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Test Your Knowledge: May 9, 2025

10 questions on the week's reporting, from the edition of May 9, 2025. Answer one and you get the explanation, plus a link to the article that covers it.

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10 questions · about 3 minutes
01

Who was the third president of the United States?

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Thomas Jefferson. Read: Thomas Jefferson: The Author of Independence

02

What is the name of the AI software that the police are using at the US-Mexico border to create fake online personas to gather evidence against criminals?

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Overwatch. Read: Overwatch – AI Goes Undercover for Cops Online

03

The government agency NSC is responsible for:

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National Security. Read: What is the National Security Council?

04

What land, purchased by the US in 1803 for $15 million, stretched between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to present-day Canada?

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The Louisiana Territory. Read: Thomas Jefferson: The Author of Independence

05

Under Harry S. Truman, the NSC was established in:

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1947. Read: What is the National Security Council?

06

Thomas Jefferson and his best friend John Adams – who had also served as US president – both died on:

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Independence Day. Read: Thomas Jefferson: The Author of Independence

07

Scientists at the University of Cambridge found two ancient stories about King Arthur on parchment that were being used as:

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A Book Cover. Read: Ancient King Arthur Stories Found Hiding in Plain Sight

08

Under Dwight D. Eisenhower and many other presidents, the National Security Advisor works as a special assistant to:

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The President. Read: What is the National Security Council?

09

What is the name of the AI bot disguised as a 25-year-old woman from Dearborn, Michigan, whose parents migrated from Yemen?

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Honeypot. Read: Overwatch – AI Goes Undercover for Cops Online

10

The rediscovered stories about King Arthur and Merlin were determined to have been written by hand between the years:

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1275 and 1315. Read: Ancient King Arthur Stories Found Hiding in Plain Sight

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