Parisians ease lockdown blues with quiz from balconies

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Actor and comedian Noam Cartozo holds the quizzes nightly as a means to kill the boredom and isolation of the lockdown. FMTNews FMTLifestyle

Actor and comedian Noam Cartozo hosts the quiz and broadcasts it on his Instagram account, with one video garnering 1.1 million views.

This nightly general knowledge quiz is how the residents of Rue Saint-Bernard, in the 11th district of Paris, are relieving the boredom and isolation of a coronavirus lockdown that is now nearly a month old. “I saw that the neighbours were looking a bit sad about the confinement,” said Cartozo, who comperes the quiz with toilet rolls festooned around his neck, a satire on the coronavirus-related wave of panic buying seen in some cities.

France this week became the fourth country in the world to cross the threshold of 10,000 coronavirus-related deaths. Officials say the lockdown is slowing the outbreak but the restrictions will not be eased anytime soon.

 

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