News Quiz

By Melissa August, Amanda Bower, Matthew Cooper, Steven Frank, Macabe Keliher, Ling Minhua, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Sora Song, Josh Tyrangiel

1. One of the most popular products at last week's Comdex computer show in Las Vegas was:

a) iSmell, which lets users send scented e-mail b) Kooscoo, the computer scooter c) Spalding Gray's Monologue Maker formatting software d) Hookers

2. Fidel Castro is worried that the man in the photo:

a) Will come back from the future and lead a rebel force against his terminator robots b) Might not know how much he loves Indiana basketball c) Masterminded an assassination plot against him

3. Bill Clinton paid a groundbreaking visit to Vietnam to:

a) Fulfill his draft order b) Heal the wounds of the Vietnam War c) Get in on the Pho craze d) Avoid Gore's incessant "But I won the popular vote!" whining

4. A screeching band of monkeys is terrorizing India in search of:

a) Cigarette smokers--so they can slap them and steal their smokes b) The terrible bandit Veerappan c) Fulfillment d) The best monkey strip clubs from Bali to Bhopal

5. Talk-show host Rosie O'Donnell will launch a women's magazine called:

a) Rosie's McCall's b) Rosie's Ruth's Chris Magazine c) Unarmed Soldier of Fortune d) Koosh Fancy

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