Current Events: October 2022
Russia accused Ukraine in late October of using what unethical form of weaponry, even though there was no evidence to suggest as such?
"Dirty Bombs" = bombs filled with radioactive shrapnel.
Liz Truss, even though she was just Prime Minister for 44 days, will likely receive a taxpayer-funded allowance of how much money a year for the rest of her life?
$129,000
What level did America's gross national debt hit for the first time in early October?
$31 trillion
How much are Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his wife worth?
$800 million
In late October, the Supreme Court heard arguments concerning the admissions policies of what two universities concerning the unfair impact of "affirmative action" policies?
- Harvard University - University of North Carolina
What two teams made it to the World Series in late October?
- Houston Astros - Philadelphia Phillies
U.S. students recorded deep declines not seen in over 20 years in what two subjects, presenting the clearest picture yet of the pandemic's impact on education?
- Math - Reading
A federal judge curtailed guidelines from the Biden administration that required employers to provide certain protections. What were they?
- Use of preferred pronouns - Dress code by gender - Bathroom access for LGBTQ employees.
Why did the federal deficit fall by half from last year due? to the expiration of pandemic emergency spending and appropriate taxation of corporate profits.
-Expiration of pandemic emergency spending - Appropriate taxation of corporate profits
The classified documents recovered by the FBI in the August 8 probe of Mar-a-Lago reportedly included highly sensitive intelligence regarding what two countries?
-Iran -China
U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro of San Antonio, along with a coaliiton of Latino organizations have called on social media platforms to do more to combat electoral misinformation aimed at Spanish-speaking communities. What two platforms do Spanish speakers predominately use?
-YouTube -WhatsApp
A service member assigned to the border security mission Operation Lone Star died by a self-inflicted gunshot with his duty weapon Tuesday in Eagle Pass. How many Natonal Guard members have died in relation to Gov. Abbott's border security operation?
10
How many firearm transfer program sites are there in the state of Texas for people to sell their guns to the state?
10
To counteract OPEC's announcement of cutting their production by 2 million barrels of oil a day, Biden announced that he would release how many millions of barrels of oil in December to drive fuel prices down?
15 million
President Biden said that the risk of nuclear "armageddon" is at its highest level since what year?
1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis
The consumer price index increased more than expected as property rents climbed faster than at any time since what year?
1990
At a meeting in Montreal, the International Civil Aviation Authority pledged to support net-zero emissions aviation goal by what year?
2050
How many Starbucks locations have tried to unionize after the store in Buffalo, NY, became the first earlier in the year?
250
How many journalists have been detained by the Iranian security forces since the unrest began in September over the death of Mahsa Amini?
28
In mid-October, what rate was national unemployment at, the lowest level in 50 years?
3.5%
Since 2020, what percentage of Texas election/poll workers have left their jobs?
30%
According to a nonprofit organization (Feeding Texas), how many Texans struggle with hunger and food insecurity?
4 million
How long was Trump's former senior advisor Steve Bannon sentenced to jail in addition to paying a $6,500 fine for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee?
4 months
The IRS announced the largest-ever increase to what retirement accounts' contribution limits, allowing millions of Americans to save thousands of more dollas in tax-advantaged plans?
401(k)'s
The Biden administration has reunited how many children separated from their parents under Donald Trump's zero-tolerance border policy?
500
Approximately how many Texas renters of homes and apartments said they were behind on payments this summer?
522,000
The 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, and K. Parry Sharpless for their research that resulted in the development of what is known as "click chemistry" and bio-orthogonal chemistry. Dr. Sharpless has become only the _______ person to win two Nobel Prizes.
5th
In a one-year span, from April 2021 to April 2022, 4,839 Texans died of drug-related overdoses. What percentage increase is that from 2019?
63%
The man who pulled former Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone into a crowd of violent rioters was setenced to how long in jail in late October?
7 years
What percentage of all of Gov. Greg Abbott's 114 appointments to the boards of public universities and health science schools have donated to his re-election campaign?
70%
Social Security's cost of living adjustment for 2023 is expected to be __% higher, the highest in 40 years.
9%
In recently released footage from Jan. 6 2021, the five highest ranking senators and five highest ranking members of the House were whisked away to a secure, secret office area that has been in existence since what historic tragedy?
9/11
Kim Kardashian will pay $1.26 million to settle charges by the S.E.C. for unlawfully promoting what?
