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No. 291: "Ocelots"

Researchers in Dallas tried ocelot scent and rat feces but neither worked as well as Calvin Klein Obsession for Men. What were they trying to do?

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Monday's Question (No. 290)--"Fighting Crime ... With Science!":

According to the Cambridge, Mass., Police Department, the list includes Mexican-Americans, Pakistanis, Indians, and Cajuns. List of what?

"Those who are looking to 'whup Don Rickles' ass' after his last-minute substitution for the Indigo Girls at Lilith Fair."--Tim Carvell

"Little brown people who dance around naked in your face, while ranting like imbeciles, just to get you to shoot a squirt of pepper spray at them. Because, you know, they eat it for breakfast. Or is that Tom Green I just described?"--Molly Shearer Gabel

"People who cannot be subdued with pepper spray alone, but require repeated, severe beatings. Lamar Alexander is also on this list."--Charles Star

" 'Native speakers of an Indo-European language. Some forget the large number of Dravidian language speakers in India. Grade: B-.' Signed, 'Prof. Chomsky.' "--Matthew Singer

"Minorities to be cruelly caricatured in Star Wars: Episode II."--Ted Barlow

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Chris Kelly writes for Politically Incorrect With Bill Maher. Regular "News Quiz" host Randy Cohen will return on Aug. 30.