Week in Rap: 10.10.2025

What began on October 1 in the United States?

• 
  A new congressional term

• 
  A government shutdown

• 
  A new constitutional amendment

• A debt-ceiling crisis

This was caused by disagreements between Democrats and Republicans about ________.

• 
  trade policy

• judicial confirmations

• 
  the federal budget

• the legislative process

Which country is poised to get its first female prime minister?

• France

• Japan

• Egypt

• Cambodia

What is true of the presumptive prime minister?

• She is a former TV host.

• 
  She is the singer in a famous band.

• 
  She is a race car driver.

• 
  She is a painter.

Following a snowstorm, rescue efforts are underway on ________.

• Mount Everest

• 
  Annapurna

• 
  K2

• 
  Lhotse

The Queens Zoo is helping with the conservation of which animal?

• 
  Northern short-tailed shrew

• Atlantic spotted dolphin

• 
  Silver-haired bat

• 
  New England cottontail rabbit

A skateboard used by Tony Hawk sold for how much at auction?

• 
  $75,000

• 
  $890,000

• 
  $1.15 million

• 
  $2 million

What is significant about this skateboard?

• 
  It was used to land the first ever 900 trick.

• It was the first skateboard to be used at the Olympics.

• 
  It was created by a famous skateboard designer.

• 
  It was rediscovered after being lost for years.

Which album had the biggest sales week of any album in the modern era?

• 
  Lady Gaga’s Mayhem

• Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos

• Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl

• The Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow

Jane Goodall, who died at 91, was best known for studying ________.

• 
  rocks and minerals

• 
  chimpanzees

• 
  insects

• 
  marine life