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...quiz. Who are more likely to be dissatisfied with the appearance of their chests, men or women? Who is more likely to be concerned about acne, your teenage son or his sister? And who is more likely to binge eat, your nephew or your niece...
Controversy over game shows is nothing new to the American public. The drama stretches back to the quiz show scandal of the 1950's involving "Twenty-One", which recently returned to the air on NBC. In more recent times, who can forget February sweeps' most talked about event: the marriage of Darva Conger and Rick Rockwell on Fox's "Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?" That annulment was just finalized two weeks ago after it was discovered that Rockwell had a restraining order filed against him by a former girlfriend. (Darva's response to the whole fiasco: "Oops...
...trend. On the Republican side, Bush came out of his primary battle with Arizona Sen. John S. McCain appearing extremely frail in several areas, most notably foreign policy. Whereas McCain had a clear and coherent grasp of geopolitics, Bush was badly bruised by failing his hot spot pop quiz. In the primary race, Bush claimed to have extensive international relations experience with Mexico. This may, however, ring hollow in a general election against a two-term vice president who has spent the last eight years personally dealing with the very leaders that Bush cannot name...
...contributed $2 million to him--were all "friends and family" eerily echoed Clinton's first line of defense when the high turnover in the Lincoln Bedroom was disclosed. And when Bush wanted to prove he was now up to speed on world leaders, after having failed a surprise pop quiz last summer, he goaded a reporter to ask him who the President of India is. He shouted the name of the Prime Minister instead. He wasn't trying to be funny...
...quiz! The highest mountain in Africa is ____. Are elephant herds led by a male, a female or a breeding pair? The patterns on a giraffe's neck, like human fingerprints, are unique to each individual--true or false? These questions may be on the test Buddy Derrick, mayor of Lexington, Va., will give his grandsons John, 11, and Richard, 9, in preparation for going on WASHINGTON & LEE UNIVERSITY'S 13-day Family Adventure in Tanzania in August. Derrick insists that they study up for the trip because "half the joy of anything is anticipation--the other half is recalling...