News Quiz

By Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Steven Frank, Ling Minhua, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Sora Song and Josh Tyrangiel

1. In his first public appearance since losing the Yugoslav election, Slobodan Milosevic:

a) Told Oprah he has got used to life on his ranch b) Gave Charlie's Angels "Four Homicidal Stars" c) Claimed "paid Western spies" caused his ouster

2. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is:

a) An underdog in the International Big Hat, Scruffy Beard finals b) Encouraging Russia to enter the peace process by any means necessary c) Happy this photo is cropped

3. The film industry is mulling a new R rating that would alert consumers to:

a) Bring the kids! b) Saccharin level of Robin Williams films c) The difference between gory movies and art films d) The approximate length of Charlize Theron's inevitable nude scene

4. Watergate reporter Bob Woodward's new book is titled:

a) All the Presidents Are Mental b) Duh, Deep Throat Was Dudley Moore c) Maestro: Greenspan's Fed & the American Boom d) Bernstein and Garfunkel

5. What recently opened in Beijing's Forbidden City, near the Palace of Heavenly Purity?

a) A Starbucks b) Zhou Enlai's Forbidden City Broadway c) The Palace of Hellish Carnality d) Showgirls

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