News Quiz

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Flora Tartakovsky and Josh Tyrangiel

1. In this picture, these men are

a) re-enacting a scene from Oz b) insisting the other go first c) testing the new Tickle Me Yasser d) imitating a wrestling match between the Iron Sheik and Goldberg

2. In 1988 George on CBS's Big Brother

a) was laughing at The Golden Girls b) was crying over Rain Man c) was dancing to Rick Astley's Never Gonna Give You Up d) shot and killed a man

3. Which of the following isn't true about NYC's new restaurant Alain Ducasse?

a) there's a $50 appetizer b) before opening, there was a 2,000-person waiting list c) the jalapeno poppers are a little greasy d) customers can choose among a dozen pens with which to sign their check

4. The launching of the Russian rocket last week was partly funded by

a) George Soros b) a Pizza Hut ad c) cosmonaut organ sales d) $20 that didn't come from the Russian mob

ANSWERS: 1-b, 2-d, 3-c, 4-b