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Quiz: Politics ’08

Round 6 at the Old Pequliar on Jan. 6, 2009
Average score:

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: International News 2008

Round 1 at the Old Pequliar on Jan. 6, 2009
Average score: 7.24/10 (21 teams)

The first quiz of 2009 was entirely devoted to stuff that happened in 2008.

1) Come this January 20th, who’s going to be living at 10141 Daria Place, Dallas, TX?
2) As of February, whose only remaining title is First Secretary of the Communist Party of his country?
3) A factory girl working on a Chinese assembly line had her smile splashed ’round the Internet when a British man discovered 3 photos of her the first time he turned on what device?
4) Scientists at UC Berkeley announced that they’d invented what Harry Potter-esque article of clothing?
5) In February, Kosovo declared its independence from what country?
6) What country currently has troops scheduled in Abkhazia and South Ossetia?
7) When Pope Benedict XVI visited the US in April, representatives of what religion were invited for the first time to an ecumenical prayer service with the pope?
8) In March, Chloe Marshall became the first of what kind of model to make the finals to the Miss England contest?
9) China won more Gold medals than any other Asian nation at the 2008 Olympics. Which Asian nation came in second, including Golds in men’s and women’s archery, men’s taekwando, and men’s baseball?
10) In September, the view from Little Diomede island became famous because of what unusual characteristic?

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