Welcome to this week's news quiz

"What are the kids up to?" is the theme of this week's quiz. All nine questions are based on recent stories in The Conversation about teens, Gen Z and other spritely youngsters. Good luck!

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What classic analog technology, ubiquitous 40 years ago but mostly displaced since then, is now surging in popularity with Gen Z?

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Young people are suddenly flocking to bookstores again – at least, they're flocking to bookstores devoted to what evergreen genre?

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A Gallup poll has found that the percentage of women who identify as _____________ has more than doubled since 2012, while the rate for young men has remained about the same. What fills in the blank?

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A popular (and rather odd) TikTok microtrend of 2026 involves home videos of young people, with rap music playing, striking swaggy poses that mimic ...

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Sign of the times: When researchers asked 7-year-olds in America and Norway what they wanted to be when they grow up, some simply drew what?

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India’s education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, resigned in July after nationwide protests by students who've adopted what group nickname, an insult first used by the country's chief justice to describe unemployed youth?

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Rebellious young street protesters elsewhere in the world, from France to Nepal, have adopted a signature flag featuring a curious image taken from "One Piece," a popular Japanese manga. What's the image?

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Four American teens died in May and June while taking part in a social media-inspired "challenge" to induce hallucinations by ingesting excessive amounts of what substance?

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A recent survey on "consumer preferences in death care" asked people to rank six legal ways they might dispose of their own body after death. Somewhat surprisingly, 52% of Gen Z respondents ranked what classic option as their first choice?

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