Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Creative Director? 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 that of a Slatester who has agreed to take the quiz on the record. This week’s contestant is creative director Ivylise Simones.

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

In addition to serving as secretary of state, Marco Rubio has become the interim national security adviser, the acting administrator of USAID, and the acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration. His proper title should be “Grand Pooh-Bah and Lord High Everything Else.” You’ll have a grand old time with this week’s Slate News Quiz.

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