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    • 1. A stunning House defeat of the $700 billion financial bailout proposal on Sept. 29 caused the largest selloff on Wall Street since when?
    • 2. The billion-dollar bailout bill found a second life when the Senate OK'd a revised version in a lopsided win on Oct. 1. Which item was added to the modified bill?
    • 3. Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden and his rival Republican Sarah Palin faced off on Oct. 2 for their first and only debate. Where did it take place?
    • 4. Brought on by the recent financial crisis, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Oct. 2 that he's pushing for changes that would allow him to do what?
    • 5. Republican presidential nominee John McCain conceded battleground in what state to Democrat Barack Obama on Oct. 2?
    • 6. Searchers found the wreckage of millionaire pilot Steve Fossett's plane in the rugged Sierra Nevada, along with human remains on Oct. 2. When did the adventurer vanish?
    • 7. Oscar-winning actor and legendary Hollywood movie star Paul Newman died of cancer on Sept. 26 at 83. Where was he born?
    • 8. Broadway theaters will dim their lights on Oct. 3 at curtain time for Paul Newman who died last week. Newman appeared in five Broadway productions during his career, what was his first play?
    • 9. The government took a new, ecosystem-based approach to the endangered species list on Sept. 30 proposing an all-at-once addition of 48 species, including 45 plants, two birds and what type of insect?
    • 10. The Chicago White Sox and Minnesota Twins played a one-game tiebreaker on Sept. 30 to settle the American League Central title. The Sox won the right to host the game based on what?

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