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Opinion News Quiz: Eliot Spitzer’s Return, Edward Snowden
This week’s news quiz deals with obsessions political, sexual and Jewish. (You were expecting, maybe, Irish?) Plus, more anti-Semitism than you can shake a stick at — so don’t even bother looking for a stick.
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Opinion News Quiz: Satmars Out West, Jon Stewart in Egypt
Burgers, Bibles, Bernie Madoff: There is little news that this week’s quiz doesn’t touch on, except, perhaps, for brisket. Oh wait! That’s here, too, courtesy of Rick Moranis. Go forth!
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Opinion News Quiz: Alice Walker’s Book, Chief Rabbi’s Arrest
What do Alice Walker, the Turkish prime minister and Hooters have in common? Aside from the fact they are all in this week’s news quiz? That is a good question. Feel free to tell us if you figure it out. Meantime, here goes after the jump!
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Opinion News Quiz: Coke’s Creation and Google’s Big Buy
Pot, pork, pastrami: You can choose your vice in this week’s quiz, which also happens to include questions about Coke, wine and “Mad Men.” We’re going all Don Draper on you. Or at least Michael Ginsberg. Take the quiz after the jump.
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Opinion News Quiz: L.I. Princesses, Female IDF Soldiers
Welcome back to the Forward’s weekly news quiz! It’s time to think about diamonds, dementia and the fifth edition of the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. (Which may include a name for people who think about diamonds, dementia and diagnoses.) Also: Think about Michael Cera. Are you sure you’re thinking about Michael Cera?
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Opinion News Quiz: ‘Jews’ in Senegal and a Model Prom
Greetings! This week’s quiz takes us off on a hot date and then plunges into debt with a high-flying company that tanked. Plus we visit Milan for a treat, Senegal for a surprise and Brooklyn for a scare — and not just from the apartment prices. Take our quiz!
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Opinion News Quiz: Babs’s Honor, Israel’s Unlikely Ally
What do Mel Gibson, Joyce Brothers, Barbra Streisand and Stephen Hawking have in common? Almost nothing! And yet, here they are, all together in this week’s news quiz, along with Isabella Rossellini, Anthony Weiner and the Zionist Organization of America. It’s got all the makings of a terrible movie — but a great quiz!
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Opinion News Quiz: Kate Upton Says No, Eli Roth’s Injury
Welcome, readers! This week’s news quiz will have you kicking yourself — or at least thinking about Jews who kick, even as you also think about the sea, the South, the shekel and… breasts. (If you weren’t already.) Enjoy!
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