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Did you catch all the “talkers” in the news this week? Feeling pretty Seattle-savvy? Take our quiz to test your knowledge — and maybe pick up a few bits you might have missed. For May 2-8, 2014: Time limit: 0 Quiz-summary 0 of 6 questions completed Questions: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Information . You have already completed the quiz before. Hence you can not start it again. Quiz…

BIZ QUIZ: The 2008-09 recession is but a memory for booming Northwest companies. Amazon, Boeing and Microsoft were hiring. New products and new landlords emerged. Test your knowledge of how local companies fared in 2012. Take the quiz Your score:   Your ranking:   Compiled by Seattle Times business staff.

A Boeing 787 takes off from Boeing Field for a test flight with Mount Rainier visible in the background. (Photo by Mike Siegel / The Seattle Times)

BIZ QUIZ | 2011 separated the winners from the losers of the Great Recession. The bigs — Microsoft, Amazon.com, Starbucks — got bigger; a few more small community banks disappeared. Boeing delivered its long-delayed 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 cargo jet and sealed the tanker deal with the Pentagon. So take this test and see if you’re a winner. Good luck!