Monday, Sep. 18, 2000
News Quiz
By Melissa August, Matthew Cooper, Rachel Dry, Silvia Feist, Lina Lofaro, Ellin Martens, Jodie Morse, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Eric Roston and Josh Tyrangiel
1. What Dubya remark prompted Dick Cheney to say "Big time!":
a) "Is 'sliding in the polls' bad?" b) "Favorite Peter Gabriel song?" c) That reporter Adam Clymer is a "major league a____hole"
2. In this picture, Vladimir Putin is:
a) Getting his butt kicked by a 10-year-old girl b) Super, super embarrassed c) Being reprimanded for his handling of the Kursk submarine disaster
3. Last week the newspaper the Orlando Sentinel got rid of:
a) Cooking Lite columnist Al Roker b) Rex Morgan, M.D. c) Its Tomorrowland bureau chief d) The the from its title
4. Druglords were found building what in the Colombian mountains?
a) A statue of Robert Downey Jr. b) A submarine to smuggle drugs c) Old-age homes d) Bonds with each other
5. Researchers discovered the Anasazi tribe may have been:
a) The first rappers b) Yearning to be free c) Deke brothers d) Cannibals
ANSWERS: 1-c, 2-a, 3-d, 4-b, 5-d