A crypto token
What medical condition did Lt. Gov. of Pennsylvania John Fetterman this summer suffer from, which he had to combat against Dr. Oz in a debate for Senate in October?
A stroke
The Biden Administration unveiled in early October a blueprint for a "Bill of Rights" to safeguard digital and civil rights concerning what evolving technology?
A.I.
In early October, doctors and midwives in Blue states were working to smuggle and get what medicine into red states that restricted abortion access?
Abortion pills
Before the midterm elections, what did President Biden promise to pass in a Democratic-held Congress?
Abortion protections
The Food and Drug Administration declared a nationwide shortage of what A.D.H.D. medicaiton in mid-October?
Adderall
What German shoe company cut ties with Ye back in late October?
Adidas
A U.S. Marine who served in _______ named Joshua Mast and his wife adopted a baby whom he said was a war orphan. The baby's family is now suing to get her back, saying that Mast abducted their child.
Afghanistan
The Supreme Court opened its new term hearing arguments in a case that could gut what's left of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. The case Merrill v. Milligan, is focused on what state's new Congressional map that plaintiffs allege dilutes the voting strength of Black voters?
Alabama
In an unusual turn of events, Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski and Democratic representative Mary Peltola (the first indigenous citizen to be elected to Congress from this state) crossed party lines and endorsed each other. What state do they represent?
Alaska
Amazon employees near what state capital began a vote on whether or not to unionize?
Albany, New York
Kroger acquired what other grocery store chain for $25 billion for a possible merger?
Albertsons
The family of a cinematographer shot and killed by what actor in a tragic accident on the set of the film Rust agreed to settle a lawsuit against the actor and movie producers?
Alec Baldwin
In a letter, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz warned the Department of Homeland Security Secretary that his handling of the southern border could be "grounds for impeachment." Who is the Secretary of Homeland Security?
Alejandro Mayorkas
Who (the conspiracy theorist and founder of InfoWars) was ordered by a judge to pay a total $965 million to the families of eight Sandy Hook families who lost children in the 2012 massacre, as well as an FBI agent who responded to the attack, for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress?
Alex Jones
Parents have camped out for days outside of Uvalde ISD's school district offices, protesting until what action is taken?
All the school districts SROs are fired.
She was a Hollywood and Broadway star, but captured her biggest audience as the TV sleuth Jessica Fletcher in "Murder, She Wrote." She died at 96.
Angela Lansbury
What former chancellor of Germany defended her decision to buy large quantities of Russian natural gas before she left office?
Angela Merkel
In mid-October, it was announced Hollywood's first Chinese-American movie star will be the first Asian-American on United States currency, on the tails side of some quarters as part of the American Women Quarters Program to be rolled out next year. What's her name?
Anna May Wong
Which French writer won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature?
Annie Ernaux
A panel of medical experts recommended that doctors start screening all children 8 and over for what condition?
Anxiety
What "Queen of Soul" was announced had been spied on by the FBI during the 1960s and 1970s due to her interest in the Civil Rights Movement?
Aretha Franklin
What former secretary of defense under Barack Obama died at 68 and opened the military up to more women and transgender servicemen and women?
Ashton Carter
A federal judge has ordered what Texas official to testify in an abortion lawsuit, following his decision to flee his home after a process server tried to serve him with a subpoena?
Attorney General Ken Paxton
In mid-October, scientists successfully transplanted and grew human brain cells into the brains of baby rats in order to study diseases that affect human brain development like:
Autism and Schizophrenia
The seven pop stars of what K-pop group said they would serve their mandatory military conscriptions in South Korea and regroup in 2025?
BTS
What fashion house severed their ties to Kanye West after his antisemitic comments on Twitter?
Balenciaga
Douglas Diamond, Philip Dybvig, and what former Federal Reserve chair won the Nobel Prize in Economics for their influential work on the relationship between banks and economic turmoil?
Ben Bernanke
Which Texas county's sheriff announced he was launching a criminal investigation into the fradulent travel scheme by Gov. Ron DeSantis by flying 50 refugees to Martha's Vineyard?
Bexar County
A progressive nonprofit group is suing what Texas county over its decision to close more than 40 polling places ahead of November elections? The group also claims that the county in question has approved about 130 FEWER polling places than is required by Texas law.
Bexar County (San Antonio)
According to ProPublica, Governor Ron DeSantis redrew Florida's congressional maps in a way that curtails what minority group's voting power?
