Friday the on-line news agencies put out a new quiz on what happened during the past week. I try to read and keep up w/ multiple news sources but rarely do well on these quizzes. The BBC sometimes focuses on the minutia of English life. (How was I to know Scott Walker was famous for using the sound effect of punching a dead pig for his 2006 album 'The Drift'?) Did get 5 out of 7 questions correct. The Diplomat quiz is even harder since it's only about Asian events. (Who is Sapar Isakov?) Got 8 out of 10 questions right this week. I got 9/12 on The Slate quiz. The Slate pits you against one of their staff so it softened the blow to realize I did better than a news editor. Got 7 out of 8 correct on the Bing questions - they put in some ringers though so it isn't too hard to get a high score. I got 7 out of 10 on the CNN quiz and 9 out of 10 on the New York Times quiz. Got a perfect score though on the METV quiz "Do You Know Your TV Butlers?".
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