Every week I look forward to taking Patrick Hruby's "Week in Review Quiz." The following are a couple of my favorite questions from this week's version, which can be found in its entirety here.
6. Large crowds gathered along the Olympic torch route in San Francisco to protest:
(a) Police blocking public access to a bridge leading to a torch ceremony site
(b) The FAA restricting flights over the city to media, medical and law enforcement aircraft
(c) Law enforcement agencies erecting metal barricades
(d) Civic officials rerouting and cutting the original torch route in half
(e) Repression of public dissent by Chinese authorities in Tibet
7. One day after the Olympic torch relay's San Francisco leg brought additional unfavorable international attention to the situation in Tibet, Chinese authorities declared that:
(a) They had uncovered a Muslim terrorist plot to sabotage the Olympics with kidnappings and suicide bombings
(b) They had raised the official national threat level to Orange
8. Addressing unrest in Tibet, International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge said he was:
(a) Very concerned
(b) Borderline annoyed
(c) On verge of approaching agitation
(d) Too busy counting money to notice -- hey, is this thing on?
9. Which of the following did Paris police NOT deploy to keep the Olympic torch in a secure "bubble"?
(a) Riot vehicles
(b) Three boats on the Seine River
(c) A helicopter
(d) Officers on roller skates
(e) Mimes making air boxes around the torch
10. During its procession through Paris, the Olympic torch was extinguished by:
(a) Protesters
(b) Police
(c) Just B
(d) So much for Operation Rollerskate
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oooh oooh oooh I know the answer to #6 without looking at the choices!
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