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

Test your knowledge of this week’s big stories.

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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 business and technology editor Jonathan Fischer.

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

Thanks to a TikTok video, the latest hot black-market items in Israel are Fruit Roll-Ups.

Hundreds of pounds of Fruit Roll-Ups have been confiscated at the airport. The government response has been to warn consumers of a sugar high and to suggest cucumber rolls as a substitute. Yeah, right. Get on a roll with this week’s Slate News Quiz.

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