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

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Which Field of Earth Sciences Is the Study of Water on or in the Ground?

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Who Served as Vice President Under Andrew Johnson?

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What Term Is Used in Scrabble for a Word That Uses All Seven Letter Tiles?

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What Word Is Used for Chinese Astronauts?

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Haloclasty Is a Type of Physical Weathering Caused by Which Substance?

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Who Held the Post of U.S. Secretary of State for a Record 11 Years?

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According to Friedrich Nietzsche, Which Was “God’s Second Mistake”?

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Which Girl’s Name Can Mean a Sudden Charge Against the Enemy?

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

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Rachel Carson Documented the Detrimental Use of the DDT in Which 1962 Book?

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Which Imperial House Reigned Over Russia From 1613 to 1917?

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What Is Added to Coffee to Create “Proffee”?

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The Duke of Wellington and Russian Noble Pavel Stroganov Have Loaned Their Names to Dishes Made With Which Meat?

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

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The Highest Point of a Wave Is the Crest. Which Is the Lowest Point?

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The Battle of Pittsburg Landing Is Also Known by Which Other Name?

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In Music Notation, Which Note Is on the Third Line of a Treble Clef?

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What Color Takes Its Name From the French Word for “Chestnut”?

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Think You’re Smarter Than a Senior Producer for What Next? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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What Is the Common Name for Magnesium Sulfate?

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Americans Fought in the Battle of Palo Alto During Which War?

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What Was the Surname of the Families on Wizards of Waverly Place and Blossom?

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Semester Comes From a Latin Word Referring to Which Period of Time?

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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 Kitchen Device Are You Most Likely to Find a Magnetron?

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The Castelo de São Jorge da Mina Played a Major Role in the Slave Trade in Which Country?

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Which Cartoon Character Appeared in Commercials for Owens Corning?

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In Which Room of Your House Would You Most Likely Use a Mezzaluna?

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Think You’re Smarter Than a What Next Producer? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Which Infection Is Also Known as “Kissing Bug” Disease?

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Which Amendment in the Bill of Rights Addresses a Person’s Right to an Attorney?

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Napoleon Bonaparte Condemned the Novels Justine and Juliette by Which Author?

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What Would You Do With a Charabanc?

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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 an Alternate Name for the Condition Called Hyperopia?

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Which French King Was Known as “the Universal Spider”?

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The Hodag Is a Cryptozoological Creature Found in the Northern Region of Which U.S. state?

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The Word Vaccine Is Derived From the Latin Word for Which Animal?

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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s Senior Director of Podcast Operations? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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Which Bird Is the Smallest Member of the Falcon Species in North America?

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Which Country Was Governed by the Eldest Grandchild of England’s Queen Victoria?

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Which of the March Sisters in Little Women Was a Tomboy Who Challenged Conformity?

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Which Shape Is a Piece of Art Referred to as a Tondo?

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

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Which Organ Is Divided Into a Head, Neck, Body, and Tail?

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Who Was the Last President of Germany’s Weimar Republic?

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Which Member of the Kennedy Clan Established the Special Olympics?

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The Adjective Lupine Refers to Which Kind of Animal?

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

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