The Monday News Quiz: Drones, Rallies, Storms and Six Questions

Some Mondays are slow. This one is not. Between a record drone barrage over Russia, a presidential rally in Kansas, a nor'easter chewing at the East Coast, fresh fighting on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a pitcher carrying Tampa Bay to the edge of the World Series, and arrests in a Bollywood shooting case, October 19 has handed quiz writers a full plate.

This Monday news quiz turns six of the day's biggest stories into six questions. The format is simple: read each question, pick an answer, then check the second half of the article to see how many landed. One point per correct answer, and a perfect six means the news cycle has nothing left to teach today. That makes this Monday news quiz equal parts memory test and morning catch-up.

The questions

1. Russia's defence ministry said it destroyed how many Ukrainian drones in the overnight barrage from Saturday into Sunday, the largest one-night count Moscow has ever published, according to CNN?

A) About four hundred
B) About seven hundred
C) One thousand fifteen
D) Fifteen hundred ten

2. President Trump is holding a rally Monday at the Heartland Credit Union Arena in Wichita. Which Republican senator is he campaigning for, according to Kansas Public Radio?

A) Roger Marshall
B) Adam Hamilton
C) Jerry Moran
D) Sharice Davids

3. A nor'easter is set to batter the East Coast for much of the week. How much inundation is possible along parts of coastal North Carolina and Virginia, according to the Weather Company?

A) Up to half a foot
B) One to two feet
C) One to four feet
D) Six to ten feet

4. Pakistan and Afghanistan shut several border crossings on Sunday after what Zark News, citing Reuters, called the heaviest direct confrontation of the current escalation cycle. Which two crossings are the main ones that were shut?

A) Torkham and Chaman
B) Khyber and Wagah
C) Spin Boldak and Hairatan
D) Torkham and Wagah

5. Tampa Bay moved within one win of the World Series with Sunday's win over Cleveland in the fifth game of the American League Championship Series. How many innings did Drew Rasmussen pitch in that victory, according to NBC Sports?

A) Five
B) Six
C) Seven
D) Nine

6. Mumbai Police arrested all three suspected shooters in the firing case involving Bollywood actor Tiger Shroff. In which city were the suspects arrested, according to Sacnilk?

A) Mumbai
B) Kota
C) Jaipur
D) New Delhi

That is the full set. The Monday news quiz answers follow below, with the reporting behind each one.

The answers

Each Monday news quiz answer below names the reporting it came from, so even a wrong guess teaches something.

1. C. The correct count is one thousand fifteen. Zark News' daily briefing, summarizing CNN, reported that Russia's defence ministry claimed that figure for the overnight barrage, with fires at the Petersburg Oil Terminal and about twenty thousand people losing power in the Leningrad region. The same briefing noted that President Trump accused President Zelensky of not wanting to end the war, while the Wall Street Journal reported via Reuters that President Putin has floated a three-way summit with Trump and Xi Jinping on the APEC sidelines in Shenzhen in mid-November. Zelensky said on NBC's Meet the Press that siding with Russia would be a "historic mistake." For the diplomacy angle, also read A Trilateral Summit Without Ukraine. Trump Hasn't Said No Yet.

2. A. Trump is rallying for Senator Roger Marshall, who faces Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton in a race that several national polls classify as a toss-up. Kansas Public Radio reported that the rally is scheduled to begin at half past four at the Heartland Credit Union Arena, with Trump speaking at six, and that police set up a free speech zone for protesters outside the arena.

3. C. The Weather Company reported that anywhere from one to four feet of inundation is possible, with the worst of the flooding expected from the Outer Banks into Chesapeake Bay. FOX Weather reported that the slow-moving storm is forecast to peak late Tuesday and keep influencing the coast into Thursday, with coastal flood alerts stretching from Long Island to North Carolina. For practice with storm trivia, try After Isaias: The Hurricane Season Quiz for Storm Watchers.

4. A. Torkham and Chaman are the two main crossings that were shut, along with Kharlachi, Angoor Adda and Ghulam Khan, local officials told Reuters. Zark News reported that Afghan forces opened fire on Pakistani border posts late Saturday and Pakistan retaliated with gun and artillery fire, while Kabul said its action was retaliation for alleged Pakistani airstrikes inside Afghanistan, which Islamabad has not officially acknowledged. Casualty claims from both sides remain unverified.

5. C. Rasmussen went seven innings, allowing one run on four hits with six strikeouts and one walk, NBC Sports reported, lowering his earned run average to one point two nine across three postseason starts. Tampa Bay's three-to-one win gave the Rays a three-games-to-two series lead, and they can clinch their third American League pennant, and first in six years, at home on Monday. The World Series opener is set for October 23 in Milwaukee. More baseball: How to Watch the MLB Wild Card Tonight Without Cable.

6. B. The three suspects were arrested in Kota, Rajasthan. Sacnilk reported that Mumbai Police made the arrests in what it called a major development in the firing case involving the Bollywood actor.

Scoring is straightforward. Zero to two correct answers means the headlines slipped past; three or four means the broad strokes are there; five means only one detail escaped; and six out of six means this Monday news quiz had nothing left to offer. If the Monday news quiz exposed a blind spot, that story is worth a second look. Tomorrow brings a fresh cycle, so the perfect score only lasts a day.