{"id":38662,"date":"2013-09-06T15:18:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T21:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/06\/how-much-news-do-you-know.html"},"modified":"2013-09-06T15:18:18","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T21:18:18","slug":"how-much-news-do-you-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/06\/how-much-news-do-you-know.html","title":{"rendered":"How Much News Do You Know?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Huh. \u00a0Managed to get 12 of 13 (blew it on a graph, sort of, and that was the question most commonly missed). \u00a0Not easy questions.<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Iy8KsK3jEOI1f8wkEqO2I6m-KJ_L-kyF5g0_-ryPjHBEbmpNN7sr7EpjjUUYdszoFHEKz5dzoZ6hRgh0KA8A6dOAHKkLHliY9D-rlR2ikIK4rzE84NnjYhyNxn65Afndp77E=w120-h120' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/pewrsr.ch\/UMJL5f'>The News IQ Quiz<\/a><br \/>\n                                                Test your knowledge of prominent people and major events in the news, by taking our latest 13-question quiz and see how you match up with the average American.\n                                            <\/p>\n<p class='gpb-links' style='clear:both;'> <a class='gpb-linkback' href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/GAgYreDGYF2' target='_new'>View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Huh. \u00a0Managed to get 12 of 13 (blew it on a graph, sort of, and that was the question most commonly missed). \u00a0Not easy questions. 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