News Quiz

By Ann Marie Bonardi, Val Castronovo, Daniel S. Levy, Ling Minhua, Benjamin Nugent, Julie Rawe, Sora Song, Josh Tyrangiel

1. The New York Seneca Indian Nation's election is notable because:

a) Voters get rating points redeemable for prime rib b) Candidates are allowed to buy votes c) Bush and Gore are listed jointly as "White Dudes" d) Prop 214: Retake Manhattan

2. Houston Rockets' guard Moochie Norris:

a) Is the super-secret location of Survivor II b) Recently saw nude photos of Tim Russert c) Is 6'7" with the Afro, 6'1" without d) Can't get enough of Merck's tasty Propecia shakes

3. Experts believe that to flourish long term, a high-tech business district needs:

a) A dork to non-dork ratio of 2.7 to 1 b) To eradicate local public schools c) To import women who like shy, balding men d) A large gay population

4. The Chinese govt. deputized 6 million people to:

a) Look for Jiang Zemin's reading glasses b) Conduct a national census c) Deputize 6 million more people, and so on... d) Find and kill Howie Long and Teri Hatcher

5. In a bizarre irony, world leader:

a) Muammar Gaddafi revealed his Quaker ancestry b) Gerhard Schroeder put out the eternal flame at Israel's Yad Vashem c) Vicente Fox is kind of foxy

ANSWERS: 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-b, 5-b