Wednesday, January 8, 2025

The very first quiz from NPR Sunday edition of 2025!

 

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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