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Opinion L.A. News Quiz: The pope goes home

Email us a fairly good limerick or a photo caption, and odds are already in your favor to win a Times-themed prize (trust us). Or try the multiple choice quiz, for no prize except a fleeting sense of superiority. Winners will be announced later this week.

Limerick competition: Can you summarize the pope's whirlwind first trip to the U.S. in an A-A-B-B-A rhyming scheme? Keep it clean and e-mail it to opinionla@latimes.com.

Caption contest: And what is he so happy about? Click here to view the photo, then submit your caption to opinionla@latimes.com.

News quiz

1. First Barack Obama bowled, then Hillary Clinton had a shot of whiskey (let's spell it the American way, for now) in an Indiana bar. Which kind did the Senator sip, then shoot?
A. Wild Turkey bourbon whiskey
B. Crown Royal whisky
C. Jack Daniel's whiskey
D. Glenfiddich scotch whisky
E. Jameson Irish whiskey

2. Facing criticism from the Bush administration and members of Congress, former President Jimmy Carter nonetheless met with which group last week?
A. Muslim Brotherhood
B. Mehdi army
C. Hamas
D. Islamic Jihad
E. Hezbollah

3. Which musical act has not endorsed Barack Obama?
A. Quincy Jones
B. Bruce Springsteen
C. Jay-Z
D. The Grateful Dead (or whoever's left)
E. Joan Baez

4. Which of these was not banned under jailed polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs?
A. Immunizations
B. Beer
C. Red
D. Plaid-patterned clothes
E. CDs

5. Angelenos are basking in the Lakers' Western Conference win, but the team wasn't always L.A.-based. Where did they play first?
A. Brooklyn
B. Chicago
C. Minneapolis
D. St. Louis
E. Madison

6. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa gave his State of the City address last week. What did he say was L.A.'s most pressing problem?
A. Budget
B. Traffic
C. Water
D. Gangs
E. Potholes