Weekly News Quiz: October 13, 2022

By Alexandra Meeks and Ivory Sherman

Only 9% of plastic in the US is recycled – and that includes the items you threw into the recycle bin, the EPA says. The plastic industry is responsible for the same annual emissions as around 50 million cars, and more plastic-making facilities continue to come online.

A recent study showed Chick-fil-A had the slowest drive-thru among major fast-food chains – but only because it's so popular and there are so many cars in line.

A volcano erupted on the Italian island of Stromboli. Watch video of the moment here.

Twitter locked Kanye West's account for violating the company's policies over an antisemitic tweet.

Northeastern University's law school mistakenly sent out 4,000 acceptance letters, the school said in a statement. Admissions decisions are not expected to be finalized until later in the academic year.

Dustin Johnson has enough points to secure the inaugural LIV Golf championship and the series’ $18 million prize, LIV officials announced Monday. The controversial competition has caused a rift in professional golf, as LIV golfers have been banned from the PGA Tour for participating in the breakaway series.

The President signed a proclamation establishing the 53,804-acre site high in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado as a national monument. He also moved to pause new mineral, oil and gas leasing in the protected area.

After Hurricane Ian forced NASA to roll back the massive rocket into its hangar at Kennedy Space Center in Florida last month, a new launch window has now been set to open on November 14. If the launch is successful, the rocket will send the uncrewed Orion spacecraft around the moon and back to earth.

The DOJ says just over 21,000 pages were taken from Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence during the FBI search in August – far fewer than the 200,000 pages Trump's legal team had claimed.

Blink-182 is coming to a city near you. Band members Travis Barker and Mark Hoppus are set to reunite with original member, Tom DeLonge for the tours.