Test your news IQ
Posted at 4:30 PM on October 15, 2010
by Bob Collins
(26 Comments)
Filed under: The Quiz
Please be sure to add your score and other comments on the week's news in the comment section.
Update - We have a prize this week. A copy of the The Current's 5 Year Anniversary CD goes to the person who -- legitimately -- gets the highest score (tie will be broken by pulling a name). We're on the honor system here.
Comments (26)
12/15.
"TWINS" Hall of Fame? Very sneaky Bob. Way to punish those of us who are painfully aware of how the "real" Hall keeps hosing Bert (yes, even a Yankees fan will admit to that).
I, too, got caught on the TWINS hall of fame. 13/15.
9
10/15 - Not enough News Cut this week.
All I can say is none of the listed pitchers are in the MLB hall of fame and since there wasn't a "None of the above" I re-read the question.
10. No hints.
12, although one correct answer was thanks to spoilers in the comments. There should be a rule against that.
Ugh. Only 9/15. First half was rough, but I aced the second half!
11/15. I'm barely golden.
I read Tom's comment that he got caught on the Twins Hall of Fame question. Then I got it wrong, too. 13/15
12/15, with no hints, tied for my best score to date!
Luckily, I already have the prize.
9/15, no hints...guessed right on one or two I had no clue on, and was wrong on one answer I should have known - so it evened out :-)
11/15 - with 3 lucky guesses
I got 9 out of 15 by one reading only the first few words of each question. That might qualify me as a college student or as someone in a hurry, or both.
11/15 Best score ever. Either the test was easy or I had too much free time this week.
8/15 on the fly and no use of hints, plus one twitch in the mouse when I had the right answer but missed the circle...
had heard all the stories or read about them... right here on newscut, just have lousy memory for details.
13/15 I rock! :)
10, which is still one of my better scores since I'm a casual reader but I will say that I cheated and read all of the previous posts and then was "THROWN" off by the Blyleven comment. I now know better and will never cheat again. And Im far too lazy for hints...
A very pitiful 11. Once again, you got me with the sports question, Bob.
12 / 15
Hate to admit it, but I got lucky on a few of them.
Ocho
Sugar Maple - no hints.
11/15 no hints, a big improvement for me!
10/15, not too bad for my first time. A few lucky guesses balanced out a few unfortunate questions. I'm a news geek, not a sports geek. No fair on the sports news question.
12 of 15. Should have thought harder on the Twins, too.
9. but for the purposes of the contest I'll claim I aced it. Will that work? please?
7 of 15. I need to pay closer attention!
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