In a decision that could force a return to the old poke-and-sniff system, Joe Fish, a federal judge in Texas, struck down the U. S. Department of Agriculture's inspection standards for meat plants. On what grounds?

Send your answer by 10 a.m. ET Wednesday to newsquiz@slate.com.

Wednesday's Question (No. 434)—"Horn In":

It is "a silver trumpet muffled in silk." Who is describing what?(Question courtesy of Jack Shafer.)

(The penis-free zone is invoked on a voluntary basis, without meddlesome government regulation, much as other institutions so effectively police themselves.—Ed.)

"Just when you thought Tampax couldn't come up with a worse slogan ..."—Tim Carvell

"Mel Tormé, as described by his mortician who then added, 'Enclosed in the finest maple and brass and then entombed in cement.' "—Mark Wade

"The Manchester Guardian, on Barbara Cartland's talent for self-promotion."—Carrie Rickey

"Sixty-one-year-old Ted Turner is describing the mellifluous voice of his latest ladylove, 28-year-old Karen Rosenfeld, who is not a gold-digger at all."—Francis Heaney

"Please, now that Newt's divorced, what that young aide does with him is really none of our business."—Greg Diamond