News Quiz: The Pope, Mark Zuckerberg and Canada

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By Lenore Skenazy January 7, 2014

There are certain things we humans cannot get enough of, and several of them surface in this week’s news quiz. These include sexy bottoms, French food, Mark Zuckerberg’s money…and Joan Rivers.

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