Upside-down flags, $1.50 hot dogs and (Hunter) Biden news. Can you ace the quiz?

NPR | By Holly J. Morris

Published June 7, 2024 at 5:00 AM EDT

This week, climate change brought the nation a heat dome and, who knows, is probably responsible for salmonella cucumbers, the corpse flower and, ugh, this. At least one of those links will lead you to a quiz answer!

You can't blame climate change if you flunk the news quiz, though — you just needed to pay more attention. Can you earn an A+ today? Without cheating?

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Holly J. Morris

Holly J. Morris works on NPR's Training team. She was an editor at The Washington Post Express, National Geographic and U.S. News and World Report, and a college teacher.

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