News Quiz

By Melissa August, Jeff Chu, Rachel Dry, Kathleen Earley, Michael Fitzgerald, Ellin Martens, Julie Rawe, Ursula Sautter, Josh Tyrangiel and Amelia Weiss

1. McDonald's is taking steps to ensure that their chickens:

a) taste McChickenier b) read at a fourth-grade level c) are better cared for to reduce diseases in their eggs d) learn to operate the register

2. This chimp is excited because:

a) He inherited $60,000 from a Danish widow b) He edged out Robin Williams in the Hairiest Primate Alive competition c) Eastwood committed to Every Which Way but Loose 3: Still Loose d) Heston got his

3. A riot erupted at The Source Hip Hop Awards because:

a) Mobb Deep thought the crudites were over blanched b) The audience rushed the stage c) Bette Midler refused her lifetime-achievement award d) Bone Thugs-N-Harmony: lotta thug, not much harmony

4. Saddam Hussein won't admit a U.N. arms-inspection team because:

a) The Libyans were just over and the place is a mess b) They didn't even bring a gift last time c) This whole summer it's been visit, visit, visit d) He claims the inspectors are spies

5. Manzie Tio is:

a) a bargain at $160 prix fixe b) One part Cointreau, 18 parts Malibu c) The newest adopted child of Woody Allen and Soon-Yi Previn d) Paraguay's best hope for a medal

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