News Quiz Time! For Friday, September 11, 2015

My latest Week to Week News Quiz is out! See how much you know about current events.

The $2 Billion News Quiz

My latest news quiz on Huffington Post San Francisco is up:

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And if you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, join us Monday, June 2, at 6:30 p.m. downtown for a live news quiz and a lively political roundtable (preceded by a lovely social hour with wine and snacks)

The State of the News Quiz

My fellow Americans, I am proud to tell you tonight that the state of the news quiz is healthy, and its best days are ahead of it.

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Take My News Quiz and Win a Nobel Prize!

Did I say Nobel Prize? I meant win no prize. Typo. My bad.

Okay, this isn't even remotely what the
Nobel medal looks like; but that is a
copyrighted design, and this image is in
the public domain. It's a trophy. You get the
point.

Nonetheless, take my latest Week to Week News Quiz on Huffington Post and see how much you know about the week's news. It's fun. It's short. Did I mention the prize?

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Where Fake Scientists and Beanie Babies Meet

What includes a government shutdown, beanie babies, and fake science?

Why, my latest Week to Week News Quiz on Huffington Post, that's what.

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A Talkative News Quiz

Iran's new president is saying a lot, talking to anyone who will listen. Ted Cruz can't stop talking, even when no one's listening. And why has one big bank been talking to the feds? Find out; it's all in my latest Week to Week News Quiz, exclusively on Huffington Post San Francisco.

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Special All-Syria Edition: Week to Week News Quiz

Syrian dictator Bashir al-Assad.
Photo: Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom / ABr

Well, about 92 percent all-Syrian. You'll see what I mean. Nonetheless, how much do you know about the country at the center of the world's attention (and our president's gunsights)? Find out.

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What the Heck's a Hyperloop?

You can wait until I produce the fourth issue of Galaxis, my digital science/SF magazine, which will have a report on it. Or you can find out in my latest Week to Week News Quiz, on Huffington Post.

Threats Galore in This Week's W2W News Quiz

Threats from the RNC, from sharks, and BART. Can you handle it? Find it in my latest Week to Week News Quiz over on Huffington Post San Francisco.

Popes Unleashed, Snowden Untamed, & More: News Quiz

Pope Francis has been very busy lately in his travels and his embodiment of Christian humility. Edward Snowden has been busy lately in his travels and his embodiment of ... something. President Obama has been busy lately trying to patch together another grand bargain. What's happening?

Find out in my latest Week to Week News Quiz.

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Today's News Quiz

Go to Huffington Post if you want to test your wits against the past week's news.

Here's a sample question:

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has promised to raise what controversy with President Obama during his visit to Berlin next week?
a. U.S. internet surveillance
b. Withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan
c. Interest rates
d. Austerity economics

The answer to this and 10 more questions in the quiz ...

ATM Crime, Tax Time, & Gubernatorial Prime: News Quiz

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The Newest New News Quiz

My latest Week to Week News Quiz, available in two different locations:

Huffington Post San Francisco

The Commonwealth Club's website

News Quiz Time: Clinton and Kerry and McConnell and More, Oh My

It's my latest W2W News Quiz.

Here's a sample question: How did Senator John Kerry begin his comments to the Senate committee overseeing his secretary of state confirmation?

a. "I've never seen a more distinguished and better looking group of public officials in my life."
b. "Ask Osama bin Laden if he is better off now than he was four years ago."
c. "I'm John Kerry and I am reporting for duty."
d. "Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us."

The answer to this – plus 10 other questions - can be found here.

News Quiz: Romney, Ecuador, & More

What did the UK threaten to do to Ecuador? Whom did Jerry Brown quote? How did Mitt Romney describe President Obama's campaign?

Find out how much you know about the week's news in my latest Week to Week news quiz at Huffington Post San Francisco.

All that – plus Helen Gurley Brown!

Facebook and Orly Taitz and Chicago? Take the W2W News Quiz

Take my Week to Week news quiz over at Huffington Post San Francisco to see how much you know about the big events in the news.

This was a week in which Iran announced a social media strategy, of a sort; an entire political movement admitted defeat; boxers fought outside the ring and demonstrated why we don't ask them about anything other than boxing; and Chicago-style politics erupted in its usual sharp-elbowed, humorously nutty way.

Find out how much you know about things, and see if you can improve upon your score from last week.

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Putin! Gay Marriage! Romney! Take My Latest News Quiz

It's been quite a week. Putin is playing hard to get; Obama's making the most of a Biden announcement; Mitt Romney's dealing with more men-behaving-badly behavior in his past. It's been that kind of a week.

See how up-to-date you are: Take my latest Week to Week news quiz on Huffington Post San Francisco.

Beat Your Previous Score: The Week to Week News Quiz 4/20/12

My second Week to Week News Quiz is up on Huffington Post San Francisco. Do you think you know your news? This test takes you a bit beyond the deadlines. So sharpen your pencil, but don't use it because you'll just make marks on your computer.

Just click here to take the test, and let me know how you fared.