Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Senior Director of Operations for Podcasts? 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 Ben Richmond, the senior director of operations for podcasts.

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

Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter is accused of spending Ohtani’s money on illegal gambling. Ohtani was also the target of a bomb threat while playing in the first MLB games ever played in Seoul, South Korea. “Shotime” still hopes to repeat his MVP performance. It’s showtime for this week’s Slate News Quiz, where you could be MVP.

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