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Opinion L.A. quiz: What are you looking at, Dick?

You know the drill. Try your hand at a limerick competition (prize awarded!); a six-question quiz based on last week's news (no prize awarded); and a photo caption contest (prize awarded!). Winners will be announced later this week.

Limerick competition: We're making it easy -- lots of things rhyme with airline. Write about the FAA follies in an A-A-B-B-A rhyming scheme. Keep it clean and e-mail it to opinionla@latimes.com.

Caption contest: Dick Cheney trades in his smirk for a smile. But what's that he's smiling at? Click here to view the photo, then submit your caption to opinionla@latimes.com. (And see the original photo here.)

News quiz

1. With the long-awaited Pennsylvania primary only about a week away, Barack Obama may lose support in the state because of his refusal to dole out:
A. Hush money
B. Black money
C. Dirty money
D. Street money
E. Grey money

2. After indulging in a Nazi-themed romp with five prostitutes, FIA President Max Mosley did what naked?
A. Drank tea
B. Drove home
C. Posed for paparazzi
D. Baked scones
E. Smoked a cigarette

3. After the killing of Jamiel Shaw II, allegedly by an illegal immigrant recently released from jail, debate has raged about modifying Special Order 40. What does Special Order 40 forbid?
A. Local jails checking the immigration status of inmates
B. Los Angeles police officers asking federal immigration agents to investigate a suspect
C. LAPD officers stopping people only to ask about their immigration status
D. LAPD officers asking arrestees about their status during booking

4. A museum dedicated to American journalism just opened in the capital. What's it called?
A. The Newseum
B. The American Journalism Museum
C. The Newspaper Museum
D. The News Museum
E. The Dead Tree Tomb

5. Throngs of protestors greeted the Olympic torch relay in San Francisco. The first torch relay happened during the lead up to which Olympics?
A. Munich 1972
B. Berlin 1936
C. London 1948
D. Paris 1900
E. Athens 1896

6. Gen. David H. Petraeus testified before Congress and faced a grilling from Democrats. Afterwards, NBC's Brian Williams asked Petraeus if he'd ever go into politics. What did Petraeus say?
A. I'm considering it.
B. I've considered it in the past, but right now my answer is no.
C. Never.
D. I'll think about that once I've fulfilled my duties in Iraq.
E. Yes.