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Test Your Knowledge: October 25, 2025

10 questions on the week's reporting, from the edition of October 25, 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

What writing style is poet Walt Whitman credited with inventing?

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Free Verse. Read: Walt Whitman – America’s Poet of the People

02

Which of the following statements is true?

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Jupiter is the largest of the outer planets.. Read: Jupiter – The Stormy Giant

03

In what US state did the Salem Witch Trials take place over 300 years ago?

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Massachusetts. Read: The Salem Witch Trials

04

The legend of Stingy Jack is the reason for what Halloween tradition?

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Carving pumpkins. Read: The Legend of Stingy Jack and Why We Carve Pumpkins on Halloween

05

Walt Whitman began working in a_______ when he was just 12 years old.

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Printing Shop. Read: Walt Whitman – America’s Poet of the People

06

Jupiter is primarily made up of:

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Gas. Read: Jupiter – The Stormy Giant

07

What was the punishment for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials?

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Death. Read: The Salem Witch Trials

08

During what major war did Whitman work in battlefront hospitals as a nurse?

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Civil War. Read: Walt Whitman – America’s Poet of the People

09

What US state grows the most pounds of pumpkins each year?

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Illinois. Read: The Legend of Stingy Jack and Why We Carve Pumpkins on Halloween

10

What happened in 1692 to three young girls that led them to accuse three women of witchcraft?

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They became strangely ill. Read: The Salem Witch Trials

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