This week I’m giving retirees a
Potpourri Quiz to see how much you pay attention to the tidbits in the media.
Actually, it’s mostly the tidbits I gleaned from recent issues of Time magazine. I guarantee that some of
these will have you scratching your head and saying: “What the what?” Don’t
scroll down to the answers until you’ve made your best attempt at all the
questions.
1. Allergy
sufferers were warned to take along extra Claritin when visiting the MOMA this
month because of which of the following:
a.
Renovations to the education center that unexpectedly
stirred up tremendous amounts of plaster dust.
b.
A concept art exhibit featuring live,
long-haired felines; white cats lounging on black velvet; black cats on white.
c.
An installation in the atrium that consists of
nothing but pollen, collected in Germany over two decades.
2. Tennis
star Novak Djokovic is buying up all the available cheese made from the
following for his new restaurant chain:
a.
Milk from yaks raised by Buddhist monks
b.
Donkey milk
c.
Serbian tofu
d.
Kashmiri goat testicles
3. The
window in a store in a luxury mall in Egypt displayed boxer shorts with the
following message printed on them:
a.
Eighth Wonder of the Modern World
b.
I’m the Sheik of Araby (and this is not a tent
pole)
c.
Don’t be the Queen of de Nile
d.
Nibble My Nuts
4. TRUE
or FALSE: When the Dalai Lama spoke recently at Brown University, urging
students to share their peaceful thoughts or “forget it,” the stenographer
heard it wrong and projected the F-bomb onto a giant overhead screen.
5. TRUE
or FALSE: One of the losing entries submitted in a contest for interesting
structures to span the Seine was a trampoline bridge.
6. Australia
recently added the colors pink and deep purple to their weather maps. The new
colors signify:
a.
Temperatures above 122 degrees F (50 degrees C)
b.
Severe drought warnings and potential fire
hazards
c.
Areas where campers should be on heightened
alert for attacks by dingoes (wild dogs)
d.
Counties where there are shortages of Foster’s
beer.
7. Which
of the following are not strains of
medical marijuana (now legalized in Washington and several other states)?
a.
Black Widow
b.
Blue Dream
c.
Golden Kush
d.
Cat Piss
e.
Maui Wowie
8. Häagen-Dazs
created a special ice cream cake shaped like which of the following, as a
marketing stunt?
a.
Kim Kardashian’s butt, complete with dimples
b.
Sophia Vergara’s breasts, complete with nipples
c.
The moon, complete with craters
d.
Wrigley Field, complete with bases
9. Pranksters
recently hacked the Minnesota Public Radio alert system and broadcast a warning
for which of the following?
a.
Outbreak of “mad cow” disease
b.
Severe flooding around Lake Wobegon
c.
Bomb threats at the Mall of America
d.
The zombie apocalypse
e.
Jesse Ventura is considering another run for
governor
10. Which of
the following were not offered to
passengers aboard the Carnival cruise ship Triumph that was stranded at sea for
days without AC, water or functioning toilets?
a.
Full refund for the cost of the cruise
b.
Complimentary photo album of their cruise
experience
c.
Plastic bags for disposal of their number two
waste
d.
A credit toward a future Carnival cruise
e.
$500 stack of Carnival casino chips
The answers (I swear, I swear):
1. c 2. b 3.
d
4. True 5. True 6. a
7. All are strains of medical
marijuana
8. c 9.
d 10. b and e
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