Recent News: 10-25-24

One of the most intense hurricanes on record in the Gulf of Mexico struck Florida on Oct. 9, just two weeks after Hurricane Helene tore through the state’s western coast. What was the storm’s name?

• Hurricane Agnes

• Hurricane Camille

• Hurricane Milton

• Hurricane Rita

Yahya Sinwar, the chief architect of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, was killed in southern Gaza by Israeli soldiers on Oct. 16. What organization did Mr. Sinwar lead?

• Hamas

• The Haqqani network

• Hezbollah

• The Houthis

Donald Trump wore a McDonald’s apron in Pennsylvania this week to serve which food to his supporters?

• Big Macs

• Chicken McNuggets

• French fries

• McFlurries

Which team defeated the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in a thrilling overtime victory to capture the W.N.B.A. title for the first time in franchise history?

• Connecticut Sun

• Indiana Fever

• Las Vegas Aces

• New York Liberty

Liam Payne, who rose to fame as a singer and songwriter for one of the best-selling boy bands of all time, fell to his death from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires at 31.

What was the name of Mr. Payne’s band?

• BTS

• Boyz II Men

• ’N Sync

• One Direction

After years of warnings that it was on the verge of collapse, what system in Cuba went down twice in 24 hours?

• Landline telephones

• Electrical grid

• Public buses

• Stock market

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Europa Clipper, the biggest interplanetary spacecraft that NASA has ever built, lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Oct. 14. The spacecraft’s destination is Europa. What is Europa?

• A metal-rich asteroid

• A moon of Jupiter

• A moon of Mercury

• The nearest galaxy to the Milky Way

What did President Biden on Oct. 8 require to be replaced nationwide over the next 10 years?

• Cooling towers at nuclear power plants

• Energy-inefficient single pane windows

• Incandescent street lights

• Lead drinking-water pipes

The graph above appeared in a recent New York Times article. Look at it closely: What do you think is the article’s headline?

• “A Nation of Homebodies”

• “More Americans Are Going Home for the Holidays”

• “Stuck in a Starter Home”

• “We’re Finally Spending Time Outdoors Again!”

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Why were these racoons in the news recently?

• They had escaped from an enclosure at the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita, Kan.

• They showed up in the yard of a Washington State resident demanding food.

• They were lining up to audition for the sequel to the movie “Over the Hedge.”