No. 422: "We Three … Kings?"
"Vioxx is doing well," said expert analyst Jack Lafferty. And the cognoscenti agree that Vioxx, along with Zocor and Propecia, are primarily responsible for the magnificent triumph. Of what?
Send your answer by noon ET Wednesday to newsquiz@slate.com.
Monday's Question (No. 421)—"From TV to Shining TV":
Complete this remark Attorney General Janet Reno made at Saturday morning's press conference, while little Elián was on a plane headed for Andrews Air Force Base to be reunited with his father: "One of the beauties of television is that it _______________."
"Is so beautiful."—Daniel Radosh
"Lets me leer at the unblemished ass of Rick Schroeder every Tuesday night."—Charlie Glassenberg
"I'm able to wear the 19-inch model as a beautiful brooch."—Larry Amoros
"Has so withered the national attention span that in two weeks, people will think 'Elián' is a type of bottled water."—Michael Gerber (Tim Carvell had a similar answer, but Waco.)
"Soothes and forgives, and never asks where you've been all night."—Tim Carvell
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