How closely have you followed Princetonians in the news in the last 12 months? Test your recall with our annual quiz.

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1. Jan. 23: From The Washington Post, “Senate Confirms ___________ for Fed Chair, Handing Trump’s Pick Enormous Influence Over the Economy.”

A. John Taylor ’68

B. Jerome Powell ’75


2. Feb. 21: From The New Yorker, “______________ and Ronan Farrow of The New Yorker Win George Polk Awards.”

A. John Seabrook ’81

B. Ben Taub ’14


3. March 27: From NJ.com, “Meet The Woman Who Will Now Lead 7.4K N.J. College Students,” this incoming president of The College of New Jersey.

A. Kathryn Foster *93

B. Carmen Twillie Ambar *94


4. April 12: From The Washington Post: Thirty years after it was stolen from the home of Ernest “Pick” Heller ’22 and his wife, Rose, “Othello & Desdemona,” a painting by this artist, was recovered by the FBI.

A. Marc Chagall

B. Henri Matisse


5. May 23: From CNN Money, “Revlon Names First Female CEO in Its 86-year History” — this alumna.

A. Andrea Jung ’79

B. Debra Perelman ’96


6. June 9: From The New York Times: “Simply Perfect.” Justify received the headlines (justifiably) when he won horse-racing’s Triple Crown; these alumni part-owners were happy to cheer him on at the Belmont Stakes.

A. Bo Nixon ’50 and Ted Nixon ’74

B. Carl Icahn ’57 and Brett Icahn ’01


7. July 31: From USA Today at the start of Paul Manafort’s Federal corruption trial in Virginia, “Judge ___________ Known as Taskmaster, Unafraid to Speak his Mind.”

A. T.S. Ellis III ’61

B. Denny Chin ’75


8. Aug. 6: From India West: “‘Manipulating Numbers Makes Me Feel Happy’, Says ___________ Upon Winning Fields Medal, Mathematics Highest Honor.”

A. Manjul Bhargava *01

B. Akshay Venkatesh *02


9. Sept. 19: From The New York Times, this “influential American architect and theorist whose buildings and best-selling books helped inspire the movement known as postmodernism” died at age 93.

A. Robert Venturi ’47 *50

B. Hugh Hardy ’54 *56


10. Oct. 3: From the Los Angeles Times, this Caltech scientist was among three awarded Nobel Prize in chemistry for sparking “a revolution in evolution.”

A. Frances Arnold ’79

B. Elaine Fuchs *77


11. Nov. 29: From CNN Philippines, shortly after receiving an international press-freedom award from the Committee to Protect Journalists, this reporter and publisher was charged with tax evasion by the government of President Rodrigo Duterte.

A. Kira Kay *03

B. Maria Ressa ’86


12. Dec. 8: From NPR, “Meet __________, Trump’s Pick For Joint Chiefs Chairman.”

A. Gen. Mark Milley ’80

B. Lt. Gen. Christopher Cavoli ’87


ANSWERS: 1. B; 2. B; 3. A; 4. A; 5. B; 6. A; 7. A; 8. B; 9. A; 10. A; 11. B; 12. A.