Who did a Fox News executive call a 'reckless maniac'? Find out in the quiz

By Holly J. Morris

Published September 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM EDT

From left: Devon Walker, Lucy Lawless, Chloe Malle.

This week's news featured breakups (with TV shows, with vaccines, with conglomerates, with life), a new Stephen King book and the term "reckless maniac." If you're up on all those topics, you'll get at least seven correct in your quest for an 11/11.

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