Opinion L.A. quiz: How lame is our duck?


This week's installment has three parts: The first is 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!)

Limerick competition: Put the news about the latest torture memo to come out of the Bush administration in an A-A-B-B-A rhyming scheme. Remember to keep it clean. E-mail your limerick to opinionla@latimes.com. We'll announce a winner later this week.

Caption contest: Are Bush and French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner trans-Atlantic BFFs? Click here to view the photo, then submit your caption to opinionla@latimes.com. We'll announce a winner later this week.

News quiz

Quiz tools

  • 1. The foreclosure-relief bill proposed in the Senate last week would do all of the following except:

    • A. Give $4 billion in grants to cities to buy abandoned and foreclosed properties.

    • B. Allow mortgages to be modified in bankruptcy court.

    • C. Provide a tax credit for people who buy and move into foreclosed homes.

    • D. Allow governments to sell $10 billion in bonds partly to refinance sub-prime mortgages

  • 2. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enacted a 40-hour moratorium on what this past weekend?

    • A. Leaf blowers.

    • B. Lawn watering.

    • C. Foreclosures.

    • D. Homicide.

  • 3. President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin got into a public Dust-Up last week over:

    • A. Bush's support for admitting Ukraine and George into NATO.

    • B. Selling uranium to Iran.

    • C. U.S. recognition of Kosovo's independence, which Russia opposes.

    • D. The status of human rights in Russian under Putin.

  • 4. Joe Torre coached his first regular-season game as the Dodgers' manager. Which Dodgers manager did he replace?

    • A. Grady Little.

    • B. Bill Russell.

    • C. Jim Tracy.

    • D. Glenn Hoffman.

  • 5. On April 6, the United States celebrated Tartan Day to commemorate which inspiration for the U.S. Declaration of Independence?

    • A. William Wallace's rebellion against the English throne.

    • B. The 1706 Acts of the Union.

    • C. The 1320 Scottish Declaration of Arbroath.

  • 6. Bankrupt airline ATA ceased operations Thursday. Which other U.S. airline also stopped flying last week?

    • A. ExpressJet Airlines.

    • B. Independence Air.

    • C. Virgin America.

    • D. Aloha Airlines.

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