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Test your news IQ

Posted at 4:30 PM on October 15, 2010 by Bob Collins (26 Comments)
Filed under: The Quiz

Please be sure to add your score and other comments on the week's news in the comment section.

Update - We have a prize this week. A copy of the The Current's 5 Year Anniversary CD goes to the person who -- legitimately -- gets the highest score (tie will be broken by pulling a name). We're on the honor system here.

Comments (26)

12/15.

"TWINS" Hall of Fame? Very sneaky Bob. Way to punish those of us who are painfully aware of how the "real" Hall keeps hosing Bert (yes, even a Yankees fan will admit to that).

Posted by Mark Gisleson | October 15, 2010 2:05 PM

I, too, got caught on the TWINS hall of fame. 13/15.

Posted by Tom Weber, MPR | October 15, 2010 2:26 PM

Posted by bj | October 15, 2010 2:38 PM

10/15 - Not enough News Cut this week.

All I can say is none of the listed pitchers are in the MLB hall of fame and since there wasn't a "None of the above" I re-read the question.

Posted by JackU | October 15, 2010 2:38 PM

10. No hints.

Posted by Heather | October 15, 2010 2:45 PM

12, although one correct answer was thanks to spoilers in the comments. There should be a rule against that.

Posted by Jonathan | October 15, 2010 3:01 PM

Ugh. Only 9/15. First half was rough, but I aced the second half!

Posted by Justin | October 15, 2010 3:21 PM

11/15. I'm barely golden.

Posted by Momkat | October 15, 2010 3:36 PM

I read Tom's comment that he got caught on the Twins Hall of Fame question. Then I got it wrong, too. 13/15

Posted by fasolamatt | October 15, 2010 3:49 PM

12/15, with no hints, tied for my best score to date!

Luckily, I already have the prize.

Posted by Bismuth | October 15, 2010 3:50 PM

9/15, no hints...guessed right on one or two I had no clue on, and was wrong on one answer I should have known - so it evened out :-)

Posted by Noelle | October 15, 2010 3:55 PM

11/15 - with 3 lucky guesses

Posted by Duke Powell | October 15, 2010 4:13 PM

I got 9 out of 15 by one reading only the first few words of each question. That might qualify me as a college student or as someone in a hurry, or both.

Posted by Jeanne | October 15, 2010 5:01 PM

11/15 Best score ever. Either the test was easy or I had too much free time this week.

Posted by kennedy | October 15, 2010 5:07 PM

8/15 on the fly and no use of hints, plus one twitch in the mouse when I had the right answer but missed the circle...
had heard all the stories or read about them... right here on newscut, just have lousy memory for details.

Posted by Minnwhaler | October 15, 2010 5:55 PM

13/15 I rock! :)

Posted by Marcia | October 15, 2010 6:29 PM

10, which is still one of my better scores since I'm a casual reader but I will say that I cheated and read all of the previous posts and then was "THROWN" off by the Blyleven comment. I now know better and will never cheat again. And Im far too lazy for hints...

Posted by Bonnie | October 15, 2010 7:09 PM

A very pitiful 11. Once again, you got me with the sports question, Bob.

Posted by Krista | October 15, 2010 8:03 PM

12 / 15

Hate to admit it, but I got lucky on a few of them.

Posted by Brian | October 15, 2010 9:47 PM

Ocho

Posted by LK | October 15, 2010 10:16 PM

Sugar Maple - no hints.

Posted by Al | October 16, 2010 6:23 AM

11/15 no hints, a big improvement for me!

Posted by Joanna | October 16, 2010 9:50 AM

10/15, not too bad for my first time. A few lucky guesses balanced out a few unfortunate questions. I'm a news geek, not a sports geek. No fair on the sports news question.

Posted by Josh D. | October 16, 2010 4:09 PM

12 of 15. Should have thought harder on the Twins, too.

Posted by V | October 18, 2010 2:36 AM

9. but for the purposes of the contest I'll claim I aced it. Will that work? please?

Posted by bsimon | October 18, 2010 10:10 AM

7 of 15. I need to pay closer attention!

Posted by Mombalabamba | October 19, 2010 1:05 PM