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Current Events September 22, 2025

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
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1.

Jerry Greenfield, co-founder of the beloved ice cream brand __________, announced this week that he's resigned from the company he helped create in the late 1970s over an ongoing dispute with its parent company, Unilever for aggressive political outreach.

 

a)

Blue Belle

b)

Ben & Jerry's

c)

Breyer's

d)

Edy's

2.

Which unusual fact makes Tom Cillo’s role on the Lycoming College football team especially noteworthy?

a)

He is the first freshman to start on the team in 20 years

b)

He returned to school at age 58 to play as a freshman defensive lineman

c)

He previously played professional football before joining the team

d)

He transferred from a Division I program after four decades away

3.

Which unique milestone did Kent Broussard achieve at Louisiana State University?

a)

He became the band director after retiring from teacing

b)

He wrote the theme music played by the LSU Marching Band

c)

He joined the LSU Marching Band as a 66-year-old freshman

d)

He switched from football to the marching band after one season

4.

Public speaker _________ was an American right-wing political activist, author, and media personality who was assassinated at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah this past week.

a)

Malcolm X

b)

JK Rowling

c)

Arnold Schwarzenegger

d)

Charlie Kirk

5.

Which nighttime talk show did ABC pull off the air on Wednesday after its host’s controversial comments linking the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement.

a)

Jimmy Kimmel Live

b)

Saturday Night Live

c)

The Jay Leno Show

d)

The Tonight Show

6.

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback ________ will need toe surgery that will sideline him a minimum of three months.

a)

Joe Montana

b)

Jalen Hurts

c)

Joe Burrow

d)

Elly De La Cruz

7.

Which college football coach unleashed on reporters after being Florida last week, yelling at them and saying they were spoiled and asking terrible questions of a coach whose team just won a game? They were questioning why his offense didn't produce more points, given that Florida's quarterback threw five interceptions to give them the ball back repeatedly.

a)

Florida's Billy Napier

b)

North Carolina Bill Belichick

c)

LSU's Brian Kelly

d)

Alabama's Nick Saban

8.

A man who has been blind for over twenty years receives a rare _________surgery to restore his sight.

a)

appendectomy

b)

tooth in eye

c)

cataract

d)

lobotomy

9.

 

Three _______ -Sister Rita, Sister Regina, and Sister Bernadette broke out of their nursing home and returned to their former convent, after saying they were moved against their will.

a)

nuns

b)

witches

c)

movie stars

d)

Halloween costume designers

10.

Hunter Green, the Cincinnati _______ right-hander overpowered and overmatched the Cubs for nine innings, registering the first nine-inning complete-game shutout of his career.

a)

Flyers

b)

Bearcats

c)

Bengals

d)

Reds'

11.

BONUS +5: A team of researchers from Japan won an Ig Nobel Prize this week for painting cows like zebras to _______________.

a)

camouflage them from predators

b)

make the meat cook better

c)

prevent flies from biting them

d)

fool zoo vistors