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 politics director Natalie Shutler.

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

A new conspiracy theory involves the fate of Kate Middleton, who hasn’t been spotted in public since Christmas. Rumors run from her being in a medical coma to being dead. All will be clear when she is revealed as the Goldfish on the new season of The Masked Singer. A memory better than that of a goldfish will serve you well in this week’s Slate News Quiz.

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