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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive Democrat from New York, endorsed this politician in his bid for president of the United States.
Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden
Who is Bernie Sanders?
NASA reached a milestone on Oct. 18 when two American astronauts, tasked with replacing a power controller, ventured out of the International Space Station and became the first to do this
Be the first female spacewalk, Photograph a lunar eclipse, swim in outer space, play golf on the moon.
What is be the first female spacewalk?
This high school sport has a higher concussion rate during practice than in competition, according to a new study released this week
Football, Cheerleading, Ice Hockey, Field Hockey
What is Cheerleading?
LeBron James criticized Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey after he tweeted support for this country's freedom from China.
What is Hong Kong?
This past week, many states across the US celebrated Columbus Day, but others have chosen to instead recognize this holiday in its place
What is Indigenous Peoples Day?
The United States created a ceasefire that lasted for 5 days which benefited this group against Turkey.
Who are the Kurds?
This team won its first ever pennant in the MLB and has advanced to the World Series, where it will try to win its first championship.
Who are the Houston Astros?
Fans were shocked after this Big Ten team defeated Wisconsin this past weekend in their annual matchup.
Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois
Who is Illinois?
This country's paranoid leader has had buildings shuttered up so that they can not see in the capitol complex and track his daily movements.
What is North Korea?
Officials in Texas are assessing damage after this natural disaster struck earlier this week.
What is a tornado?
Teachers in this Midwestern city went on strike demanding more money be invested in the city's school system.
Des Moines, Chicago, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis
What is Chicago?
Brexit, where British voters decided to leave this group, has led to confusion as to how to leave as they are the first country to ever decide to leave.
United Nations, NAFTA, European Union, Allied Powers
What is the European Union?
Riders were stranded in the air for 3 hours on new Skyliner cable cars at this theme park.
Walt Disney World, SeaWorld, Six Flags, Adventureland
What is Walt Disney World?
This Canadian leader won a reelection, even though his party lost a majority in their government.
Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Justin Trudeau
Who is Justin Trudeau?
Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed in her own home this week by a police officer in this Texas city
Houston, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth
Where is Fort Worth?
Elijah Cummings, who represented citizens in this eastern state, passed away at the age of 68 this past week.
New Jersey, New York, Maryland, West Virginia
Where is Maryland?
Turkey launched a ground and air assault on Oct. 9 against a Syrian militia that has been a crucial American ally in the fight against this group
Al Qaeda, ISIS, Kurds, Taliban
Who is ISIS?
This gymnast became the most decorated/accomplished after her performance at the world championships
Tonya Harding, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas
Who is Simone Biles?
A major typhoon made landfall in this country this week, leading to a major search and rescue operation
Indonesia, Phillipines, South Korea, Japan
Where is Japan?
This cabinet member is one that Donald Trump said was the instigator of his call with Ukraine, which shortly thereafter caused rumblings that this member will resign his post.
Rudy Giuliani, Rick Perry, Betsy DeVos
Who is Rick Perry?
The White House withdrew its plan to use President Trump’s Florida resort for this event next year.
Oscars, G7 Summit, UN Security Meeting, Presidential Debate
What is the G7 summit?
Hundreds of thousands of households lost power on Oct. 9 when California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, shut down a vast web of electrical lines as a precaution against this impending weather pattern.
High winds, ocean currents, forest fires, mudslides
What are high winds?
A new podcast, created by two co-stars of the show, began retelling stories of each episode of the show from the actors perspective.
Friends, Parks and Rec, The Office, Seinfeld
What is the Office?
This country announced it discovered a new oil field that contains roughly $40 billion in oil.
Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Canada
What is Iran?
This Democratic Presidential Candidate was accused of being a Russian operative to help the Republican Party and President Trump win reelection in 2020
Hillary Clinton, Tulsi Gabbard, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris