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...Bush, the critical moment came last week when he flunked a pop quiz from a Boston television reporter by failing to name the leaders of countries like India and Pakistan. Bush argued in defense that the names are less relevant than his policies toward them. But the quiz was as much a test of his political radar as of his foreign-policy smarts: ever since he confused Slovenia and Slovakia and called the Greeks Grecians, he should have known it was only a matter of time before someone administered a midterm exam. And at other moments during the week, when...
...even pass a simple foreign policy quiz," he said...
...four major countries--India, Pakistan, Taiwan and Chechnya--and could only come up with the last name of the Taiwanese president. Ignoring the fact that Bush didn't know Lee Teng-hui's full name, we can see that he scored a disappointing 25 percent on that little pop quiz. His academic record in this particular case would actually overestimate the extent of his knowledge, a revelation that can be buttressed by his recent confusion of Slovenia and Slovakia and inability to distinguish a Greek from a Grecian. (Bradley, on the other hand, was smart enough to refuse to play...
After August's stunning Nielsen success, ABC's quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is back for another two weeks. Starting last Sunday, viewers could once again watch contestants sweat over deceptively simple multiple-choice questions. Hosted by the ever-suave Regis Philbin, the show has yet to produce a grand prize winner...
Still don't know if you want to play? Take the simple quiz below and judge for yourself. If you get stuck, feel free to call a friend or use the fifty-fifty option at the bottom of this column. But be warned, there are no lifelines. If you fall, you fall all the way to ground negative-costs-minus-revenue...