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Last Sunday, the Daily Mail reported the strange case of Todd Bentley, a Florida revivalist preacher causing controversy in the United Kingdom because of the way he heals his followers: He kicks them in the head. If you're looking for a more pleasant kick in the head, allow me to recommend the latest Slate Quiz, a challenging but invigorating look back at the events of last week.

Question 1 of 12

Whom did Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus repeatedly call a "dirty liar" this week?

Reid claims that Romney went 10 years without paying taxes.

Question 2 of 12

Rio Olympic organizers say they have a plan in place to avoid a repeat of the London "fiasco" that involved 12,000 of what during the first weekend alone?

Question 3 of 12

Last Saturday, 1,000 people gathered in Goshen, Conn., to watch "Yellow Medicine Dancing Boy" be named. What is Yellow Medicine Dancing Boy?

The birth of a white bison, considered sacred to many Native Americans, is a one-in-a-million event.

Question 4 of 12

Which of these incidents of violence was perpetrated by a gunman with no previous police record?

Jared Loughner and Wade Page both had lengthy arrest sheets, but James Holmes, the Aurora, Colo., shooter, had nothing but a traffic ticket on his record.

Question 5 of 12

The absent-minded Alexander Dubach was reunited this week with what possession, which he had accidentally left on a Swiss commuter train last Friday?

A fellow commuter picked up the violin, worth millions of dollars, and returned it on Sunday after seeing a police notice.

Question 6 of 12

Tens of thousands of residents have evacuated Manila this week, because half the city is experiencing what?

The seasonal monsoon has brought typhoons, overflowing dams in many provinces of the Philippines.

Question 7 of 12

Bob Dylan has revealed that the centerpiece of his upcoming album Tempest is what unlikely number?

Question 8 of 12

Riad Hijab made headlines by defecting on Monday. Who was Hijab?

Question 9 of 12

Who spent 19 minutes listening to "heartbeat tones" this week?

Mission updates repeatedly mentioned the "heartbeat tones," automated updates beamed back to Earth as the craft landed.

Question 10 of 12

Researchers at Cornell have, for the first time, been able to accurately determine subjects' sexual orientation just by observing what?

The researchers found that people's pupils tend to dilate when they are looking at people they find attractive.

Question 11 of 12

A new study of retirement this week revealed that more than 46 percent of Americans die in what unfortunate condition?

Question 12 of 12

Blogger Micah Sifry made news Wednesday by noting that Ohio Sen. Rob Portman leads the contest for the Republican vice-presidential nomination when it comes to what unusual metric?

The Wikipedia pages of VP picks are often tweaked in advance by campaigns. After a Stephen Colbert segment about the practice, Wikipedia locked some rumored candidates' pages, including Portman's.

You got 8 out of 12 answers correct in 20 minutes 30 seconds.

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