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Test Your Knowledge: July 11, 2025

10 questions on the week's reporting, from the edition of July 11, 2025. Answer one and you get the explanation, plus a link to the article that covers it.

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10 questions · about 3 minutes
01

When tested in 2024, fewer than one-in-three elementary students – and fewer than one-in-four 11th graders – could read in the public school district of which US city?

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Chicago. Read: Are Public Schools Failing American Students?

02

What animal was a large part of the success of the US Revolution, among other battles, but was eventually phased out of military service?

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Horse. Read: Horses of the Revolutionary War

03

Zachary Taylor was one of two presidents who died while in office. Who was the other?

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William Henry Harrison. Read: Zachary Taylor: Old Rough and Ready

04

What is a baby koala called?

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Joey. Read: Koala – Not Koala Bear

05

Statistics show that homeschoolers are how likely compared to public-school students to graduate high school and complete a college degree?

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More likely. Read: Are Public Schools Failing American Students?

06

What percentage of his/her body weight can the average horse carry?

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20% - 25%. Read: Horses of the Revolutionary War

07

Zachary Taylor was the _____ President of the United States.

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12th. Read: Zachary Taylor: Old Rough and Ready

08

A koala society functions as a(n):

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Hierarchy. Read: Koala – Not Koala Bear

09

What is the name of the infantry soldiers during the Revolutionary War who rode horses and fought at the front lines?

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Dragoons. Read: Horses of the Revolutionary War

10

Which Chicago mayor closed 50 schools in 2013 to save the city approximately $1 billion?

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Rahm Emanuel. Read: Are Public Schools Failing American Students?

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