Test your news I.Q.
St. Paddy’s Day now in our rearview mirrors, we can safely ask you to participate in our first Test Your News I.Q. quiz of 2025. The rules? Read each question below. Each is drawn from actual news. But only one of the answers provided is correct. It’s OK to use Google to try to determine which answer is real. No one will know. Except maybe Elon Musk. Have you been paying attention to world happenings? Or have you decided to give up news for Lent? Let’s find out.
1. A new study published in “Science Advances” has discovered that something can speed aging at the molecular level and possibly affect a person’s long-term health as much as smoking and drinking. What is it?
a) Listening to any song by Stevie Nicks
b) Prolonged time spent in excessive heat
c) Trying to figure out who will start at quarterback for the Steelers in 2025
2. After months of being what many people called exorbitantly high, the wholesale price of eggs is beginning to fall. Asked about the high price of eggs, what solution did President Trump offer?
a) To slap a 75% tariff on chickens until they agree to lay cheaper eggs
b) Suggest everyone switch to Egg Beaters substitute
c) Suggest everyone raise chickens
3) Senate Minority Leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, invoked the wrath of many Democrats with an action he took recently. What was it?
a) Said he would wear a blue tie but showed up wearing a red one
b) Said he would oppose President Trump’s favored budget bill, but then voted to advance it for a final vote
c) Told the staffer at a Burger King drive-through window that he wanted a standard Whopper but when he got to the window, told them to “hold the pickle, hold the lettuce” instead
4. After Elon Musk’s Tesla stock fell drastically as backlash to his actions in DOGE, what gesture did President Trump make to support Musk?
a) Gave him all the pennies in storage at the U.S. Mint
b) Arranged for every unsold Tesla to be traded to chicken ranchers for eggs
c) Bought a red Tesla Model S Plaid for $80,000
5. Marc Jaisli, a member of the local council in Buchs, a town in Switzerland, was fined for buying something online. What did he purchase?
a) Pink water pistols from Chinese online retailer Temu as a gift for his godchildren. Authorities say the toys violate the country’s weapons law and fined him $7,390.
b) Every unsold Tesla
c) A monthly subscription for men’s Boxhero bamboo underwear
5. A zoo in Norfolk, VA, responded to social media rumors that a gorilla had escaped from its cage during a power outage by explaining that the zoo has no gorillas. What did they say prompted the rumors?
a) The zoo’s mascot, ZooSquatch – a man who goes for a daily run while wearing his furry costume.
b) The visiting Vice President J.D. Vance, who had forgotten to shave that day
c) Bigfoot. Really.