Current Events - October 2023
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15 questions · Published October 30, 2023
Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. Which Taylor Swift album received the "Taylor's Version" treatment in October 2023?
Due to a dispute with her former label, Big Machine Records, Taylor Swift has been releasing re-recorded versions of her back catalogue, with October 2023's "1989 (Taylor's Version)" being the most recent.
2017's "Reputation" was the last album released on Big Machine and will be her final "Taylor's Version" update if and when it's released.
- Multiple Choice
2. Who made history on October 3, 2023, by becoming the first ever U.S. Congressional Speaker of the House ousted from the position?
California representative Kevin McCarthy is the first Speaker of the House to be ousted by a motion to vacate in United States history.
- Fill In The Blank
3. The Las Vegas _______ won their second consecutive WNBA championship on October 18, 2023.
FUN FACT
The Las Vegas Aces are the first WNBA team to win back-to-back championships since the Los Angeles Sparks repeated in 2002.
- Multiple Choice
4. What U.S. city hosted the marathon in which Kenyan runner Kelvin Kiptum set a new world record of 2:00:35 on October 8?
The previous eight men's marathon world records were all set at the Berlin Marathon, but Kelvin Kiptum became the first ever marathon runner to beat two hours and one minute at the Chicago Marathon in October 2023.
- Multiple Choice
5. Which U.S. representative was charged with identity theft and credit card fraud on October 10, 2023?
The hits just keep on coming for the Republican party when New York representative George Santos was charged with identity theft and credit card fraud on October 10, 2023.
Santos has already been charged with numerous additional felonies.
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