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It's been a busy week: New partners for Mitt Romney and Jennifer Aniston; unemployment for Egypt's defense minister and Miami's newly signed wide receiver; earthquakes both geologic and political in Iran; and a fond farewell to 1970s sexual icons Helen Gurley Brown and Horshack. How closely were you paying attention? Only my quiz can tell you with mathematical precision.

Question 1 of 12

According to a recent New Yorker profile, what superlative did Paul Ryan's classmates award him during his high school senior year?

Question 2 of 12

Saudi Arabia announced a project this week to build what in large urban centers like Hofuf and Riyadh?

These large industrial zones will allow women to work more independently?without actually mixing genders in the workplace.

Question 3 of 12

Government offices are facing a logjam of paperwork?possibly over a million applications?after what Obama administration initiative officially took effect this Wednesday?

Question 4 of 12

Two Australian airlines made headlines this week for enforcing a little-known policy, not uncommon in the industry, that prevents whom from sitting in adjacent seats?

Two men, one on Qantas and one on Virgin Australia, were told to change seats.

Question 5 of 12

Hungary's ultra-nationalist Jobbik Party has made an outcast out of rising star politician Csanad Szegedi because of what scandalous revelation?

Szegedi has made his reputation railing against what he sees as sinister Jewish influences on Hungary, but his maternal grandparents, it turns out, were Holocaust survivors.

Question 6 of 12

In its new update for fall 2012, eBay has banned what unusual item from being sold on the auction site?

Sorry, Muggles. The new clause also bans the sale of "curses, hexing, conjuring" and "prayers."

Question 7 of 12

What indignity was suffered by musical acts Kate Bush, Muse, and Ray Davies of the Kinks last weekend?

Instead, NBC cut away to a special, commercial-free episode of Animal Practice.

Question 8 of 12

What is "Reinventing the Toilet," in the news this week?

Gates' foundation announced millions of dollars in grants to devise new alternative toilets for the developing world.

Question 9 of 12

Last Friday, the New Zealand navy was surprised to discover what Connecticut-size object floating off the coast of the South Pacific's subtropical Kermadec Islands?

The floating pumice, it's believed, is the result of activity from an underwater volcano called Monowai.

Question 10 of 12

A United Nations Human Rights Council report this week blamed government troops and militias for the Houla massacre that claimed 108 victims in May. Where is Houla?

Question 11 of 12

The Republican candidate for Connecticut's Senate seat in November has a r?sum? dominated by what politically unusual career?

Linda McMahon was the CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment for over a decade, even entering the ring?to fight her own husband!?during Wrestlemania 17.

Question 12 of 12

Which of these words and phrases did not make Merriam-Webster's cut as a new entry for the next update of its collegiate dictionary?

Also entering the dictionary: mash-up, cloud computing, energy drink, man cave, and bucket list.

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

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