Mental health and sports are two major topics we're discussing today, from a study concerning CTE in former NFL players to a coach's effort to incorporate mental health into a women's lacrosse program. History topics focus on the Armistice of Mudros in World War I and the fallout from an infamous radio broadcast in 1938. A dino skeleton that's nearly 70 percent complete sells for more than $47 million. A piglet rescued from a roadside survives and thrives in England. And a "Howl-o-ween" dog parade features colorfully costumed canines!
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. In an extreme event that combined her mental health advocacy with her love for high diving, Molly Carlson recently became the first woman known to dive off what object?
2. The leader of what nation recently crossed a new bridge between his country and China and said the two nations share an “invincible” friendship?
3. What is known as the human brain’s “alarm system” (the part that processes fear): the amygdala, hippocampus, pons, or thalamus?
4. In what country – the largest and most populated in South America – did President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recently win a fourth term in office, though the election was contested?
5. What national event, which aims to promote civic education in America, was observed on October 27 – exactly 239 years after the Federalist Papers were published in New York?
6. New research suggests that The Starry Night might be a close representation of the sky over France on July 22, 1889. What famous artist painted the work?
7. What kind of tides, which are natural and the highest predicted tides of the year, were blamed for recent flooding on both U.S. coasts?
8. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently grappling with its worst-ever outbreak of what disease, which has sickened more than 10,000 people so far?
9. What famous U.S. astronaut made history (again) on October 29, 1998, becoming the oldest person at that time to have traveled into space?
10. What mysterious brain disease, which can only be diagnosed after death, was recently linked to a significant number of former NFL players (though the study had limitations)?
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