Los Angeles Times News Quiz this week: LeBron gets a Ken doll, golf gets a Grand Slam
Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz where the headlines of the last seven days live again each Friday in the form of 10 handcrafted, California-leaning, multiple-choice questions designed to inform, educate and enlighten.
This week we're taking a look at stories about the sixth man ever to earn golf's career Grand Slam, a wolf that may be back from extinction, Mattel's recently revealed LeBron James Ken doll, 'Saturday Night Live's' parody of HBO's 'The White Lotus,' the politician who popped up at Coachella, the famous Amanda hitting this year's Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, the Lakers' first-round playoff opponents, Disneyland's mysterious and exclusive private club and more.
Have you kept abreast of the week's headlines? If you answered yes to that question, you should do swimmingly on the ones that follow. Are you ready to have some fun? I am. Let's get started.
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