Black voters
The authorities of what Latin American country, which held a presidential runoff in late October, granted its elections chief the power to remove online misinformation regarding the election?
Brazil
What NBA star basketball player's tweet promoting an antisemitic film made him the subject of massive condemnation throughout the sports world?
Brooklyn Nets (now Dallas Mavericks) star Kyrie Irving
In mid-October, Elon Musk launched a $100 per bottle of perfume/cologne called what unappealing name?
Burnt Hair
What is Texas's current plan to increase its natural water supply by 2070 as the demand for water increases due to population increase and increased drought?
By creating 23 new surface water reservoirs
Why was Texas congresswoman Mayra Flores denied entry into the Congressional Hispanic Caucus?
By definition, Republicans are blocked from joining.
How did the European Union respond to Russian formally annexing the four eastern oblasts of Ukraine?
By putting a price cap on Russian oil prices
What federal government official traveled to Ukraine in late October to meet with Ukrainian intelligence officials and President Volodymyr Zelensky?
CIA director William Burns
To help offset Texas' tax on menstrual products, which many have referred to as a "tampon tax," what national store will reduce the cost of its branded menstrual products by 25% in Texas in addition to 11 other states?
CVS
What western state's gas prices reached an all-time high in early October due to several oil refineries shutting down?
California
New court affidavits show that state abortion bans are preventing what types of patients from beginning life-saving treatment, forcing them to first travel out-of-state to have their pregnancies terminated before they can begin treatment.
Cancer patients
Gov. Greg Abbott during his re-election campaign in late October said he was opening to legalizing what kind of business in Texas?
Casinos
The Supreme Court declined to hear white supremacist Dylann Roof's appeal to overturn his conviction sentence for fatally shooting nine Black people at an AME church in what southern city in 2015.
Charleston, SC
Republican Georgia Senate Candidate repeatedly said on the campaign that he has significant ancestral roots in what Native American tribe, even though his own mother and the tribe have denied this claim?
Cherokee
What two major nations, who have stood behind Russia during the invasion of Ukraine, have called for de-escalation but won't outright criticize Russia?
China and India
A Wisconsin man was convicted of intentional homicide for driving his car through what kind of parade in 2021, killing six people?
Christmas parade
In late October, climate activists in Potsdam, Germany, threw liquefied mashed potatoes at "Grainstacks," a painting by which French impressionist?
Claude Monet
What kind of ecosystems are scientists artificially producing and then placing in the wild to rehabilitate destroyed habitats due to pollution and climate change?
Coral reefs
Extreme heat and a lack of rainfall have severely damaged much of this year's harvest of what cash crop in the United States, which produces about 35% of the world's annual supply?
Cotton
A fireball consumed two sections of the only bridge linking what occupied territory to Russia? The Ukrainian army blew the bridge up and added another blow to Putin and Russia.
Crimea
Rural Texas counties are eager for an economic boost are courting and welcoming what kind of companies that critics say push the power grid in the state to the limit?
Cryptocurrency mining companies
What did OPEC (led by Saudi Arabia and Russia) do to the collective oil supply in response to the price cap on Russian oil?
Cut the oil supply
What was the name of the space vessel that was sent to hit and make contact with a small asteroid to see if its trajectory could be shifted?
DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test)
President Joe Biden signed into law a bipartisan bill that will direct more than $442 million in upgrades to Veteran Affairs health care facilities in Texas. It will pay for a 30-bed long-term care facilitiy for spinal cord injuries in __________ and a new health care facility in _________.
Dallas; El Paso
In Houston, what U.S. representative hosted his third annual Youth Summit around an appeal to Reagan-era Republican Party pillars or small government, low taxes, and less welfare and had a 1980s Delorean car from "Back to the Future" on stage with him?
Dan Crenshaw (R-TX)
Mexico's Senate in late October voted to end what practice?
Daylight Saving Time
Which European country's queen stripped four of her grandchildren of their royal titles? She later apologized, but won't change her mind.
Denmark
Black residents of the Corpus Christi neighborhood of Hillcrest filed a civil rights complaint against the construction of Texas's first plant to do what?
Desalination plant
Before he bought Twitter, Elon Musk tweeted a photoshopped picture of himself and what two other men, and it was captioned "Three Musketeers." It was later deleted.
Donald Trump and Kanye West
Yvonne Rosaels, a Texas district attorney, is coming under pressure with accusations of incompetence over her office's ability to prosecute the man accused of killing 23 people in a racist mass shotting at a local Walmart in what Texas city in 2019?
