Sign up to the News Quiz Please try again. To use this form, please enable jаvascript. Email address: I would like to receive updates on Slate special offers. You agree to our Privacy Policy & Terms by signing up. Thank you for signing up! You can cancel your subscription at any time.Welcome to Slates weekly news quiz. It's Friday, so it's time to test your knowledge about the week's news events. Ray Hamel, your host, has created questions about news topics that range from politics and business to culture, sports, science, and sport.Multiple-choice questions are time-sensitive. You only have 50 seconds to answer. As the seconds tick by, the points value of each question drops from 50 to zero. So you'll want to click as quickly as possible to get your answer. An incorrect answer is not penalized, so you can take a guess.AdvertisementYou will be able compare your score to the average contestant and to the score of any Slatester who has taken the quiz. Jonathan Fischer, technology editor, is this weeks contestant.Can you beat Fischer by answering the quiz correctly? Good luck!To make the quiz work properly, you may need to enable cookies in your browser.NEW: The news quiz will soon be redesigned! Next week Ray will be releasing a new version that is more user-friendly and includes the same timely questions.