The hardest news quiz you'll ever take

Posted at 5:15 PM on November 13, 2009 by Bob Collins (20 Comments)
Filed under: The Quiz

If you're not in the fetal position by the time you finish the quiz, we've done something wrong this week. (It may take a moment for the quiz to load)



If you did well this week -- and even if you didn't -- say it loud, say it proud, and say it in the comments section below.

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Comments (20)

Ten! Mad about the Northstar and NBC questions, because I SHOULD have gotten them.

Posted by fasolamatt | November 13, 2009 3:34 PM

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A hint-free nine!

Posted by V | November 13, 2009 3:43 PM

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4

Posted by c | November 13, 2009 3:45 PM

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I also got a hint-free 9. I refuse to take hints on multiple choice quizzes--I figure I know it or I don't. Or I get a couple lucky guesses. (I had gotten 10 out of 12 on the Pew quiz.)

Posted by John | November 13, 2009 3:47 PM

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Hmmmm. Possibly, I didn't make it hard enough this week. Perhaps I didn't pay close enough attention to the news.

Posted by Bob Collins | November 13, 2009 3:58 PM

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BOB,
4 correct would probably be considered failing. Historically, failing a test has never/would never cause me to ball up in the fetal position.

Posted by c | November 13, 2009 4:10 PM

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no hint five...it was plenty hard Bob...

Posted by Bonnie | November 13, 2009 4:14 PM

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7 - but I got the wall one from the radio - Thanks for the hint bob:)

Posted by BJ | November 13, 2009 4:37 PM

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Hmm, after reading the previously posted scores, my hint-free score of 10 seems downright satisfactory. But then the Bob-O-Meter tells me that I am a "Packer"!! How insulting! It's Friday - be nice, Bob.

Posted by Tim | November 13, 2009 4:38 PM

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7 w/o hints

consistently underinformed

Posted by kennedy | November 13, 2009 5:08 PM

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8/15 same as usual.

Posted by minn whaler | November 13, 2009 5:25 PM

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Hint-free 10. With at least 4 "swags"

Posted by Jack Boardman | November 13, 2009 6:05 PM

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for the record...I would have had six had I listened to the 420 prior to taking the quiz...and I KNEW it was illegal to change lanes in an intersection.

Posted by Bonnie | November 13, 2009 6:52 PM

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My wife always uses the hints ,so I decides to use them for the first time this week and got 14/15! Though I would contend that it should be 14/14 since the answer provided by your hint for the next 'I' hurricane name (Iota) was not in your list. I even managed to get past the false Lou Dobbs hint. (It led to a story about something else entirely.)

Posted by Al | November 13, 2009 7:26 PM

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Oh, thanks for catching that. "India" was supposed to be "Iota." Also fixed the incorrect URL for the NBC Nightly News anchor hint. Uploading to server now.

Posted by Bob Collins | November 14, 2009 1:09 PM

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for the record i did not read any of the stories, that the questions were based on-well except for the one on the healthcare bill.

not that it matters

Posted by c | November 14, 2009 1:52 PM

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9! Perhaps I was motivated by the challenge that this would be the hardest quiz yet. Perhaps I got lucky. I hadn't heard the story about the muggers in Wisconsin yet. Does that count as a feel good story?

Posted by LK | November 14, 2009 3:58 PM

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It would count as a feel good story except that a couple of minutes later they found a guy who wasn't a veteran and mugged him.

Posted by Bob Collins | November 14, 2009 7:13 PM

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Thanks for fixing it, Bob. And I finally beat my wife at the News Cut Quiz. I don't think that has ever happened before!

Posted by Al | November 14, 2009 9:03 PM

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After inspiring my husband to take the hints, I got a 13/15. I would have had 14 without that hurricane question (before you fixed it). But really...we're not competitive or anything. Thanks for increasing our family unity, Bob!

Posted by Mrs. Al | November 15, 2009 7:51 PM

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