Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s UX Designer? 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 UI/UX designer Lydia Gilbert.

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

Christmas came early this year for Donald Trump, who was gifted a $400 million luxury jet from his friends in Qatar. If only they’d given him cash instead, so Santa Trump could buy toys for all the children of America stuck with two dolls instead of 30. Play around with this week’s Slate News Quiz.

If this is your first time playing, read the rules here. The quiz may require you to turn on cookies in your browser for it to function properly.