No. 314: "A Chaucer, Not an Echo"
Fill in the blank as David Mixner, a gay rights advocate, praises President Clinton at a black-tie fund-raising dinner in Los Angeles: "Ever since 'The Canterbury Tales'--strange crew that was--people have been judged by their ____________. And we picked a good one in 1992."
Send your answer by noon ET Tuesday to newsquiz@slate.com.
Thursday's Question (No. 313)--"What's That Smell?":
It was caused by "a poisonous mix of greed, liquor, jingoism and bad taste," writes Frank Hannigan, the group's former executive director. What group; what happened?
"Was Jakob the Liar really that bad?"--Peter Carlin
"Those Buchanan family reunions are getting a little out of hand."--Andrew Staples (David Salzman had a similar answer.)
"The failure of the attempted merger between Revlon and China."--Greg Diamond
"The Jedediah Purdy for President committee was heckling Gary Bauer on the 17th green of the Ryder Cup."--Scott Pollino
"Is it Simhat Torah again already?"--Daniel Radosh
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