A lot of the news this week made you want to wash your ears with soap after hearing it. Try to get something redeeming out of the experience by taking our test.
It was a week of revelations in the news. Just what were people revealing? See how much you know in our quiz.
In a week in which we tried to explain what happened the previous week, people looked for answers and clarity. See how much you learned and take our test.
If North Korea starts a war, this might be the final Week to Week News Quiz. So show your defiance and take our test of your news savvy.
While you're standing in line trying to get your money out of a Cypriot ATM, take our quiz and find out how much you know about the week's news.
It's a week of firsts -- or thirds, if you're talking about NBC's Jay Leno exit strategies. Take our quiz and find out how much you know about the week's happenings.
It's changing-of-the-guard week around the world. Take our quiz and see how much you know about the week's important developments and new players.
If you could take your eyes off the senators doing battle and the Iranians headed to space, you saw a great deal of controversy in the news this week. Take our news quiz and find out how much you know about the week's important developments.
It seems that everyone is considering big changes this week: Senators, private organizations, possible presidential candidates. Take our news quiz and find out how much you know about the week's important developments.
This will be less stressful than testifying before Congress, we promise. Take our news quiz and find out how much you know about the week's important developments.
Calling the Commonwealth Club of California an institution would be like calling the Great Wall of China a picket fence. The club, the nation's la...
You've survived the Mayan apocalypse, but don't rest up just yet. You've got one more trial to endure: Our year-end news quiz.
"Your parents got divorced when you were five, do you think that's related to your abandonment issues?" host Scott Shafer asked an emotional Ross Mirk...
Who demanded before the United Nations that world leaders establish a "clear red line" to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons?
This week, 47 percent of our questions don't require you to work hard to find the answers; the rest of them will determine how much you know about current affairs.
The presidential election campaign stumbled into foreign policy territory this week (or perhaps more accurately, the campaign was blindsided by foreign affairs), so let's see how much you have been paying attention.
When Bill Clinton mentioned Medicaid at the Democratic convention, it was the first time many people have discussed that topic during this campaign. What else is happening that isn't getting much campaign airplay? Take our quiz and find out.
It was a stormy week in the worlds of politics and current affairs. Whether you were a New Orleans shop keeper or an Iowa bank employee, you got served with bad news. Take our quiz and see if you survived.
Ominous economic news has crept back into the headlines, along with election developments that might have turned the founding fathers into monarchists. Take this quiz to see if you've paid enough attention to current events to save our country.
Which is more contentious: The relationship between President Obama and Governor Romney, or the relationship between Great Britain and Ecuador? It's been a week of heated rhetoric and even the occasional threat.
This was a week when it was probably more fun to be on Mars than on Earth, and other than reports from the red planet and from the London Olympics, there was limited bandwidth for additional news. But we found it, nonetheless, for this quiz.
In the first full week of the Summer Olympics, people competed to make the news, even if they weren't in London. If you can answer 11 of these questions correctly, you deserve a medal.
In the first few days of the London Olympics, we get fresh reminders that it is a political as well as athletic event. See what games were being played this week -- in London and around the world.
There was enough religion and politics (and some chicken batter) mixed up in the news this week that you would be forgiven for thinking this was another country. We want to find out how much you were paying attention.
After a week of booing politicians and lots of political crossfire, it's time to test your knowledge of the week's events.
