The New York Times introduced readers this week to a herd of Swiss cows that text their owner to let him know they're in heat. The cattle have sensors implanted in their genitals that alert the dairy farmer when it's calf-making time. I wish I had some kind of sensor implanted in your brain to grade your knowledge of this week's top headlines, but instead I'm afraid you're going to have to take this short quiz.
Question 1 of 12
Economists warn of a possible "fiscal cliff" triggered by the Dec. 31, 2012, expiration of what?
Question 2 of 12
What nation fired artillery weapons into Syria on Wednesday, the first time it's done so during the Syrian civil war?
The attack was in retaliation for cross-border shelling from Syria that killed five Turkish villagers.
Question 3 of 12
Last Friday, the Austin city council passed a symbolic vote making it the first city in its state to legalize what?
Question 4 of 12
Some media outlets this week pounced on whose controversial mention of a "quiet riot"?
Question 5 of 12
A new report Wednesday from the University of Wollongong found that more than one-half of what had vanished over the last 27 years?
Question 6 of 12
Who held up a poster of a cartoon bomb last week to illustrate the seriousness of the risk he was addressing?
Netanyahu drew a "red line" on his bomb placard to encourage a firmer policy on Iran's nuclear program.
Question 7 of 12
Who is Paolo Gabriele, who went on trial for theft on Tuesday?
Gabriele is accused of taking home a stack of the pontiff's private papers, containing allegations of corruption in the Vatican.
Question 8 of 12
What product was the subject of a 30-state government recall this week, though no deaths have yet been reported?
At least 30 reported cases of salmonella illness have been traced back to the New Mexico company that makes Trader Joe's peanut butter.
Question 9 of 12
A Florida woman named Ana Gloria Garcia Gutierrez turned herself in to police this week, claiming she didn't know she was breaking the law when she was photographed doing what?
Under the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act it's a second-degree misdemeanor to intentionally "molest, harass, or disturb" any members of this endangered species.
Question 10 of 12
A Michigan State University team analyzed mud and clay samples taken from under a suburban Detroit tool shed but found no traces in the soil of what?
A tipster had reported that the homeowner, a Detroit bookie with organized crime connections, had been pouring concrete in his backyard the night Hoffa disappeared.
Question 11 of 12
Boko Haram isn't a 1960s prog-rock band. It's the militant group suspected of links to the college hostel shootings Tuesday in what African country?
Procol Harum is known for songs like "A Whiter Shade of Pale." Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is a sin," has killed more than 1,000 people this year.
Question 12 of 12
What fictional character was mentioned in 17,000 tweets per minute during Wednesday's presidential debate, after Mitt Romney mentioned liking him?
Romney explained that, despite his love for Big Bird, he would seek to end the federal subsidy for PBS.
You got 8 out of 12 answers correct in 20 minutes 30 seconds.
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