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Who did a Fox News executive call a 'reckless maniac'? Find out in the quiz

NPR | By Holly J. Morris

Published September 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM CDT

From left: Devon Walker, Lucy Lawless, Chloe Malle.

This week's news featured breakups (with TV shows, with vaccines, with conglomerates, with life), a new Stephen King book and the term "reckless maniac." If you're up on all those topics, you'll get at least seven correct in your quest for an 11/11.

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Holly J. Morris

Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team.