By Randy Cohen
“They don’t want to hear about fear and apocalypse. They want a vision of something more positive, but still more realistic.” Who does?
by noon ET Wednesday to e-mail your answer (NewsQuiz@slate.com).
Responses to Monday’s question (No. 47)–“Mini-Menace”:
Fill in the blank in this recent New York Times headline–
“A Pentagon Report Now Belittles the Menace Posed by _______.”
“Unfounded rumors of India’s supposed ‘nuclear program.’ “–Ken Novak
“Pentagon Reports.”–Daniel Radosh (Mark Nielsen had a similar answer.)
“Dennis. Report confirmed by Mr. Wilson. Also confirmed by Mr. Blair and Mr. Heath.”–Meg Wolitzer (similarly, Nancy Franklin, Patty Marx, Dan Simon, Matthew Singer, Seth Stevenson, and Todd Kaderabek)
“Johnny Reb. $30 million study concludes Civil War effectively ‘over.’ “–Brian Danenberg
“The Appropriations Committee.”–Ben Uri (similarly, Chris Thomas)
“Either Godzilla or a giant asteroid. It’s just a movie, folks.”–Louis Rice
“Those goddamn kids playing on my lawn.”–Floyd Elliot
“A Viagra-crazed Monica ‘My Giant’ Lewinsky.”–Chris Kelly (similarly, Fritz Strohmeyer)
“Cuba. ‘We’d thought it was a large, wealthy, industrially advanced country populated by a race of superbeings impervious to our weapons. Sorry.’ “–Steven L. Smith
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Randy’s Wrap-Up
As many of you know, you have nothing to fear from Cuba. Some more appropriate sources of fear: Indian nuclear testing; Indian kidney thieves; being on the Staten Island Ferry with all the current special prosecutors, who suddenly dash to the same side of the boat to get a glimpse of the Statue of Liberty, swamp the ferry, and send you to a watery grave; Roseanne’s new talk show; shirtless comparison photos of the Bush brothers and the Kennedy cousins; joy-riding jet jockeys over the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland; plummeting chunks of Abe Rosenthal’s prose. Buckle up.
Pearl of the Antilles Answer
Cuba.
Leftovers
“You say something about yourself by not drinking Coke or Pepsi.”–Gary Keimach, vice president, Venture Beverage
“This is not about frustration, anger, exasperation. This is about persistence.”–Mike McCurry, White House spokesman
“I think we’re in a clash of ideologies right now. That’s what this is really all about.”–Jim Jannard, founder, Oakley Inc., sunglasses manufacturer
“I certainly never thought they would pay this kind of money.”–Larry King, sunglasses wearer
Box Score
hack references over the last five quizzes
Viagra —————– 12
Monica Lewinsky —— 8
My Giant ————– 5
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