March 13, 2025Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Trump warns colleges, 5 years of COVID-19, and March Madness home teamsby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Gov. Shapiro on MAX, a snowiest city competition, Trump’s warning to Pennsylvania colleges, and COVID-19 five years later.
March 6, 2025Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: 1st 2025 measles case, Shapiro’s plane rides, and a huge goldfishby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Congressmember skips Trump’s address, university faculty union formation, and Pa.’s spirit sales.
Feb. 27, 2025Georgianna Sutherland / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Canceled coins, Penn State cost cutting, and Eagles political footballby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A big Penn State announcement, the Eagles’ White House plans, 2022 election redux, and $2.1 billion in federal aid unfrozen.
Feb. 20, 2025Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Nurse strike, a proposed Pa. “DOGE,” and Shapiro’s sports commentary eraby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Pushback on federal budget plan, municipal election process kicks off, and what’s up with Philly’s favorite retired ocean liner.
Feb. 13, 2025Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: Home from foreign prison, bird flu cases, and a new state GOP chairby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A health system makes a masking announcement, the current state of bird flu, and Philly prepares for a big parade.
Feb. 6, 2025Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: Shapiro’s budget plan, tragic plane crash, and a new DNC vice chairby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Shapiro pitches an underground state park, the Game Commission limits access at a wildlife preserve, and a Philly suburb gets a Grammys mention.
Jan. 30, 2025Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Water closes a flood museum, a big grocer's first union, and stopping the pressesby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Pennsylvania delivers an upscale grocer’s first union, a student newspaper goes dark, and an almost-famous groundhog.
Jan. 23, 2025Matt Smith / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Trump in office, American app clash, and Eagles Super Bowl oddsby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Return of the Trump Era, Super Bowl or bust, why the flags are at half-staff, and a national food dye ban.
Jan. 16, 2025Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: Biden exits, the Sixers throw a 'curveball,' and Shapiro's golden ticketsby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A last-ditch push for a presidential pardon, a Sixers arena saga, and the Hamptons of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 9, 2025John Fetterman during his time as Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor.Great PA News Quiz: heavy metal RICO, Fetterman on Fox, the Laken Riley Act, and state House speakerby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: U.S. Steel’s RICO complaint against a rival, Pennsylvania’s speaker of the House, Fetterman’s ‘Louisiana Purchase,’ and the Laken Riley Act.
Jan. 2, 2025Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: ‘Wrongfully detained,’ the fight for $15, and Shapiro’s power grid complaintby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Legislative inactivity, minimum wage debates, Penn Paper’s new label, and Trump’s margin of victory.
Dec. 19, 2024Georgianna Sutherland / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Controversial pardon, state forest lawsuit, and Capitol Christmas treeby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: How Shapiro paid for his Eagles-Steelers ticket, (some) birds return to the Pennsylvania Farm Show, and electors cast their votes.
Dec. 12, 2024DeeBee CooperGreat PA News Quiz: Luigi Mangione’s arrest, Hershey takeover talk, and Biden’s national monumentby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A manhunt ends in Pennsylvania, Hershey rebuffs a takeover bid, Biden’s new national monument, and eyes on the 2026 governor’s race.
Dec. 5, 2024Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: New role for Lt. Gov. Davis, politician pay bump, and Farm Show milkshakesby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Court ruling on preemption, missing money in Centre County, and Shapiro activates the National Guard.
Nov. 28, 2024Georgianna Sutherland / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Shapiro cabinet official resigns, law school consolidation, and deer seasonby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: The status of the Senate recount, grad student unionization, and a beloved Pennsylvania pie.
Nov. 21, 2024Matt Smith / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: $9M in tax credits, mail ballot ruling, and DOJ lawsuitby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A state Supreme Court ruling, a new automobile law, and SEPTA supporters’ calls for the governor to "flex" funding.
Nov. 14, 2024Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Election audits, pricey House race, new Amtrak routeby Asha Prihar of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: City treasury theft, state park additions, and property tax controversy.
Nov. 7, 2024Jared Wickerham / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Election results, swing states, and a drought watchby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Life in a swing state, Republican sweeps, home rule voters, and technical difficulties.
Oct. 31, 2024Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Are you ready for this election?by Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: polling times, ballot options, ID checks, the electoral college, and more.
Oct. 24, 2024Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: What all those political ads cost, Musk’s lottery, and at the drive-thruby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: The price of a swing state ad blitz, U.S. Senate rating shift, part-time police, and college conflict.
Oct. 17, 2024Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Dead-end dealmaking, northern lights, and Trump’s town hall musicalby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A funding deal hits a Senate snag, northern lights source, and Trump’s town hall musical.
Oct. 10, 2024Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Election boulders, Trump in Butler, and Shapiro’s cabinet member controversyby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Election protection, Trump returns to Butler with a billionaire, and a Shapiro cabinet member is being threatened with jail by the state Senate.
Oct. 3, 2024Matt Smith / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Mail-ballot sticking points, Vance's chain fail, and Shapiro's non-endorsementby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Dockworkers on strike, elections everywhere all at once, J.D. Vance surprises a sandwich shop, and Gov. Josh Shapiro’s non-endorsement.
Sept. 26, 2024Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: Arming Ukraine, nuclear deal, and election issuesby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Presidential polling, a Three Mile Island revival, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visit, and a student publication removed from newsstands.
Sept. 19, 2024Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: Pop star politics, new liquor law, and rich in outer spaceby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A big 2024 endorsement, rich in outer space, a liquor law update, and planning Election Day.
Sept. 12, 2024Amanda Berg / For Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: A nuclear revival, the presidential debate, and a cameral questionby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Up for debate, a college class-action settlement, legislative limits, and “bad things happen.”
Sept. 5, 2024The White HouseGreat PA News Quiz: ‘Counterfeit’ endorsement, steel deal skeptics, and poaching the 76ersby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: A “no” on Nippon, “counterfeit” political ads, coveting thy neighbor’s NBA team, and a big ballot ruling.
Aug. 29, 2024White House photo by Cameron SmithGreat PA News Quiz: Singled out by Project 2025, landing Biden’s library, and a debate disputeby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Project 2025, Little League World Series champs, a presidential debate dispute, and an early exit from the race for the White House.
Aug. 22, 2024Commonwealth Media ServicesGreat PA News Quiz: MIA at the DNC, presidential insecurity, and J.D. Vance gets a cheesesteakby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Pennsylvania goes to the DNC, serious security lapses, presidential debate prep, and “insulting” cheese.
Aug. 15, 2024Sarah Anne Hughes / Spotlight PAGreat PA News Quiz: Storm damage, ballot access, local taxes, and world seriesby Colin Deppen of Spotlight PAIn this week’s news quiz: Storm remnants, 2024 challenges, a shrinking state surplus, and “live from South Williamsport, it’s the Little League World Series.”
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