El Paso
The Biden administration is granting $2.8 billion to companies to expand production of what product?
Electric-vehicle batteries
Which billionaire businessman suggested he could solve the conflict between China and Taiwan if Taiwan simply ceded some of its sovereignty to China?
Elon Musk
Who bought Twitter in late October for $44 billion?
Elon Musk
After Ukraine successfully retook Kherson and Kharkiv, what kind of targets did Russia go ofter in late October?
Energy utility sites to cause nationwide blackouts during the winter. 30% of the nation's power stations were destroyed.
Which city's mayor declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent from the southern border states since last spring?
Eric Adams, NYC
What fossil fuel giant's president stated in late October that its record profits were going back to the American people....their shareholders?
Exxon Mobil
What law enforcement agency had 665 former personnel resign in the last 20 years rather than face misconduct allegations?
FBI
With Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, what political ideology increased its presence on the site?
Far right ideology
What did longtime Texas Democratic state rep Ron Wilson, who served in the legislature from 1977 to 2004, plead guilty to in late October and could face five years in prison?
Federal income tax fraud
A new election crimes office in what southern state began arresting people who were just confused about their voting rights?
Florida
At least two children who were victims of incest have been denied abortions in what state since it instituted its 15-week abortion ban?
Florida
Why did the Department of Public Safety fire state trooper Sgt. Juan Maldonado in late October?
For his failure to respond in a timely manner to the Uvalde School Shooting in May 2022.
Multiple industries across what European country began striking in mid-October to push for higher pay to keep pace with rising inflation?
France
Which European nation's leader debuted an idea for a 44-nation European Political Community as a future bulwark against Russia and other tyrannical states?
France (Emmanuel Macron)
What American car company suspended its advertising on Twitter once Elon Musk became its owner?
General Motors
A former girlfriend of Hershel Walker, a football hall of famer and Republican Senate nominee, told the media that he paid for her to get an abortion in 2009. Walker denied the accusation. What state is he running for Senate?
Georgia
In late October, Hyundai broke ground on its $5.54 billion electric vehicle and batter plant in what southern state?
Georgia
What NFL Hall of Famer and supermodel announced their divorce in the end of October?
Gesele Bundchen and Tom Brady
In mid-October, MacKenzie Scott (ex-wife of Jeff Bezos) donated more than $84 million to what youth group, the largest individual donation in its history?
Girl Scouts
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against what tech company, claiming it is violating state law by amassing facial and voice recognition data on Texans without their consent?
Google/Alphabet
Three men accussed of plotting to kidnap what Midwestern Democratic governor were convicted on all charges in late-October?
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI)
Officials at New York State's largest religious schools admitted they illegally diverted millons of dollars to parties. What religion do the schools follow that have been abusing taxpayer funds?
Hasidic Jewish schools
Why did the Biden administration in late October reject a recommendation to promote Lt. General Walter E. Piatt?
He hindered a prompt response and the deployment of the D.C. National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots
What vegetable was live streamed by a U.K. tabloid in a contest to see if it would last longer than Liz Truss as prime minister of Britain?
Head of lettuce
Major American retailers will begin selling lower-cost versions of what medical device without a prescription or medical exam today after President Biden announced the FDA-approved initiative back in August?
Hearing aids
In late October, the Department of Agriculture announced that it will make $759 million in grants available to rural communities so they could access what utility?
High-speed internet
John Ramirez, 38, who was convicted of murdering a Corpus Christi convenience store clerk in 2004, was scheduled to be executed in early October. The U.S. Supreme Court had found Texas had violated Ramirez's religious liberties by denying him:
His pastor to to pray over him and touch him while being executed
In late-October, a federal appeals court rejected President Trump's request to stop what being given to Congress?
His tax returns
What Texas city's 5th Ward neighborhood is demanding action after city officials found a highly toxic chemical in soil samples stemming from the Union Pacific railyard nearby?
Houston
The Texas Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the Texas Education Agency has the authority to fire school board members from what populated ISD?
Houston ISD
What former Chinese Communist Party leader was awkwardly escorted out of the annual Communist Party congress?
Hu Jintao
President Biden announced $60 million in aid for Puerto Rico after what deadly hurricane hit the island in October?
Hurricane Fiona
In mid-October, at the United Nations General Assembly, why did 143 member nations vote to condemn Russia?
