A gloomy statistic from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control points to a record number of fatal drug overdoses in America. After a bit of chess trivia, we’re looking back on a historic match between a man and a machine in 1997. And a worker in Brazil breaks his own world record for company loyalty.
1. As a bright part of an otherwise-mixed picture of U.S. economic data, the government says 428,000 was April’s number of what?
2. Problems with the supply chain and a massive recall by Abbott Nutrition have been cited as reasons for a shortage of what grocery product?
3. What kind of Native American creation did researchers in Alabama recently uncover after examining of thousands of photographs taken underground?
4. In what U.S. state would you find the resort area of Lowell Point, were geologists were called to assess ground stability after a landslide buried part of a road?
5. On Tuesday, as U.S. gas prices reached a record high of $4.37 per gallon, President Joe Biden said his administration has to do all it can to reduce what ongoing economic problem?
6. Name one of the two lakes featured on Wednesday’s show, which detailed how their water levels have lowered amid a continued drought in the American West.
7. Name the world’s most famous cryptocurrency, which has seen a dramatic fall in its value, losing more than half of it between late last year and this week.
8. What is the lightest metal on Earth, which is seeing growing use in electric vehicles’ batteries even though mining it can have a negative environmental impact?
9. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, what was the cause of almost 108,000 American deaths in 2021 — the highest number on record?
10. What was the name of the IBM computer that defeated chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in a historic match that took place 25 years ago?
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