinness, producing a creamier, smoother soft drink

CNN I US

“I’m out here trying to work right now!” US Reporter Myles Harris, telling his biggest fan – his mum – that he can’t talk right now because he’s filming a news report. Harris was mid update when his mum pulled up in the car, calling “Hi baby” and blowing a kiss.

THE GUARDIAN I UK

by Rachael Wallace

01 Queen Margrethe II recently marked 50 years on the throne of which nation? 02 True or false: Jana Pittman was the first Australian to compete at both Summer and Winter Olympic

Games? 03 Sydney Mardi Gras grew from a protest march from which year? 04 What precious gem do scientists believe rains down on the planet of Neptune? 05 The Foo Fighters are playing one

Australian gig, in which city? 06 What does the “QR” in QR codes stand for? 07 Who is the president of Ukraine? 08 How many periods are there in a game of ice hockey? 09 Who directed Oscar-nominated film

The Power of the Dog? 10 The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the opening act for which band on their 1967 tour? 11 Which Australian suburb is colloquially known as Sheep Dunny

Cow Dunny? 12 Approximately what percentage of the Earth’s land surface is made up of desert: a) 29 per cent, b) 33 per cent, c) 41 per cent or d) 25 per cent? 13 Who became the Governor of

Queensland in November last year? 14 In what 1963 film did Sidney Poitier become the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for

Best Actor? 15 What is the red cross on the English national flag called? 16 Which Australian artist painted The

Curve of the Bridge? 17 What colour is a lutino budgie? 18 Whose bestselling 2015 memoir was titled Reckoning? 19 What is the collective noun for clams? 20 Which Australian city’s water supply was contaminated by

Cryptosporidium and Giardia in 1998?