Another Crazy News Quiz

(Continued from EdWorld At Home)

1. A young man saved a woman from drowning, then realized...
   1. It was his mean Aunt Dee and put her back in the water
   2. It was actually his aunt
   3. It was his mother trying to save his Aunt Dee
   4. It was a nurse who had saved his life years before
   
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2. A man received a message in a bottle. The most amazing thing was...
1. It arrived postage due.
2. It was a reply to his earlier message in a bottle.
3. It was junk mail.
4. It was a message he had sent out himself years before.

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3. A driver blamed a potato in an insurance claim. The potato allegedly...
   1. Took over the vehicle and drove recklessly for hours.
   2. Fell off a garbage truck and cracked the windshield.
   3. Got stuck under the brake pedal.
   4. Got stuck under the hood and caused a fire.
   
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4. A shark ended a swimming competition in Australia by ...
   1. Complaining to the authorities that the other competitors were using performance-enhancing drugs
   2. Winning before other swimmers had really got started
   3. Eating the timekeeper
   4. Just showing up.
   
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5. Vice President Dick Cheney shot someone ...
   1. ... and was quoted as shouting "One less Democrat!"
   2. ... to prove he could have been a combat veteran if he'd wanted to be.
   3. ... in a duck hunting accident.
   4. ... hoping to finally bag bin Laden.
   
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6. Librarians are upset by a new Librarian action figure because ...
   1. It just can't learn the Dewy Decimal System.
   2. They think the way it says "Shush!" makes it a stereotype.
   3. It won't shut up in the Library.
   4. It's better than they are at using the computer system.
   
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1. d. A young man saved a woman from drowning, then realize it was a nurse who had saved his life years before by giving him CPR after he was hit in the chest by a baseball bat.
   
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2. b. A man received a message in a bottle. The most amazing thing was it was a reply to his earlier message in a bottle. The reply was: Stop littering!
   
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3. c. A driver blamed a potato in an insurance claim. The potato allegedly got stuck under the brake pedal.
   
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4. d. A shark ended a swimming competition in Australia by just showing up. What do you think, they're going to keep swimming there?
   
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5. c. ... in a duck-hunting accident. Turns out the person wasn't a duck, but an attorney.
   
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6. b. Librarians are upset by a new Librarian action figure because they think the way it says "Shush!" makes it a stereotype. And the fuddy-duddy, dowdy looks of the little toy. They're lobbying to make it pumped up and costumed like Invisible Woman.

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02/13/2006