1 This person was a consultant for the 2014 Hollywood movie Selma and hailed from New York. One day a girl revealed that her mother's boyfriend had been sexually abusing her. She tried to instill confidence and empathised with her and other victims of abuse and said, “You’re not alone.” Fill in the blanks and find the person.
2 This is a movement founded on January 1, 2018, by Hollywood celebrities in response to the Weinstein effect and #MeToo. The crusade against sexual harassment raised over $20 million for its legal defense fund and assembled over 200 volunteer lawyers. The group’s focus is getting legislation passed and policy changes. Identify.
3 #MeToo became a global sensation on 15 October 2017 with this one tweet of Hollywood actress who requested victims of sexual assault to open their mind. She wrote: “If you’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted write ‘me too’ as a reply to this tweet.” She gave up her birthday to help children receive toys this holiday season. Who?
4 This is a simple yet striking visualisation tool that uses recent Google Trends data to display interest generated in the search term ‘MeToo’ around the globe.
In this platform, the world map shows the areas with the highest number of searches for #MeToo as they’re brightly lit. India shines brightest in it. What is it called?
5 It’s a Christmas classic written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and is probably played in shops and radio stations all over the world. Recently a radio station in the US removed the song from its playlist as listeners said the song was inappropriate and at odds with the #MeToo movement. Identify the song.
6 In Malaysia, laws against child sexual grooming are imposed with the help of R.AGE Team with their new movement. It documents the undercover operations the journalists performed to find out more about these sex predators and to help the police nail them. Over 1.5 million people supported this. What is it called?
7 People who came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct were named as Time magazine’s 2017 Person of the Year. US President Donald Trump came second and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, came third. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was also a finalist. What did the Time magazine call these representatives of women?
8 The character Weingard in the HBO hit Entourage was based on him. He serves on the Board of the Robin Hood Foundation targeting poverty and works on issues like AIDS and juvenile diabetes. He was appointed an honourary Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a knight of the French Legion of Honour. Identify.
9 Across Wall Street, men are adopting controversial strategies for the #MeToo era and, in the process, making life even harder for women. A new effect named after U.S. Vice President has been trending in the order when he said he avoids dining alone with any woman other than his wife. What is it called?
10 Serena Williams was fined $17,000 for code violations and docked a game for the angry scenes at US Open final. It highlighted the unequal playing field in sports for women. Many called it a #MeToo moment whereas the other section gave a name for the moment which is also the name of a 2014 electronic cult pop song by Japanese DJ Teddyloid. What is it called?
11 The employees of this giant company around the globe staged a walkout recently to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment as they quietly offered several high-profile executives lucrative exit packages after they were accused of sexual misconduct. Android creator Andy Rubin was given a $90 million golden parachute. Identify the company.
12 This movement against false rape allegations gained currency in the background of #MeToo. The movement spread virally in October 2018 when a mother tweeted about her son Pieter Hanson’s apprehension to date women due to the trend of false rape allegations. Pieter disavowed his mother’s tweet and pledged strong support for #MeToo movement. Identify the movement.
13 Emily Joy and Hannah Paasch started this hashtag movement as a response to #MeToo. This highlighted the sexual harassment, abuse, and assault that happens within churches. This became popular with the live-streamed video admission by Pastor Andy Savage to his church that he sexually assaulted a 17-year-old girl. What is it called?
14 Israeli Newspapers and famous women broke the code of silence by involving in #MeToo. International fashion model Maayan Keret and Yael Arad, the silver medalist in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics expressed their stories. The thousands of Israeli’s involved in this campaign by creating a hashtag equivalent of #MeToo in Hebrew. What was it called?
