In keeping with my policy of posting the results on the rare occasions when I do well on the Slate News Quiz, and ignoring the whole business when I don’t, I share with you today’s result.
Of course, a lot was at stake today. They had taunted me with the challenge, “Think You’re Smarter Than a Slate Staff Writer?”
A “staff writer?” Are you kidding me? Obviously, the honor of editors everywhere was at stake!
I still went into it with some trepidation, given my record with these quizzes, but I kinda lucked out: Seems like there was only one sports-related question (which I suppose are gimmes for most people), and I guessed right on that one.
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377, 9 correct. I was doing this on my phone and accidentally made a selection before I read the question. But I’m not looking for sympathy. Dexterity is part of the game.
Congratulations!!! I missed question 11. It’s been a while since I aced this, but I usually beat the average and the highlighted participant. As I told someone recently…I have so much useless knowledge.
Well, I only got 11 right myself. I hope I didn’t give the wrong impression. When I said, “aced,” I meant that I had crushed the competition that was offered. I didn’t mean a perfect score. So you did as well as I did, and I think we should both be proud.
I think I’ve only ever gotten all 12 once before…
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You should get out your SG for rehab..:
I don’t have an SG. The only Gibson I have is a Flying V…
I got 11, missed popped star getting married- which I’m proud to miss.
I could have fixed your typo, but I enjoyed it: “popped star.”
That’s the term for a flash-in-the-pan celebrity whose moment has come and gone.
Like the one-hit-“Oneders” that “That Thing You Do” was about. Briefly, they were pop stars. Then, they were “popped stars”…
I got that one right, but only because of a lucky guess. Actually, it was slightly more than that — I remember thinking, “Have I seen or heard any of these names flash by in recent days,” and got it right. I do that a lot on this quiz — go with the dim memory of something that I ignored, but half-perceived going by…
I think the one I missed was about which state was offering the “Vax-a-Million” thing…
I haven’t figured out how to past a page, but I got 12 0f 12 this week…and I didn’t need to guess. First time in a while though. A news nerd I am.
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