News Quiz

By Ann Marie Bonardi, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Daren Fonda, Unmesh Kher, Benjamin Nugent, Michele Orecklin, Victoria Rainert and Josh Tyrangiel

1. Convicted killer Kenneth Kimes held a reporter hostage with:

a) A pen b) Scary Robert Downey Jr. stories c) A Chinese finger trap d) Gum, a hair clip and an old MacGyver video

2. Jorg Haider is:

a) Really not looking forward to trick-or-treating this year b) Choosing fabrics for the 2001 Jorg for Men collection c) The J. Edgar Hoover of Austria d) Trying anything to encourage trade with Japan

3. Shares of Home Depot fell owing to:

a) Poorly received "Thumbless Jim" mascot b) Ace Hardware's chocolate grout c) Price deflation in lumber d) Liability issues with Li'l Billy's Bath-tub Belt-sander

4. The ABC movie with Joan Collins, Elizabeth Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and Shirley MacLaine is titled:

a) Cover That Lens! b) These Old Broads c) Mickey Rooney's Red Shoe Diaries d) The Old and the Beautiful

5. Who said, "I also believe in the Golden Rule"?

a) Tinky Winky b) Big Bird c) Barney d) Al Gore during the second presidential debate

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