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■ And we can’t close out the week without challenging you to a news quiz or two …
■ … beginning with this Independence Day weekend challenge from The Conversation’s quizmaster, past Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner Fritz Holznagel …
■ … on which your Square columnist scored a decent 7/8 correct.
■ Then try your hand at Justin Kaufmann’s Axios Chicago Fourth of July quiz …
■ … with just a middling 6/10 score here.
Dingus of the Week. Lyz Lenz’s pick: Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair.
■ Reminder from Sun-Times columnist Neil Steinberg: “The enemies of American freedom also had the upper hand on July 4, 1776. … Americans had five years of bloody battle ahead of them.”
Be here Monday for a fresh blast of news.