Post Quizzes | Know Your News: A super-size quiz

Does turkey really make you sleepy?; Voters, runners and lovers;     A super-size news quiz By The Washington Post 1 This week, these two companies announced their plans to fight fake news: Facebook and Twitter. Reddit and Instagram. Facebook and Google. CNN and Fox News. 2 Which foreign leader was the first to meet with President-elect Donald Trump after the election?  Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. 3 Oxford Dictionaries's 2016 international word of the year is: “Brexit.” “Brexiter.” “Woke.” “Post-truth.” ADVERTISEMENT   Does turkey really make you sleepy? KidsPost 1 Katherine Frey/The Washington Post The feast traditionally considered the "first Thanksgiving" was held by a group of Pilgrim settlers and Wampanoag Indians in Plymouth, Massachusetts. When was that feast held? 1492 1607 1621 1776 2 Jennifer Chase/For The Washington Post True or false: You feel so tired after eating turkey at Thanksgiving because turkey contains a lot of tryptophan (TRIP-TOE-FAN), a molecule that makes you drowsy. True False 3 Evan Vucci/AP By tradition, the president "pardons" at least one turkey meant for Thanksgiving dinner at the White House. Who is considered the first president to have spared a turkey meant for a holiday feast? Barack Obama Abraham Lincoln Franklin D. Roosevelt George H.W. Bush Voters, runners and lovers By The Washington Post 1 (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Which item is not true about the Trumps' visit to the White House: President-elect Donald Trump and President Obama met for about 15 minutes. Trump called Obama “a very good man.” The two men met in the Oval Office. Melania Trump and Michelle Obama met separately. 2 (Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images) This state was among several that approved recreational-marijuana initiatives Tuesday night: Kansas. Massachusetts. Florida. Arizona. 3 Why was Cushing, Okla., the “Pipeline Crossroads of the World,” in the news?  Major oil companies met there. The Oklahoma State Fair just began there. A major drug bust occurred there. An earthquake hit near there. ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Recipes Weekly recipes and more from our Food team. Sign Up »         Share Post Quizzes:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Quizzes. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071