HOME /  News Quiz : 

No. 303: "Decline and Fall"

"That was a miserable year, when I watched a great man, a man I love more than life--you know, one of the really fundamentally solid, decent people--go from 92 to 38 in a very quick period of time." Who watched whom go from 92 to 38 what?

27000_27105_newquiz_egraphic
Advertisement

Send your answer by noon ET Wednesday to newsquiz@slate.com.

Monday's Question (No. 302)--"It's Back":

"It's back, and we used it this summer. But they don't want us to use it too much. It's not going to be a big deal." Who said this about what?

"Doctors at Kaiser Permanente talking about the hospital's heart-lung machine."--Jon Greenberg

"The Indonesian military on ethnic cleansing."--Kenton A. Hoover

"The president; speaking about use of the Delta Force to combat oddball religious groups and political dissenters who have it coming."--Chris Thomas

"The promotion director of Sony's music division; about Jennifer Lopez's butt."--Francis Heaney

"It was the caption for last Tuesday's Family Circus, where Dolly is showing Jeffy the family crack pipe."--Noah Meyerson

Click for more answers.

SINGLE PAGE
Page: 1 | 2 | 3
MYSLATE
MySlate is a new tool that you track your favorite parts Slate. You can follow authors and sections, track comment threads you're interested in, and more.

Randy Cohen used to write Slate's "News Quiz." His most recent book—oh, like you don't know.