Illegally annexing four Ukrainian territories
Planned Parenthood said it will open its first mobile abortion clinic in what midwestern state, where abortion remains legal, to reduce the amount of miles some patients may need to travel?
Illinois
Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo said that immigration authorities in what country prevented her from flying to the US to receive her Pulitzer Prize even though she had a valid visa and airline ticket?
India
What Asian country saw a recently renovated bridge collapse anyway, killing at least 140 people in late October?
India
What global financial organization announced that it is once again lowering its projections for global economic growth in 2023?
International Monetary Fund
Russia attacked Kiev with "kamikaze" drones that explode on impact with its target. What country did Russia buy these drones from?
Iran
What country in October started mass arresting and killing citizens engaged in civil unrest and protests since September?
Iran
What country's supreme leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) stated that the widespread Mahsa Amini protests in his nation since mid-September, were "engineered" by teh country's enemies like the US and Israel?
Iran
What two candidates had to face each other in a run-off for the presidency of Brazil?
Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
North Korea launched a missile over what nearby country, prompting the government to tell residents in two regions to seek shelter? The missile landed in the Pacific Ocean.
Japan
What Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and rock pioneer died at 87 in the end of October?
Jerry Lee Lewis
Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor of Pennsylvania, attacked the parochial school that his opponent, Josh Shaprio, attended. What religion was it?
Jewish
Gov. Greg Abbott in early October appointed TEA's first chief of school safety and security who previously worked in the U.S. Secret Service. What's his name and why was the position created?
John P. Scott and post-Uvalde pressure.
Which Supreme Court justice temporarily blocked enforcement of a subpoena to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) from the Fulton County, GA, grand jury investigating interference in the state's 2020 election results?
Justice Clarence Thomas
Who is claimed to want to buy Parler, a social media platform that claims to be a "free speech" alternative to Twitter for hard-right conservatives?
Kanye West
What Native American tribe in Texas has received more than $2.6 million from a federal grant to install fiber for broadband internet
Kickapoo
Californian Paul Flores was found guilty and convicted of 25 to life for the murder of what women, whose case had been cold for 27 years?
Kristin Smart (who disappeared in 1996)
What civil rights group is offering a $10,000 reward to locate a woman who allegedly lured a group of migrants onto a plane flying from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard?
LULAC (League of United Latin American Citizens)
For the first time in its 157-year history, who will be commissioner of the New York City Fire Department?
Laura Kavanagh (40), the first female commissioner
Then Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced in early October that the country has reached a "historic agreement" with what neighboring country over their shared maritime border?
Lebanon
Arkansas, Maryland, Missouri, North Dakota, and South Dakota, all had ballot measures to create what laws in their midterm elections?
Legalization of recreational marijuana
What has Democratic challenger Susan Hays promised to do if she wins election against Republican Sid Miller to become the new Texas Agriculture Commissioner? She lost, btw.
Legalize marijuana
In mid-October a conservative conspiracy theory was spread and at least 20 conservative candidates and elected officials (and Joe Rogan) have claimed that K-12 public schools are placing what item in schools to accommodate students who allegedly "self-identify as cats?"
Litter boxes
Often hailed as the Queen of Country Music, singer, songwriter, and author of the bestselling 1976 memoir Coal Miner's Daughter, ____________ died at 90-years-old. President Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Loretta Lynn
Art Laboe, the "dean of rock n roll broadcasting" in what Western city died at 97?
Los Angeles
What American city's city council president is facing calls to resign after a leaked audio recording revealed she made racist remarks?
Los Angeles, CA
What policy did former conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss push for, which destabilized the British pound during a record level of inflation?
Lower taxes for the most wealthy and corporations.
Who won Brazil's run-off presidential election at the end of October?
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva aka Lula
New vaccines are raising hopes of eradicating what mosquito-transmitted disease?
Malaria
New York City's government announced that that they will pay $26 million men who had been wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for over 20 years for the assassination of what Civil Rights leader in 1965?
Malcolm X
A month out from the midterm elections, President Biden pardoned thousands of federal prisoners convicted of what charge?
Marijuana possession
A judge ordered what former Turmp White House Chief of Staff to testify before the special grand jury gathered in Fulton Co., Georgia, which is investigating Trump for election interference?
Mark Meadows
Sacheen Littlefeather, an actress and Apache activist died at 75. She's most known for accepting what actor's Oscar for him at the 1973 Academy Awards as a protest of Hollywood's depictions of Native Americans?
