News Break Scavenger Hunt

Sunday’s News Break challenges you to hunt through the Sunday, April 25, 2021 print replica of The Seattle Times to find answers to the following questions.

1. Buoyed by a rapid economic recovery and padded by a new tax on capital gains, the Washington State 2021-23 operating budget clocks in at roughly $59 billion — about $5 billion more than the budget approved two years ago. The spending blueprint funds a host of priorities that Democrats have sought for years. What are they? (MAIN) 2. A long-simmering debate over the glaring gap in ______— largely between rich and poor countries, but among some developed nations, too — is boiling over, with global figures and national leaders decrying the vaccine plenty in a few nations and the relative drought almost everywhere else. (MAIN) 3. “The Endeavour arriving.” With those words, the four members of SpaceX’s Crew dragon Endeavour began floating one by one into the ______on Saturday, about 24 hours after their capsule lifted off from Florida. (MAIN) 4. Technology mogul Elon Musk has lined up a new gig in addition to his jobs as CEO of Tesla and spaceship maker SpaceX. What is he going to do on May 8? (MAIN) 5. TODAY IN HISTORY: A map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller contained the first recorded use of “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci. What year did this happen? (MAIN) 6. TODAY IN HISTORY: Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. What year did this happen? (MAIN) 7. The Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families has agreed to pay a $300,000 settlement after an investigation found it failed to provide what? (NW) 8. How many jobs will you have in your life? If you are an average baby boomer, you’ll work _____ jobs from age 18 to age 52, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (BUSINESS) 9. Companies like DoorDash and UberEats helped many restaurants stay in business during lockdowns, allowing diners to stay in and still order out. But that convenience came at a price: Delivery companies can charge commission fees of ______% or more per order, hurting restaurants’ meager profits. (BUSINESS) 10. According to an online survey of more than 1,000 people by Lending Tree and Qualtrics published in October, weekly household grocery bills in the United States were up ____% on average last year compared with before the pandemic. (AT HOME IN THE NW)