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Test Your Knowledge: October 18, 2025

10 questions on the week's reporting, from the edition of October 18, 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

Christopher Columbus mistakenly discovered America while searching for an easier route from:

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Europe to Asia. Read: Christopher Columbus: He Searched for India but Found America

02

Which Georgia college, chartered in 1836, was the first to be for women only and is known today as Wesleyan College?

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Georgia Female College. Read: Georgia: A Refuge for Debtors and the Poor

03

In what year were the first known Columbus Day festivities held?

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1792. Read: The Political Origins of Columbus Day

04

What branch of the US Military celebrated its 250th birthday on October 13, 2025?

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US Navy. Read: Happy Birthday to the US Navy

05

What is the rattle on a rattlesnake made of?

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Keratin. Read: Rattlesnakes – The Venomous Reptiles

06

Which eon was third, and the one before we are living in now?

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Proterozoic. Read: Of Eras and Ages: Ice, Oxygen, and Animals in the Proterozoic Eon

07

Which of the following is the study of drawing maps?

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Cartography. Read: Christopher Columbus: He Searched for India but Found America

08

The time during Earth’s major climate change, known as “Snowball Earth,” saw glaciers that may have reached as far as:

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The Equator. Read: Of Eras and Ages: Ice, Oxygen, and Animals in the Proterozoic Eon

09

Georgia is known for growing delicious:

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Peaches. Read: Georgia: A Refuge for Debtors and the Poor

10

Rattlesnakes are:

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Carnivores. Read: Rattlesnakes – The Venomous Reptiles

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