Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Associate Writer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

Welcome to Slate’s weekly news quiz. It’s Friday, which means it’s time to test your knowledge of the week’s news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has concocted questions on news topics ranging from politics to business, from culture to sports to science. At the end of the quiz, you’ll be able to compare your score with that of the average contestant, as well as with the score of a Slatester who has agreed to take the quiz on the record. This week’s contestant is associate writer Shirin Ali.

Can you ace the quiz and beat Ali? Good luck!

Donald Trump skipped the GOP debate on Wednesday because he thinks he has already won the 2024 presidential election. Yes, there’s a lot of election left to go, but he heard someone say, “Donald Trump has this locked up.” What they actually said was “Donald Trump should be locked up.” Lock in your score in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

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