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Scavenger Hunt

Sunday’s News Break challenges you to hunt through the Sunday, November 20, 2016 print replica of The Seattle Times to find answers to the following questions.

1. When civil-rights icon John Lewis returned to Nashville, Tenn., this weekend, he was greeted just like he was more than 50 years ago — with a mug shot and an arrest record. But this time, his record was bound for the city’s public library. Officials in Tennessee’s capital city have unearthed never-before-published photos and records documenting Lewis’ arrests there decades ago. What did he do? (MAIN) 2. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a leading Republican voice on national security matters says he doesn’t care what President-elect Donald Trump says, the will not reinstate . What is it? (MAIN) 3. The International Space Station has gained three new residents. Who are they? (MAIN) 4. Today in History: Britain’s future queen, Princess Elizabeth, married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, at Westminster Abbey. What year? (MAIN) 5. Today in History: The first version of Microsoft’s Windows operating system, Windows 1.0, was officially released. What year? (MAIN) 6. Capt. James Cook’s 1778 records hold a lesson about global warming, a UW mathematician has found. What did he discover? (MAIN) 7. The effort to build a Sodo arena gained some star power when a Seahawk stepped in. Who was it and what did he say? (MAIN) 8. What word has been named Oxford Dictionaries’ 2016 international word of the year? (MAIN) 9. CEO Mark Zuckerberg urged world leaders meeting in Peru on Saturday to help get more people online to improve global living standards while separately announcing new measures to cut down on what? (MAIN) 10. Pope Francis warned against what he called a “virus of polarization” and hostility in the world. What does he mean? (MAIN)

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News Break Scavenger Hunt Answer Key for Sunday, November 20, 2016

1. He was leading an effort to desegregate the city’s lunch counters. (MAIN, A2) 2. A type of interrogation which simulates drowning. (MAIN, A2) 3. Launched Thursday from Kazakhstan, the Russian Soyuz capsule delivered NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Novitskiy. Whitson, who’s 56, already holds the record for the most time in space for a woman: nearly 400 days during her various missions. By the time she returns next spring, she should break the record for any American, man or woman. (MAIN, A2) 4. 1947 (MAIN, A2) 5. 1985 (MAIN, A2) 6. They reveal the extent of the Arctic ice pack and contrast with today’s ice-free summer route through the Northwest Passage. Harry Stern worked with Cook’s maps and logs, along with satellite imagery: st.news/captaincook. (MAIN, A3) 7. Seahawk Russell Wilson joined in, saying he had partnered with Chris Hansen’s group to help bring the NBA and NFL to the “best fan base in the world.” Columnist Matt Calkins wrote that Russell’s move may sway the City Council as it weighs arena options: st.news/arena. (MAIN, A3) 8. “Post-truth” (MAIN, A4) 9. stories on the social network that some suggest could have helped sway the U.S. presidential election. (MAIN, A6) 10. Targeting people of different nationalities, races or beliefs, as he led a ceremony Saturday giving the Roman Catholic Church 17 new cardinals from six continents. (MAIN, A8)