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Can You Ace This Week's Philly News Quiz?

Posted on July 19, 2024   |   Updated on September 30, 2025
Asha Prihar

Asha Prihar

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Try your hand at our end-of-week news game. (Master Wen/Unsplash)

How well have you been paying attention to Philly news this week? Try your hand at our five-question news quiz to find out. We'll give a shoutout in the Hey Philly newsletter next week to anyone who gets a perfect score!

⭐ Speaking of, shoutout to the 5/5 scorers on our last quiz: Tammy R., Brian M., Sabrina T., Mequan B., Leo V., Nikia L., and Tyler C. Thanks for playing!

Click the button below to try out this week's quiz — it'll only take you a minute and a half.

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