Marlon Brando (The Godfather)
What local Houston celebrity has appeared in political ads for Alexandra del Moral Mealer against the Democratic incumbent Lina Hidalgo for Harris County Judge?
Mattress Mack
Which social media company was fined $25 million for repeatedly and intentionally violating campaign-finance disclosure law, the largest campaign finance penalty in US history?
Meta/Facebook
Where did a 14-story, 164-unit oceanfront apartment complex get an "unsafe structure" notice, in the same place where a condo collapsed and killed nearly 100 people in 2022?
Miami, FL
What conservative businessman is using his business to finance the election denial movement led by Donald Trump?
Mike Lindell (MyPillow)
A Trump supporter pleaded guilty to wire fraud after officials say he staged a fire and spray-painted Antifa graffiti (and the sayings "Biden 2020" and "BLM") on his own garage, then blamed it all on "left-wing radicals." What midwest city did this happen in?
Minneapolis, MN
By late October, what contagious disease's infection rates began to drop almost as quickly as they grew during the summer?
Monkeypox
What Congressional leader's 82-year-old husband was attacked by a hammer-wielding man and assaulted him before police arrived and was shouting, "Where's Nancy?"
Nancy Pelosi and Paul Pelosi
Arizona gubernatorial Republican nominee Kari Lake's campaign manager Colton Duncan likened what minority group to bloodthirsty savages who engage in human sacrifice in a tweet mocking a recent holiday?
Native Americans
Scientists have found the remains of the first known family from what ancient hominid in Siberia?
Neanderthal
Progressive House Democrats in late October released, and then quickly retracted, a letter calling for President Biden to do what?
Negotiate with Russia over a cease-fire in Ukraine
In mid-October, what streaming service added 2.4 million subscribers in the last three months?
Netflix
Which streaming giant is changing its policy and will no longer allow users to share passwords with friends and family for free?
Netflix
A federal judge halted key provisions of what east coast state's latest gun-control law, saying multiple parts of the law passed this year are unconstitutional, including restrictions on concealed carry in places like trains and airplanes?
New York
A man who billed himself the "Used Car King of ________" pleaded guilty to wire fraud in Houston federal court, admitting to buying and selling thousands of fake Texas temporary license plates to people across the country.
New York
Which Pacific nation proposed a tax on greenhouse gasses that farm animals produce, angering many of the nation's farmers?
New Zealand
The Brazilian supermarket magnate Delcir Sonda saw promise in this young soccer player and invested in him early in his career. He's now sueing which player for back pay?
Neymar
Flooding in what African nation linked to climate change has displaced more than a million people and killed at least 600 others?
Nigeria
More than 30 members of Congress have signed a letter nominating Opal Lee of Ft. Worth, Texas for what honor? Also what is Mrs. Lee known for?
Nobel Peace Prize, and she is the "Grandmother of Juneteenth."
A jury found Igor Danchenko, the private researcher who was a primary source for the 2016 Steele Dossier of allegations about former President Trump's ties to Russia, __________ of lying to the FBI about his sources?
Not guilty
What midwestern state indicted two men on crimincal charges after being caught cheating in a fishing tournament?
Ohio
In late October, Gov. Greg Abbott took $359.6 million out of the state prison system to fund what other initiative he created to protect the southern border?
Operation Lone Star
In late October, what did British environmentalist group Just Stop Oil spray all over the MI5 building, the Home Office, the Bank of England, and the News Corps offices?
Orange paint
Nikolas Cruz was sentenced in mid-October to life in prison without the possibility of parole, averting the death penalty, after murdering 17 people. What school shooting is he responsible for?
Parkland, FL (Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School)
In late October, President Joe Biden made a rare midterm capaign appearance at an event for John Fetterman, the Democrat running against Republican Dr. Oz. What state's Senate seat are they competing over?
Pennsylvania
With especially low vaccination rates among young children due to a growing anti-vaccination movement post COVID-19, what once-demolished disease started making a comeback in New York and Pennsylvania in early October?
Polio
In mid-October, President Biden signed an executive order to pus federal officials to drive down the cost of what item?
Prescription drugs
Whose body did Russian forces steal and bring to Russia?
Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin, who persuaded Catherine the Great to annex Crimea in 1783.
The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clauser of the US, Alain Aspect of France, and Anton Zeilinger of Austria for exploring the foundations of what field?
Quantum computing
What respiratory infection spread rapidly starting in the fall along with COVID-19 and the seasonal flu?
