There are questions about its exact path and potential strength at landfall, but there's no question that Hurricane Isaias has set an Atlantic season record. New research suggests that the vibrant designs of butterfly wings help confuse would-be predators. The Washington Monument, the Phantom of the Opera, and the work of education activist Malala Yousafzai all factor into today's history report. Plus: Conservationists in the Netherlands work to support eel populations, and a company in Japan holds a sleep competition!
This news quiz covers topics featured throughout the week on The World from A to Z:
1. According to an expert interviewed on Monday’s show, what month is “peak hiring season” for holiday jobs?
2. Name the engineer and businessman who invented dynamite but who also set aside most of his fortune for prizes in medicine, literature and (most famously) peace.
3. In what country is the RAF Fairford military facility, which the U.S. used to base around 12 bomber planes before relocating them after threats were reportedly made?
4. Catalan, Mammoth and Poitou are all breeds of what animal, which (along with other equines) was recently found to help dozens of teens cope with sadness or nervousness?
5. Relics from a historic settlement beneath Kyrgyzstan’s Issyk-Kul Lake are hoped to offer clues about what ancient trade route, which once connected China and Rome?
6. In what nation did widespread protests close many high schools on Tuesday, following weeks of unrest and violence that have left hundreds injured and led to thousands of arrests?
7. For foods labeled “milk chocolate” in the U.S., the government requires chocolate liquor to make up at least what percentage of the product?
8. What Asian island country has banned certain exports of a purple-colored yam called ube in an effort to protect its national association with the tuber?
9. Though Russia says one of its researchers recently died from a “typical” kind of respiratory infection, global health officials think the victim may have contracted what historic disease?
10. According to new research from two British universities, what insects have patterns that may protect them by confusing potential predators?
