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Even a government shutdown can't stop the quiz. Can you score 11?

NPR | By Holly J. Morris
Published October 3, 2025 at 5:01 AM EDT
From left: A hint, an answer, a question.
Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Sierra Club; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; Marleen Moise/Getty Images
From left: A hint, an answer, a question.

This week, the government shut down, but the quiz is still going. Troops are heading to more cities, New York's mayor did something, and the Department of Energy banned some words.

Meanwhile, the winner of Fat Bear Week has been declared, and we challenge anyone to politicize that.

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Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.
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