On-air challenge: The 1st Sunday
Puzzle from NPR on-air challenge is about 2024 year-end news!
[Fill in the blanks:]
1.
In October Claudia Sheinbaum became the first
__________ president of ____________.
2.
Rachel Gunn aka Raygun, became a viral
sensation last year as an Australian Olympian in what sport?
3.
In November a piece of conceptual art titled
"Comedian" was sold in a Sotheby's auction for $6.2 million. It
consisted of something duct-taped to a wall. What was it?
4.
What presidential candidate was widely
publicized last year to have once had a dead worm in his brain?
5.
In April last year something rare happened in
the U.S. between Texas and New England. What was it?
6.
Bao Li and Qing Bao arrived from China this
year. Where are they now?
7.
In June China also made history by receiving
a group of rocks from where?
8.
What four-letter word defined as
"characterized by a confident, independent, and hedonistic attitude"
was named by Collins Dictionary as its "Word of the Year."
9.
What country became the 33rd member of NATO
in March?
10. Last summer Danny Jansen became the first
M.L.B. player in history to do what?
Answer Keys
1. female,
Mexico
2. breakdance
3. a
banana
4. R.F.K
Junior
5. Total
Solar Eclipse
6. the
National Zoo in Washington D.C.
7. the dark
side of the Moon
8. brat
9. Sweden
10. He played on both sides of a game (In
other words, he played for both teams -i.e., Toronto Blue Jays & the Boston
Red Sox- in the same game.)
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