Economy
Who or what declared bankruptcy now?
a) Alec Baldwin
b) The Washington Post
c) 23andMe
d) Michaels
c) 23andMe
Who is eligible to be the next pope?
a) anyone who has touched the pope
b) any baptized catholic man
c) only archbishops and cardinals
d) literally anyone
b) any baptized catholic man
What high school subject explains why the New York Yankees' new "torpedo bats" work so well?
a) chemistry
b) physics
c) earth science
d) biology
b) physics
President Trump dubbed Wednesday "Liberation Day." Which of these nations does NOT have a Liberation Day? a
a) Rwanda
b) North and South Korea
c) Switzerland
d) Hungary
What team is the favorite to win the World Series this year?
a) Altlanta Braves
b) Washington Nationals
c) LA Dodgers
d) Minnesota Twins
c) LA Dodgers
Which of these was NOT a sponsor of the White House Easter Egg Roll?
a) Apple
b) YouTube
c) Meta
d) the New York Stock Exchange
a) Apple
What is NOT an update to the Academy Awards rules?
a) actors appearing in a nominated film cannot vote
b) voters have to watch each film nominated in a category
c) casting directors will get their own Oscar statuettes
d) generative AI will "neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination"
a) actors appearing in a nominated film cannot vote
Where is Pituffik Space Base?
a) the moon
b) Iceland
c) Greenland
d) Antartica
c) Greenland
"It's a beautiful number," said President Trump about what integer? Hint: It's part of the name of the next U.S. Air Force fighter jet.
a) 5, his number of children
b) 78, his age
c) 45, as in 45th president
d) 47, as in 47th president
d) 47, as in 47th president
Which of these is a dye that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. intends to ban?
a) Cyan 2
b)#f59542
c) Orange B
d) V8
c) Orange B
The price of what has been hitting all-time highs last week?
a) corn futures
b) Teslas
c) Apple Stock
d) gold
d) gold
Who had a milestone birthday this week?
a) YouTube is 20
b) Monty Python and the Holy Grail is 50
c) the NPR news quiz is 2
d) all of the above
a) YouTube is 20
Where do the websites covid.gov and covidtests.gov now redirect to?
a) a shop selling homeopathic antivirals
b) the classic Hamster Dance meme
c) information about bird flu
d) a page dedicated to the lab leak theory
d) a page dedicated to the lab leak theory
What did the White House press secretary say about the feud between Peter Navarro and Elon Musk?
a) "LOL men, amirite?"
b) "it's how they show affection"
c) "boys will be boys"
d) "haters gonna hate"
c) "boys will be boys"
Colossal Biosciences says it's brought what animal back from extinction?
a) snow bear
b) woolly mouse
c) mammoth
d) dire wolf
d) dire wolf
Which of these billionaires is in the top 10 of Forbes' annual list of the world's wealthiest people?
a) Larry Ellison
b) Jensen Huang
c) MacKenzie Scott
d) Michael Bloomberg
a) Larry Ellison
Actor Val Kilmer died Tuesday at 65. What was his character's call sign in Top Gun?
a) Jester
b) Merlin
c) Wolfman
d) Iceman
d) Iceman
What did ancient Greek and Roman statues smell like in olden days?
a) roses
b) figs
c) hemlock
d) marble
a) roses
Did The New York Times libel Sarah Palin or not?
a) a federal jury said yes, it did
b) a federal jury said no, it did not
b) a federal jury said no, it did not
Wall Street banker bonuses are breaking records. What's the average bonus for 2024?
a) around $150k
b) around $250k
c) around $500k
d) around $1 million
b) around $250k
President Trump said he would "end the Obama-Biden war on _____ ________ and make America’s _______ great again.”
a) literacy programs, libraries
b) coal mining, electricity
c) water pressure, showers
d) nonfluoridated water, IQ
c) water pressure, showers
According to a new report by the American Library Association, what was 2024's most challenged book?
a) Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
b) The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
c) All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
d) The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
c) All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson
What does the Samsung Bespoke Jet AI Ultra 2025 vacuum do, besides vacuum?
a) send texts saying the user is busy vacuuming
b) calculate π to 400 digits
c) fold a fitted sheet
d) notify the user of calls and texts
d) notify the user of calls and texts
On what messaging app did that now-notorious national security group chat take place?
a) WhatsApp
b) Slack
c) AOL Instant Messenger
d) Signal
d) Signal
Why did Michelle Obama say she skipped Trump's inauguration?
a) she is getting divorced
b) she had nothing to wear
c) she was fighting with Barack
d) she slept through it
b) she had nothing to wear