News Quiz: Week of October 5, 2026

1.In October 2026, what Brazilian stock market index surpassed 200,000 points for the first time?

2.In October 2026, from which Royal Air Force base in England did the US Air Force withdraw all B-1 Lancer bombers?

3.In October 2026, which international court unsealed arrest warrants for Taliban education and higher education ministers?

4.In October 2026, whose acting presidency in Kosovo became de facto due to serving more than six months?

5.In October 2026, which party was elected into a minority government in Quebec?

6.In October 2026, which Spanish prime minister called a snap general election for November 29?

7.In October 2026, which diplomat did President Nicusor Dan designate to form a government?

8.In October 2026, who did Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian nominate as Defense Minister?

9.In October 2026, who was approved as Prime Minister of Laos?

10.In October 2026, who was reelected as Prime Minister of Ethiopia?

11.In October 2026, which American scientist was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for optogenetics discoveries?

12.In October 2026, which country's private investor bought most of UniCredit Bank Russia?

13.In October 2026, voters in which Canadian province elected members to the National Assembly?

14.In October 2026, what type of aircraft crashed in Ondo State, Nigeria, killing all 25 on board?

15.In October 2026, what river was the site of a collision between two ships near Lukolela, Democratic Republic of the Congo?

16.In October 2026, in which city did protesters clash with police after Kosovo's parliament failed to advance legislation on the Kosovo Specialist Chambers?

17.In October 2026, which strain of Ebolavirus was confirmed in Kenya's first imported case?

18.In October 2026, which country halted a forest-clearing program for rice cultivation after achieving rice self-sufficiency?

19.In October 2026, which former head of Germany's Federal Intelligence Service was arrested on charges of treason and espionage?

20.In October 2026, which country's Provisional Electoral Council postponed presidential and legislative elections?

21.In October 2026, who was declared the next president of Kosovo?

22.In October 2026, which Belgian physicist won the Nobel Prize in Physics for contributions to the IceCube Neutrino Observatory?

23.In October 2026, how many results on open problems in mathematics did OpenAI release?

24.In October 2026, which country's national football team defeated Benin 3-0 in Lionel Messi's last international game?

25.In October 2026, what species of crocodile was discovered in the Mokattam Formation rocks used to build the Great Sphinx?

26.In October 2026, which hospital in Kenya stepped up infection-control measures after the country's first imported case of Ebola?

27.In October 2026, what price ceiling did Guinea set for retail packs of bottled water?

28.In October 2026, which Antarctic island lost its status as the world's largest penguin colony?

29.In October 2026, which Mexican president signed a decree prohibiting dual citizens from running for president or governor?

30.In October 2026, which Canadian poet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

31.In October 2026, which animal was announced to feature on new UK pound sterling notes alongside the barn owl, buff-tailed bumblebee, and European hedgehog?

32.In September 2026, what record value did Taiwan's exports reach, according to its finance ministry?

33.In October 2026, which Hungarian newspaper relaunched as an online news site after being shut down in 2016?

34.In October 2026, which country recalled its ambassador to Ukraine over a dispute involving North Korean soldiers?

35.In October 2026, what method of execution did US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announce for Nidal Hasan?

36.In October 2026, which baseball player of the Hanshin Tigers won the Triple Crown in the NPB?

37.In October 2026, which Swiss footballer received a two-year probation for obtaining a fake COVID-19 vaccination certificate?

38.In October 2026, which Filipino cardinal was elected dean of the College of Cardinals, becoming the first Asian to lead the body?

39.In October 2026, which South African judge and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize?

40.In October 2026, the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court issued an arrest warrant for which brother of presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro?

41.In October 2026, which country expelled Russian milblogger Mikhail Zvinchuk and four other Russian nationals on national security grounds?

42.In October 2026, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck which province in Panama, triggering a nationwide tsunami warning?

43.In October 2026, what category did Hurricane Isaias strengthen into before weakening?

44.In October 2026, the National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning for which California county for the first time since 2023?

45.In October 2026, which artist's paintings were stolen and later recovered after six people were arrested?

46.In October 2026, which Palestinian official announced the postponement of the legislative election?

47.In October 2026, Czechs began voting in the first round to elect one-third of which legislative body?

48.In October 2026, the Mauritanian government resigned over what issue?

49.In October 2026, which two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir were stolen from the Musée Renoir and later recovered?

50.In October 2026, clashes erupted in New York City after the shooting of a national from which country by ICE agents?

51.In October 2026, in which Brazilian city did a man take children and staff hostage at a school?

52.In October 2026, what status did the National Hurricane Center assign to Isaias after it made landfall near Destin, Florida?

53.In October 2026, what category did Pacific hurricane Simon strengthen into as it barreled towards Mexico's coast?

54.In October 2026, which party organized the rally that Indian authorities blocked by detaining thousands of demonstrators in New Delhi?

55.In October 2026, who won the 120th edition of the Giro di Lombardia, becoming the youngest person to do so?

56.In October 2026, which Florida county reported two deaths from Hurricane Isaias?

57.In October 2026, which referee abandoned the Rayo Vallecano vs. Athletic Bilbao match?

58.In October 2026, which college football team became the first FBS team to win consecutive overtime games by one point?

59.In October 2026, what country experienced a mass stabbing at an adult school in Warsaw?

60.In October 2026, which Pakistani president declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa?

61.In October 2026, who was elected as a candidate in the 2027 presidential election during the Socialist Party primary?

62.In October 2026, which country's health ministry reported no new Ebola cases since October 5?

63.In October 2026, how many orangutans were released into a protected wildforest in West Kalimantan?

64.In October 2026, which district in Nepal experienced a major flash flood that swept away at least 35 houses and six bridges?

65.In October 2026, off the coast of which country did a migrant boat shipwreck kill at least 139 people?

66.In October 2026, who won the Kraków mayoral election in Poland as an independent candidate?

67.In October 2026, how many people were killed in a tour bus collision on Otoyol 5 in Akhisar, Turkey?

68.In October 2026, what was the name of the political party whose founder was ordered released by a New Delhi court?