Skip to main content
Quizzes

Test Your Knowledge: October 4, 2025

10 questions on the week's reporting, from the edition of October 4, 2025. Answer one and you get the explanation, plus a link to the article that covers it.

Share

Weekly Quiz
10 questions · about 3 minutes
01

Which planet is considered Earth’s sister planet?

Show the answer

Venus. Read: Venus – A Year in a Day

02

What can happen when Congress fails to pass legislation funding the federal government?

Show the answer

Government shutdown. Read: What Is a Government Shutdown?

03

Quails are in the same scientific family as:

Show the answer

Pheasants. Read: Quails - The Nearly Flightless Birds

04

Capital punishment is also referred to as:

Show the answer

The death penalty. Read: The Death Penalty in America

05

In what culture does Venus represent Taibai Jinxing?

Show the answer

Chinese. Read: Venus – A Year in a Day

06

Things like the military and border security are considered _________ during a government shutdown.

Show the answer

Essential. Read: What Is a Government Shutdown?

07

Which of the following would a quail be most likely to eat?

Show the answer

Seeds. Read: Quails – The Nearly Flightless Birds

08

The first recorded execution in colonial America took place in:

Show the answer

1608. Read: The Death Penalty in America

09

Who was the US president when Congress battled over whether to pass the Affordable Care Act?

Show the answer

Barack Obama. Read: What Is a Government Shutdown?

10

What has become the most common way to carry out capital punishment in America?

Show the answer

Lethal injection. Read: The Death Penalty in America

0 of 10 answeredEvery weekly quiz →
Share

Know someone who should read this?

Written by

Generation Liberty Staff

Read next

Weekly Crossword

News, civics, and history for the next generation, grounded in America’s founding principles.

Donor Supported

Generation Liberty is free because people who value its purpose pay for it.

You can donate, too.

Donate
© 2026 A Project of One Generation Away