People, Places and Things
October, the tenth month in the Gregorian calendar, received its name from the Latin numeral “octo” meaning _______.
8
Berkeley College researchers say teen girls are susceptible to harmful endocrine disrupting toxins from what?
makeup, nasty locker rooms, skin care
Subway
What deceased artist’s songs were recently dropped on a new DVD and promoted with the words “To get you all shook up?”
Elvis, Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, The Beatles
Elvis Presley
Paris, France is looking for donations from Americans to ensure what world-famous cathedral to reopen by 2024 after it was damaged by fire in 2019?
Notre Dame Cathedral or St. Peter's Basilica Church
Notre Dame Cathedral
Today is "National Chocolate Day." Chocolate comes from the seed of what tropical tree grown in Mexico?
Cacao
This week is Red Ribbon Week Week and was established in 1980 by concerned parents who support our nation's families and want to keep youth away from which social problem?
Drugs
President Biden recently made news when he issued federal pardons to people who were convicted of what type of crime?
marijuana possession
Which of these teams did not make the AL Playoffs?
Brewers, Cardinals, Mets, Padres
Brewers
Due to two large Great White pod populations, each year there are reports of surfer and swimmer attacks of the coast of?
California, Hawaii, Australia, Greece
Australia
Considering the 48 contiguous (touching) states, which is the farthest southern U.S. state?
Florida
The rate of high school smokers has declined in the past five years. What percent of high school students smoke cigarettes?
4%, 7%, 10%, 13%
13%
Last Monday, in 1931, Chicago gangster "Scarface," Al Capone was arrested for tax evasion and was sent to what famous prison near San Francisco?
Alcatraz which closed in 1963 and became a museum
Which cable channel airs "The Deadliest Catch" navigating the waters in Norway?
Discovery Channel
What is Al-Shabaab the name of?
An Islamic State,
A terrorist group in Saudi- Arabia
A terrorist group in Africa
A terrorist group in Africa
Each October, the Nobel Prize committee awards six cash prizes for working towards a better world. The prizes are awarded in physics, chemistry, literature, medicine, economics, and what else?
education, nutrition, peace
Peace
Medical professionals believe what causes nearly any type of cancer?
Obesity
Who are the two candidates running for PA governor?
Josh Shapiro and Doug Mastriano
In the Charlie Brown Halloween special, which character waits patiently at the pumpkin patch for The Great Pumpkin?
Linus
This week in what year was the world security organization called the United Nations founded?
1915, 1925, 1935, 1945
1945
This week in 1846, what group of 90 settlers had earlier departed Illinois for California and were stranded by a heavy snowfall with 48 survivors and eventually resorted to cannibalism to survive?
The Brady Bunch, The Hatfield Party, The Donner Party, The Hughes Party
The Donner Party
Breast cancer has become one of the worst cancer killers for women. There is a small risk factor of breast cancer for women if they do what after the age of 30?
Have a baby, have the first baby, start drinking heavily
Have the first baby.
Who are the two people who are running for as PA senator?
John Fetterman and Dr. Mehmet OZ
The Country music world recently grieved the passing of Loretta Lynn. Where did she live and die?
Hurricane Mills, TN
This Wednesday was National Pumpkin Day. A pumpkin is really a squash and is grown on all continents except for which one?
Antarctica