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

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 staff writer Luke Winkie. Read his latest, about sailing the seas with the most hated band of the 1990s, here.

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

NBC’s Kristen Welker pressed Sen. Tim Scott repeatedly on whether he would commit to accepting the 2024 election results—yes or no. Scott would only reemphasize that the next president of the United States will be Donald Trump. Call him the MAGA-churian Candidate. Why don’t you pass the time by playing a little Slate News Quiz?

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