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This week on the Midway Atoll Wildlife Refuge, an albatross that scientists call "Wisdom" gave birth to a healthy chick, her sixth in the past six years. This is impressive because Wisdom is 62 years old, making her the world's oldest known wild bird. So, look: It's never too late. Even if you've been flummoxed by the Slate News Quiz in the past, this could be your week!

Question 1 of 12

On Tuesday night, who tweeted out a photo of the empty Poland Spring water bottle he'd needed so badly earlier in the evening?

Question 2 of 12

Fill in the blanks. On Wednesday, Bpost, the national post office of ______, announced that 500,000 of its new stamps will taste like ______ when licked.

Question 3 of 12

According to the United Nations, what totaled $3.9 billion in Afghanistan last year, more than twice the country's total domestic revenue?

Half of all Afghans reported having to bribe a civil servant in 2012.

Question 4 of 12

Beijing fireworks sales were down 37 percent this Lunar New Year. Why?

The Chinese government asked residents to cut back in hopes of reducing winter smog.

Question 5 of 12

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed an executive order allowing yearlong jail sentences for people caught doing what during last week's nor'easter?

It was the first traffic ban in the state since the Blizzard of '78, exactly 35 years before.

Question 6 of 12

What was being addressed by CBS's memo over the weekend that warned, "Please be sure the genital region is adequately covered so that there is no visible 'puffy' bare skin exposure"?

The memo also called side-boob "problematic" and banned lapel pins for celebrity causes.

Question 7 of 12

Who is "Banana Joe," suddenly a media sensation after his unexpected win this week?

The tiny black dog won the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Tuesday, prevailing over other, much more experienced finalists.

Question 8 of 12

When he resigns from office at the end of the month, Benedict XVI will have been pope for just seven-and-a-half years. Compared to other papal terms in history, this is ...

The average papacy over the history of the Roman Catholic Church lasted just 7.2 years.

Question 9 of 12

Where have there been recent reports of flooding, poverty, and famine so severe that one man was executed by firing squad for cannibalism?

Amid grisly reports that cannibalism is spreading, the Asia Press concludes that more than 10,000 people have died of starvation in the Hwanghae provinces alone.

Question 10 of 12

According to the account given by "The Shooter" in Esquire this week, to whom did he give the 27 bullets left over in the magazine that killed Osama Bin Laden?

"I hope you have room in your backpack for this," he says he told the agent who had located the Abbottabad, Pakistan, compound.

Question 11 of 12

Republicans expressed skepticism at President Obama's State of the Union proposal to raise what to $9?

"When you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? You get less of it," House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday morning.

Question 12 of 12

An unnamed 28-year-old French woman was arrested last Thursday for writing a 9/11 "truther" slogan in what unusual place?

"AE911" refers to the site "Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth." The Louvre reassured art lovers that the slogan, scrawled in black marker, "could be easily cleaned."

You got 8 out of 12 answers correct in 20 minutes 30 seconds.

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