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Quiz: Politics ’08

6-February-09 / James Callan

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Jan. 6, 2009
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1) In August, Obama denied having an “e-mail relationship” with what famous young attractive supporter?

2) What name completes this quartet: Sidney, Louise, Robinette, and what?

3) The Republican National Convention got started a day late because of what natural disaster?

4) After Prop. 8 passed, what prominent official encouraged gay marriage advocates to “never give up. They should be on it and on it until they get it done”?

5) She didn’t buy the $250 cookie recipe, but what department store was nonetheless the biggest recipient of Sarah Palin’s wardrobe shopping spree?

6) What financial services company was not too big to fail, declaring bankruptcy the same day John McCain declared that the “fundamentals of our economy are strong”?

7) John McCain said “I’ll have my staff get to you” when Politico asked him about what?

8) Early in December, Barack Obama caused a minor kerfuffle when he was spotted using what device during his cardio workout?

9) “There’s a place in Hell reserved for women who don’t support other women,” said Sarah Palin, sharing a Madeline Albright quote that she’d recently discovered where?

10) What esteemed fake president did Paris Hilton consult for advice on her campaign for the fake presidency?

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Quiz: Seattle 2008

18-January-09 / James Callan

Round 2 at the Old Pequliar on Jan. 6, 2009
Average score: 7.67/10 (21 teams)

1) Thanks to a corrupted computer file, Pyro Spectaculars had to manually do what?
2) Who declared on Western Washington billboards that “four dollars is dumb” and “large is the new grande”?
3) What local sports franchise was defeated in round 1 of the Northwest Knockdown championships by a team from Chicago?
4) In January, local women Anne Levinson, Lisa Brummel, Ginny Gilder, and Dawn Trudeau banded together to buy what?
5) After Bill Gates mostly retired from Microsoft, he appeared in a TV commercial shopping for shoes with what ’90s celebrity?
6) What were Barons, Bison, Energy, Marshalls, and Wind?
7) Two Seattle-based Fortune 500 companies were acquired by other companies last year. Name the two companies, for a half point each.
8) A Rainier Beach resident died after being punched in the face during an argument that started because he was tending a garden he’d planted where?
9) Local resident Casey Knowles made news when footage of her sleeping turned up in a commercial for what?
10) Which presidential candidate won February’s Washington Republican caucus?

Quiz: Current Events (Oct. 1-7, 2008)

15-October-08 / James Callan

Round 1 at the Old Pequliar on Oct. 7, 2008

1) Last week, the third grade class at Gladys Wood Elementary school could earn extra credit by doing what?
2) Yoichiro Nambu, Makoto Kobayashi, and Toshihide Maskawa were just awarded the Nobel Prize in what category?
3) Last week, the McCain campaign pulled out of what midwest state, basically conceding its 17 electoral votes to Obama?
4) What two financial service companies are currently battling to take over Wachovia? (half point each)
5) What happened in Vegas led to charges of armed robbery, assault, and kidnapping, which may mean life behind bars for what now-convicted criminal?
6) Bill Ayres, Barack Obama’s terrorist pal, cofounded the radical left wing group the Weathermen. What Bob Dylan song gave the group its name?
7) Apple’s stock price fell 10% on Friday after a “citizen journalist” claimed who had suffered a severe heart attack?
8) Nickelsville, currently located in Discovery Park, has until Wednesday to move to a new location. What is Nickelsville?
9) Last Friday, about 50 women tried out for the Seattle Mist, an expansion team in what sports league?
10) You can no longer get a fish pedicure in Washington State because the Department of Licensing doesn’t believe you can properly do what to a live fish?

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