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Welcome to Slate’s weekly news quiz. It’s Friday, which means it’s time to test your knowledge of the week’s news events. Your host, Ray Hamel, has concocted questions on news topics ranging from politics to business, from culture to sports to science. At the end of the quiz, you’ll be able to compare your score with that of the average contestant, as well as that of a Slatester who has agreed to take the quiz on the record. This week’s contestant is staff writer Henry Grabar.
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The original 86 area codes were launched in 1947. The proliferation of individual phones has led to the need for more. Bucking expansion are New Hampshire, which passed a bill in March preserving its 603 code, and South Dakota, where June 5 is celebrated as 605 Day. See if you can crack the code to this week’s Slate News Quiz.
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