RSV
In a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a request ot take up the case of death row inmate Andre Thomas after his lawyers argued members of his jury who convicted him of killing his wife and children were what?
Racist
In mid-October, a mass shooting saw a man shoot and kill five people in a neighborhood in what North Carolina city?
Raleigh, NC
Dietrich Mateschitz was an Austrian salesman who turned a caffeinated Thai energy drink into a multi-billion dollar empire. What drink did he help develop? He died at 78.
Red Bull
What outspoken Repbulican critic of Donald Trump spent $500,000 for ads in Arizona against Kari Lake (nominee for governor) and Mark Finchem (nominee for secretary of state)?
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY)
What Houston area college inaugurated its eighth president, Reginald DesRoches and is the university's first Black president?
Rice University
Who became the first prime minister of color to lead Great Britain and the youngest prime minister at 42-years-old in over 200 years?
Rishi Sunak
Which city in upstate New York agreed to pay the family of Daniel Prude $12 million after he was killed by police officers in March 2020?
Rochester
With his record-breaking 62nd home run in early October, Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees broke the American League single season home run record of what former Yankee?
Roger Maris
Human rights advocates in what three nations won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Russia, Belarus, Ukraine
Despite backlash from residents Mayor Ron Nirenberg says he stands by the decision to open a resource center for migrants. What Texas city is this?
San Antonio
What Texas city's police fired a rookie officer after he shot and injured a teenager who was just eating in a Burger King parking lot?
San Antonio
Workers in what civic job were rehired and given pack back by a judge in New York state after they got fired for not following COVID-19 vaccine mandate?
Sanitation workers
Lawyer's for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told a court that his appointment as prime minister in what Middle Eastern country makes him immune from prosecution for the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
Saudi Arabia
A Texas commission about funding the state's community colleges in mid-October approved a recommendation to tie state funding with what metric?
School academic performance
What Republican Senator has been ordered by a federal appeals court to testify before a special grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, for his involvement in interfering with the 2020 election on behalf of Donald Trump?
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
What Asian capital witnessed a huge stamped and crushing of hundreds of victims during a Halloween event?
Seoul, South Korea
What happened to Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who gained international attention for protesting the invasion of Ukraine on live television back in March?
She fled the country after escaping house arrest
What oil company's CEO (Ben van Buerden) told an energy conference that European governments should tax corporations to help the more economically disadvantaged?
Shell
Italy's former conservative prime minister was caught on tape admitting that he has rekindled his friendship with Vladimir Putin and blames the invasion of Ukraine on its president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Who is he?
Silvio Berlusconi
A federal judge in late October blocked Penguin Random House from buying what major competitor within the publishing industry?
Simon & Schuster
Why are public school systems in Texas set to distribute DNA and fingerprint identification kits for students in kindergarten through eighth grade?
So parents can identify their remains after a school shooting.
Which government agency will now allow people to select the gender they identify with?
Social Security Administration
What African nation is suffering an extreme drought and thousands of people have died? The United Nations says some 500,000 children are at risk of death from malnutrition.
Somalia
A gunman in late October killed a 16-year-old girl and a 61-year-old woman at a high school in what midwestern city?
St. Louis, Missouri
After record-low enrollment and budgetary issues, what Texas university is being pitched to join much larger university systems?
Stephen F. Austin State University
Federal prosecutors recommended in mid-October what former Trump advisor to receive six months in jail and a $200,000 fine for defying a subpoena from the House January 6 committee?
Steven Bannon
What is the name of the founder of the Oath Keepers who is on trial for sedition and conspiracy involving the Jan. 6 2021 storming of the Capitol building?
Stewart Rhodes
A federal judge in Missouri halted the Biden administration from moving forward on what policy that would have benefited 40 million Americans?
Student debt cancellation
A federal judge has struk a decisive blow to the Biden administration's antitrust agenda by ruling against the Department of Justice's effort to block a merger between two of America's largest producers of:
Sugar (U.S. Sugar and Imperial Sugar)
In an early October meeting, the Uvalde ISD school board signed off on the retirement of Hal Harrell. What role did he serve in the district?
Superintendent
Svante Paabo won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for sequencing Neanderthals' genomes. What European country is he from?
Sweden
What nation sent a diving submarine into the Baltic Sea to discover the damage and extent of the ruptures on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines?
Sweden
US officials are trying to build a stockpile of weapons in what nation in order to prevent its archrival from invading like Russia invaded Ukraine?
