Learning Network: Summer 2025 News Quiz for Students!

August 15, 2025

Dear Reader,

How closely have you been following current events these past few months?

Do you remember who won the N.B.A. championship? What’s the name of the grinning fuzzy toy that has become wildly popular? What did the U.K. announce that it would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to do for the first time? What did more than 100 aid agencies and rights groups warn was spreading across Gaza?

See what you remember by taking our Summer 2025 News Quiz for Students.

Sincerely,
The Learning Network

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Summer 2025 News Quiz for Students

How closely have you paid attention to current events? See what you remember by taking our special Summer 2025 News Quiz.

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