WSJ History
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Name That Columnist!
General Trivia
Who Wrote That Rando?
100

This person is the first Rago fellow to get hired at WSJ Opinion 

Elliot Kaufman

100

RANDO

Review & Outlook

100

Who used to write the Best of the Web column from 2000-2017? 

James Taranto

100

Who is the most recent WSJ columnist to retire?

Dan Henninger
100

Marty Makary’s Fatal Mistakes

The FDA needs a leader who understands the promise of new life-saving therapies.

Allysia Finley

200

This person is the fourth Rago fellow to get hired at WSJ Opinion 

Kate Farmer

200

BoTW

Best of The Web

200

Who writes the Business World column?

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.

200

Where does Kim Strassel live?

Anchorage, Alaska

200

Hold Off on the Iran Victory Parade

If Trump’s claims of concessions are true, the blockade is working. But keep the pressure on.

Elliot Kaufman
300

Who was the editor of the Opinion page who preceded Paul Gigot, and who has a college internship named after him at the page?

Bob Bartley

300

Op-Ed

"Opposite the Editorial Page"

300

Who writes the Americas column?

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

300

Who was the columnist keynote speaker at the 2025 Rago Awards Dinner?

Mary Anastasia O'Grady

300

Democrats for Energy Disarmament

They add AI data centers to their anti-fossil-fuel target list.

Allysia Finley

400

Who are the three founders of the Wall Street Journal?

Charles Dow, Edward Jones, and Charles Bergstresser

400

BW

Business World

400

Who hosts the Potomac Watch podcast and writes the Potomac Watch column?

Kim Strassel

400

This person on the Editorial Board is married to a famous Chinese dissident and former Miss Canada

James Taranto

400

Kevin Warsh Is the Right Choice for the Fed

He knows where the central bank has gone wrong and how to fix it.

Paul Gigot

500

Who is the longest-running WSJ Opinion columnist in history?

Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. (1992-present)

500

AMCOL

Americas Column

500

Who is the only weekly columnist who's not tenchically listed as a columnist?

Karl Rove

500

Where is Paul Gigot from?


Green Bay, Wisconsin

500

Can Trump’s Navy Match China’s?

At least he’s trying to build more ships, but his new battleship and cutter aren’t enough.

Kate Bachelder Odell