Taiwan
A gunman (a former law enforcement officer) killed more than 30 people, including children, at a child-care center in what Asian nation?
Thailand
In late October, what did Hawaii state officials warn residents concerning?
That Mauna Lua, the world's largest active volcano, may erupt.
In a newly released poll in October more than half of Americans believed what about the upcoming future generations?
That they would not have better lives than their parents.
While running for governor, Democrat Beto O'Rourke stated that he would abolish what educational practice?
The STAAR test
Steve McCraw said he would resign if his troopers had "any culpability" in the botched police response. What organization is he director of?
The Texas Department of Public Safety
During his presidency, Trump's company charged what group as much as five times more than the government rate for agents to stay overnight at Trump hotels?
The US Secret Service
Why was Tesla placed under a Department of Justice investigation in late October?
Their self-driving cars have resulted in a dozen crashes, some of them fatal.
The police said they had found the bodies of four men who disappeared in Oklahoma. What was strange about their bodies when found?
They were dismembered
A Japanese professional cultural-heritage preservationist accidentally backed his car into the country's oldest what?
Toilet
What did Donald Trump and his corporate lawyers try to rename the Trump Organization, to avoid a lawsuit from the New York Attorney General Letitia James?
Trump Organization II
What federal government department announced that it will pay for employees to travel to obtain abortions?
U.S. Department of Defense
Which counry's internet service is dependent on Starlink, a satellite-communications company, which is owned by Elon Musk, who asked the Pentagon to take over paying for it?
Ukraine
Since the war with Ukraine began, what population group has Russia been deporting from Ukraine into Russia?
Ukrainian children
What European nation's rail and train workers threatened to go on strike in early October?
United Kingdom
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), plans to resign to become the president of what Florida college?
Universty of Florida
A major new study by the National Institutes of Health concluded that chemical hair-straightening products could put women at a higher risk of developing what type of cancer?
Uterine
A landslide in what South American country killed 22 people? The country's vice president blamed the climate crisis.
Venezuela
The Biden administration is considering a humanitarian parole program for what South American country who have been arriving at the US's southern border in large numbers, fleeing political instability and poverty?
Venezuela
Where wre most of the 48 migrants from who were illegally sent by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts?
Venezuela
In mid-October, The Biden administration will offer up to 24,000 of what citizens a legal path into the U.S.?
Venezuelans
A fired deputy sheriff in what New England state, who is the only candidate on the November ballot to become sheriff, continues to insist he did nothing wrong when he was recorded on video kicking a handcuffed and shackled prisoner.
Vermont
What former Trump cabinet member stated when asked if he would vote for Trump in 2024, "There might be somebody else I'd prefer more."
Vice-President/Capitol mob target Mike Pence
Two environmental activists glued themselves to the wall at the National Gallery in London and threw a can of tomato soup on the 1888 painting "Sunflowers." The painting was unharmed the the protesters were arrested. Who was the artist who made "Sunflowers?"
Vincent Van Gogh
Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian in late October retracted his decades-old campaign slogan ("Only 'Christian' on the ballot") after being called out by his Democratic challenger Luke Warford. Why?
Warford is Jewish
Daniel Snyder, an N.F.L. franchise owner, is facing pressure to sell what team after multiple investigations intro workplace misconduct?
Washington Commanders (formerly the Redskins)
New scientific research published yesterday found that enzymes found in the saliva of what animal can degrade one of the most common forms of plastic waste?
Wax worms
The Biden administration announced the first-ever lease sale for an offshore wind turbine farm on what body of water?
West Coast
What messaging platform mysteriously went dark in several countries in late October?
An independent investigation into the scandals plaguing what US national team found systemic emotional abuse and sexual misconduct within the sport?
Women's Soccer
Recent allegations have surfaced that Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins did what when he was a student at Baylor University in 1983?
Wore blackface
What international organization's staffers in Syria alleged that their boss Dr. Akjemal Magtymova engaged in abusive behavior, corruption, and mismanagement of funds?
World Health Organization
Which rapper made antisemitic remarks on social media and debuted a "White Lives Matter" shirt at Paris Fashion Week?
Ye/Kanye West
Researchers are newly encouraged by preliminary animal and human studies in the potential of vaccines for what illness?
cancer
After the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago in September for stolen classified documents, what Google search spiked among conservatives?
civil war
What did Vladimir Putin announce in mid-October in the four regions officially annexed by Russia in Ukraine?
martial law
