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From left: Charlamagne tha God, Tyra Banks, Tom Brady

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This week's news quiz has skeletons (though sadly not the political kind)

If you've paid attention to incoming presidents and incoming pandas you can ace at least half of this week's quiz.

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From left: Wants to be retired, wants to be rehired, also wants to be rehired

From left: Wants to be retired, wants to be rehired, also wants to be rehired Clive Brunskill/Getty Images; Win McNamee/Getty Images; Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption

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What did Trump secretly send Putin, according to a new book? Find out in the quiz

Also, who is playing Trump in a movie? Who's hitting the podcast circuit? Will any of this matter in 80,000 years? Plus: TWO questions about Nobel Prizes!

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From left: Lumi the panda, Link (not Zelda), New York City Mayor Eric Adams

From left: Lumi the panda, Link (not Zelda), New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Roni Rekomaa/AFP via Getty Images; Nintendo; John Lamparski/Getty Images for Concordia Summit hide caption

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Do you know your indicted mayors from your deported pandas? Take our news quiz

This week, a zoo said it would send its pandas packing, a fabled game character finally got her chance to shine, and a mayor was indicted. Were you paying attention?

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From left: 😮 😉 😝

From left: 😮 😉 😝 Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images; Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for MTV hide caption

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Who won the debate?! Our quiz won't tell you that, but we do have other trivia on it

There was a debate this week! But don't worry, we have questions about other things as well. For instance, have you been following the latest penguin news?

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From left: Noel Gallagher, Naomi Osaka, Liam Gallagher

From left: Noel Gallagher, Naomi Osaka, Liam Gallagher Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for Bauer Media; Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images; Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Bauer Media) hide caption

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This week's quiz is very demure, very _______. Can you fill in the blank?

This week, we have two middle-aged men who are not Tim Walz and JD Vance sniping at each other. Plus: drugs, Tolkien, sports and novelty beverages! Have fun.

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From left: Kamala Harris, mystery guest, Donald Trump.

From left: Kamala Harris, mystery guest, Donald Trump. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images; Adam Gray/Getty Images hide caption

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What surprise DNC speaker did Trump once say was his VP pick? Find out in the quiz

This week was the Democratic National Convention, which went full-on Met Gala and/or Olympics. If you watched that (and the Republican counterprogramming), you'll get at least five questions right.

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From left: Elon Musk, a sloth, Tom Cruise.

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Who or what did Trump call 'the greatest cutter' this week? Find out in the quiz

After the blissful news avalanches of campaign hijinks and the Olympics, we're back to the usual soup of science, retail and animals.

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One's an answer, one's a question, one is misdirection.

One's an answer, one's a question, one is misdirection. Kevin Winter/Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for Sports Illustrated Swimsuit hide caption

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What celebrity loves Biden — but wants him to drop out? Find out in the quiz

In other news, Nikki Haley did a thing, Trump says he doesn't know a thing, and the Republican platform ignored a thing.

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