Post Quizzes | Know Your News: News quiz: The Texas tragedy, political bickering and a ruling on pets

Are you qualified to tweet about presidential history?; The eclipse and other monumental moments;     News quiz: The Texas tragedy, political bickering and a ruling on pets By The Washington Post 1 Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas last Friday as a: Tropical storm. Category 2 storm. Category 4 storm. Category 5 storm. 2 The ballistic missile that North Korea fired Tuesday morning flew over: A South Korean island. A Japanese island. A Russian island. A Chinese island. 3 The newly restored "1033 Program" allows the Pentagon to transfer surplus equipment to: Syrian rebel groups. Local law enforcement agencies. Private security contractors. Mexican state and federal police. ADVERTISEMENT   Are you qualified to tweet about presidential history? Philip Bump 1 Who was president of the United States during Hurricane Katrina? George H. W. Bush Barack Obama George W. Bush Bill Clinton 2 Who was president during the Civil War? Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson Barack Obama Rutherford Hayes 3 Who was president at the time of the Challenger explosion? Barack Obama Jimmy Carter Lyndon Johnson Ronald Reagan The eclipse and other monumental moments By The Washington Post 1 Which one of the following is not true? On Friday, President Trump:  Pardoned Joe Arpaio, a controversial former Arizona sheriff. Signed a directive concerning transgender service members. Nominated a new Federal Reserve chairman.  Signed a disaster proclamation for Texas. 2 The next total solar eclipse visible in the United States will occur in: 2018. 2020. 2024. 2030. 3 The USS John S. McCain collided with: A fishing boat.  An Indonesian navy vessel.  An emergency towing vessel. An oil tanker. ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   The Energy 202 Your daily guide to the energy and environment debate. 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. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071