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staff levels.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "", "questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "Musician Jimmy Buffett, who died Sept. 1, had only one Top 10 hit. We

cited it in our coverage. What was it?", "answers" : [ { "answer" : "“Fins”", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "“Come Monday”", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "“Cheeseburger

in Paradise”", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "“Margaritaville”", "correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "The song spent 22 weeks on the Billboard Hot

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"answers" : [ { "answer" : "Basal cell carcinoma", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Squamous cell carcinoma", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Merkel cell carcinoma",

"correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Melanoma", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Only about 2,000 cases of Merkel cell cancer are diagnosed a year,

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Madeleine Albright", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "​Jeane Kirkpatrick​", "correctAnswer" : false } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "​Richardson also was a former

congressman and New Mexico governor and was noted for his negotiations to free hostages and political prisoners.​​", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "", "questionImgCaption" : "",

"questionImgCredit" : ""}, { "question" : "We reported that Sept. 6 was the 28th anniversary of this person breaking the Major League Baseball record for consecutive games played:",

"answers" : [ { "answer" : "Steve Garvey", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Moonlight Graham", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Joe Carter", "correctAnswer" : false }, {

"answer" : "Cal Ripken Jr. ", "correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Ripken broke the record by playing in his 2,131st consecutive game; he went on to play in

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"answers" : [ { "answer" : "Boomers", "correctAnswer" : true }, { "answer" : "Gen X", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Gen Z", "correctAnswer" : false }, { "answer" : "Millennials",

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"correctAnswer" : true } ], "multiSelect" : false, "explanation" : "Some of the others on the list: Willie Nelson, Kiss and Queen + Adam Lambert.", "hint" : "", "hintLink" : "",

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Randy Lilleston is the homepage editor for AARP.org. He previously served as editor-in-chief for business news publisher Industry Dive and was a senior digital editor for NPR, USA Today and

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