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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Creative Director? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Which Term Refers to the Second Stomach of a Bird?

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The Huguenots Fled From Religious Persecution in Which Country?

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Which Musical Has Characters Named Diesel, Baby John, Snowboy, and Gee-Tar?

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Which Color Is Corbeau?

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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Jurisprudence Editor? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Which Word Does the Letter M Stand For in AM and FM Radio?

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Which World Leader Has Trump Referred to as “Little Rocket Man”?

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Who Has Hosted the NPR Show Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Since 1998?

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Where Would You Be Most Likely to See a Group of People Called a claque?

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

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We Are Currently Living in Which Geologic Era?

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The M48 Battle Tank Is Nicknamed After Which U.S. Army General?

23.04.2025 3

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In Vietnamese Culture, People Boil Which Plant to Bathe in It Before the Lunar New Year?

22.04.2025 4

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Which Item Can Be Referred to in Slang as an Annie Oakley?

21.04.2025 10

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

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Time in the U.S. Is Officially Determined by an Atomic Clock in Which City?

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Which Country Sent Its Red Army Into Battle During World War II?

16.04.2025 10

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Who Starred as a Flesh-Eating Zombie on the Horror Sitcom Santa Clarita Diet?

15.04.2025 10

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What Is the Definition of Debonair?

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

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In Which Part of the Body Are Ceruminous Glands Found?

10.04.2025 4

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Who Employed a Policy of Nonviolent Resistance CalledSatyagraha?

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What Song Do You Hear When You Get Rickrolled?

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Pogonophilia Refers to a Deep Affinity for What?

07.04.2025 6

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

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What Is the Official Term for a Group of Butterflies?

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In 1991, Who Became the First Popularly Elected President of Russia?

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Which Tragic Figure From Greek Mythology Killed Her Own Mother?

01.04.2025 6

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The Adjective Columbine Refers to a Similarity to Which Bird?

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Think You’re Smarter Than Mark Joseph Stern? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

28.03.2025 20

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Which Variety of Quark Has the Largest Mass?

27.03.2025 6

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Who Served the Longest Period as Chief Justice of the United States?

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Count Orlok Is the Villain in Which 1922 Silent Horror Film and Its 2024 Remake?

25.03.2025 4

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What German Word Is Used in the English as a Term for a Hangover?

24.03.2025 10

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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Features Director? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

21.03.2025 10

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What Is the Subject of Study in Oology?

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Jean Chretien Was the Prime Minister of Which Country From 1993 to 2003?

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Which City Is Home to the Annual New Year’s Day Mummers Parade?

18.03.2025 6

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The Adjective Struthious Is Used to Describe a Resemblance to Which Bird?

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

14.03.2025 4

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Botanist George Washington Carver Was Famous for His Work With Which Crop?

13.03.2025 6

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The Name of Which Bird Was Used for the Women’s Branch of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy?

12.03.2025 10

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What Was the First Song to Debut at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100?

11.03.2025 3

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In Slang, What Bird Is Used to Denote a Constant Burden?

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

07.03.2025 4

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Which Igneous Rock Cools So Rapidly It Becomes Very Porous?

06.03.2025 6

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The Thirty Tyrants Briefly Ruled Which City-State?

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The Green Christ and The Yellow Christ Are Paintings by Which French Artist?

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What Is Shared by Two People in a Folie à Deux?

03.03.2025 6

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