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Amidst all of the swirling news of insurgencies and trials, of foreign intrigue and of economic uncertainty in many corners of the world, this week will focus on one of the best examples of belief in the future that we can think of. That is the official end of summer as school doors open and we once again go about the business of preparing the youth for their eventual place in society.

Here is hoping your children have a successful school year. May they exceed your expectations and maybe fulfill your dreams. 

We will ask some questions about school starting if we can shove some of the questions about MAGA trials out of the way for a bit:

A) So here is a quick school question to start with – approximately how many teachers are teaching in the US?

B) In a little bit of a different story on climate change – children in what state sued that state for not following climate statements in their constitution and won a decision last week?

C) Leaders of what two normally hostile countries met at Camp David with President Biden to discuss mutual security interests Friday?

D) Yellowknife in Canada’s Northwest Territory is seldom in the news. Why is it in the news this week?

E) The Maui emergency services chief said he did not call for the use of warning sirens as the fire closed in on Lahaina for what reason?

F) 91 is the new number related to Donald Trump. What does the number 91 signify in relation to Donald Trump?

G) 15 minutes of fame: Abigail Jo Shry of Alvin, Texas made the front page last week for doing what related to the Trump trials?

H) A hurricane is hitting Southern California right now. How long has it been since Southern California was last hit by a hurricane?

I) What is the oldest public school in the US? (Hint: it is in Boston)

J) In a strange ruling the body governing competitive chess (The International Chess Federation) banned what group of people from women’s competition?

K) Who announced their candidacy in Iowa’s first congressional district Tuesday setting up a rematch of 2022?

L) As China’s economic crisis deepens, what major China based real estate company filed for bankruptcy protection in the US Thursday?

 M) Donald Trump and his fellow indicted conspirators have until Friday night to turn themselves in for processing on the Georgia indictments. To what facility must they report to?

N) The James Webb Telescope has given us many incredible space photos, but one last week that showed what seemed to be a giant what may be the most memorable so far?

O) The details of a police raid on what kind of business in Marion, Kansas get stranger and stranger, especially after one of the business owners died from the stress of the raid?

P) President Biden made a victory lap Wednesday on the first anniversary of what major piece of legislation that greatly strengthened the US economy?

Q) Fani Willis wants the date March 4, 2024; Donald Tump’s lawyers say April of 2026 to start what?

R) During what decade did most teens begin staying in school through high school?

S) What word that sounded like a racial slur did Mr. Trump use in a social media post to describe Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis?

T) Sixty years ago next Monday (August 28, 1963) what major protest took place in Washington DC?

Live your life so that millions around the world won’t celebrate when you’re indicted in 4 separate jurisdictions. – John Fugelsang

Answers:

A) 8 million

B) Montana

C) South Korea and Japan

D) the whole city of @ 21,000 is being evacuated in the face of encroaching wild fires

E) The sirens are normally used for Tsunamis and he feared people would run into the fires away from the ocean

F) The number of indictments he is under

G) She called the phone of Judge Chutkin and threatened Chutkin’s life. Her dad said she had been drinking all day watching Fox News

H) 1939 or 84 years

I) Boston Latin

J) Transgendered women. Makes no sense but they did

K) Christina Bohannan

L) Evergrande Real Estate

M) Fulton County jail

N) Question Mark

O) The local newspaper. Very questionable search warrant and perhaps some revenge for a previous story.

P) the Inflation Reduction Act

Q) Trials on the election interference charges in Georgia and Futon County

R) the 1930s

S) ‘rigger’

T) Aug. 28 will be the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington

While I know she doesn’t care about that kind of stuff, if Fani Willis puts Trump in jail awaiting trial, she’ll almost certainly be the Time Magazine “Person of the Year” and be responsible for creating the sales of more beer, wine, chips and chicken wings than the Super Bowl. – Jack Hopkins tweet

That whole “Lock Her Up’ thing really did backfire, didn’t it? – Tony Posnanski tweet