# No $5,000 for the news quiz, but it might still be fun

> NPR's weekly news quiz pays nothing, but it tells you fast how closely you actually watched the week.
- Title: No $5,000 for the news quiz, but it might still be fun · NPR
- Summary: NPR's weekly news quiz pays nothing, but it tells you fast how closely you actually watched the week. There is no prize money. Play for the fun of testing…
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- Source: NPR — https://npr.org/2026/09/11/g-s1-142657/will-you-get-5-000-to-do-the-news-quiz-no-but-will-it-be-fun-maybe
- Published: 2026-09-11T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: news quiz, npr, trump, trivia, media ethics, news
## Five grand? Not happening
The quiz hands out no money at all. What you get is bragging rights and, if the week cooperated, a few laughs.

> Will you get $5,000 to do the news quiz? No. But will it be fun? Maybe
## Start with Trump's offer
One question hangs on a dubious offer the president made this week. If you already know which one, you have banked a point before you begin.

> This week, President Trump made a dubious offer.
## Play it in the page
Holly J. Morris runs this week's edition, and the quiz loads right in the story as an interactive chart. No signup, no app, just answers.
## TSA to Renoir to Uhura
The week's questions jump from air travel and TSA to the UN, a Renoir, the Smithsonian, Apple and Star Trek. Range is the whole game.
## NPR pays for nothing
The quiz comes with a standing reminder about how the newsroom works: money never buys a story or an interview, in either direction.

> NPR does not offer or accept money for coverage or interviews.
## If someone offers, it's fake
Anyone promising cash for coverage, or asking you for it, is not with NPR. That line sits under the quiz because people keep trying it.

> Anyone who makes such an offer or request is not an NPR employee and does not represent NPR.
## Key takeaway

There is no prize money. Play for the fun of testing the week, and treat any offer of cash for coverage as a fake.