Fill in the blank in the quiz: A plague research employee in Russia died from ____

NPR | By Holly J. Morris

Published October 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM EDT

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This week: Nobels! Protests! Ambiguous quotes! A mysterious death in Russia! What more could you want from a quiz, besides a perfect score? Oh, just 12 million Swedish kronor, you say? Then win a Nobel Prize.

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