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Which Actress Sued Pitbull Over His 2011 Song “Give Me Everything”?

Which Actress Sued Pitbull Over His 2011 Song “Give Me Everything”?

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Most U.S. States Are Divided Into Counties. What Are Similar Divisions in Alaska Called?

Most U.S. States Are Divided Into Counties. What Are Similar Divisions in Alaska Called?

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

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

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The Pathogen Yersinia Pestis Is Responsible for Which Disease?

The Pathogen Yersinia Pestis Is Responsible for Which Disease?

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“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick” Summed Up the Foreign Policy of Which President?

“Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick” Summed Up the Foreign Policy of Which President?

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Which Country Is the All-Time Leader in Medals Won in the Winter Olympics?

Which Country Is the All-Time Leader in Medals Won in the Winter Olympics?

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What Type of Structure Is a Redoubt?

What Type of Structure Is a Redoubt?

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

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

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Oscitation Is the Medical Term for Which Activity?

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Who Was the Victor in the Battle of Marathon?

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Which Flower-Loving Bull Was the Subject of a 1936 Children’s Book?

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Which Creature’s Name Originates From a Middle English Word Meaning “Earth Thrower”?

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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 Chemical Element Is Named After the Discoverers of Radium?

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Norodom Sihamoni Has Been the King of Which Country Since 2004?

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Which Instrument Is Held by John Lennon on the Cover of Sgt. Pepper?

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What Is the English Equivalent to the French Expression Fait Accompli?

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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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Which Animal Shares a Mutualistic Relationship With Warthogs?

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Michelle Bachelet Was the First Woman Elected President of Which Country?

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Which Instrument Represents the Cat in Peter and the Wolf?

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Think You Know More About the ’90s Than Our Resident Gen Xer? As If!

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A Kanone Is Someone Who Excels at Which Sport?

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Think You’re Smarter Than Slate’s VP of Brand and Communications? Find Out With This Week’s News Quiz.

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The New Madrid Fault Line Lies in the Middle of Which Continent?

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The Great Pyramid of Giza Was Constructed as a Tomb for Which Pharaoh?

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Can You Identify Which Item Cost More Than $10 in the 1897 Sears Roebuck and Co. Catalog?

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A Pugilist Is Someone Engaged in Which Activity?

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What Grows on a Nuciferous Plant?

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Which Naturalist Founded the Sierra Club?

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Who Hosted or Co-Hosted the Tony Awards Show a Record Five Times?

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Which Adjective Meaning “Strange” Originally Comes From a Word Meaning “Angry”?

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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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Draculin Is Found in the Saliva of Which Mammal?

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Who Was the Brutal Military Dictator of Chile From 1973 to 1990?

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Which Actor Played Maxwell Smart and Provided the Voice for Inspector Gadget?

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Which Unit of Measurement Comes From an Old English Word Meaning “field”?

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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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Which Greek Letter Represents the Ratio of a Circle’s Circumference to Its Diameter?

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Who Was the First Graduate of West Point to Become U.S. President?

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Supporters of Far-Right Political Activist Nick Fuentes Are Called by Which Name?

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The Letters RSVP Stand For a Phrase in Which Language?

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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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Which Line Joins the Vertex of a Triangle to the Midpoint of the Opposite Side?

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Who Led the Nimrod Expedition to Antarctica?

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In Sewing, Which Simple Stitch Is the Basis for All Other Stitches?

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The Name of Which Fabric Comes From the Hindi Words for “Milk” and “Sugar”?

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

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Myofibrils Are Thin Strands That Make Up Which Part of the Body?

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Pinckney’s Treaty in 1795 Guaranteed the Rights of Americans to Use Which River?

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