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Weekly Quiz: May 16, 2026

10 questions on the week's reporting, from the edition of May 16, 2026. Answer one and you get the explanation, plus a link to the article that covers it.

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★Weekly Quiz
10 questions · about 3 minutes
01

When did Mother’s Day become a holiday in the US?

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Early 20th century. Read: Mother’s Day Past and Present

02

Thomas Edison is most famous for his work on the:

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Light bulb. Read: Thomas Edison: A Prolific American Inventor

03

The first known fully developed written language was:

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Sumerian. Read: Sumerian – The First Written Language

04

What word best describes gorillas?

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Diurnal. Read: Gorillas – One of the Closest Living Relatives to Humans

05

More than a century ago, pediatricians recommended that mothers resist:

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Picking up their crying babies. Read: Mother’s Day Past and Present

06

Thomas Edison also developed the Kinetograph, an early movie camera, and the phonograph, which is a:

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Voice recorder. Read: Thomas Edison: A Prolific American Inventor

07

The Semitic language family includes modern Hebrew and:

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Arabic. Read: Sumerian – The First Written Language

08

Gorillas have sexual dimorphism, which means that:

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Males are larger than females. Read: Gorillas – One of the Closest Living Relatives to Humans

09

Contrary to early belief, breastfeeding is found to have numerous:

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Health benefits. Read: Mother’s Day Past and Present

10

When Edison died, his last words were:

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“It’s very beautiful over there.”. Read: Thomas Edison: A Prolific American Inventor

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