Unreal News Challenge 2007

92) Why did some residents of Lafayette Square object to a new playground in the neighborhood?
A) Because it featured a platform that was too high and would pose a danger to children.
B) Because the surrounding area wasn't equipped with sufficient lighting and might attract lurkers.
C) Because its wooden components had been treated with arsenic.
D) Because its bright colors did not match the area's "historic" qualities.color=#1569C7>

94) President George W. Bush appointed Sam Fox ambassador to which country?
A) Belgium.color=#1569C7>
B) Liechtenstein.
C) Iraq.
D) Chile.

95) What does "Action Jackson," a robot designed by Washington University mechanical engineering student Topher McFarland, do?
A) It waxes your floor.
B) It plays Texas Hold 'Em.
C) It mimics the painting style of Jackson Pollock.color=#1569C7>
D) It repeatedly loads and fires a vintage eighteenth-century musket.

96) What did then-St. George police sergeant James Kuehnlein say to motorist Brett Darrow during a videotaped traffic stop?
A) "[Y]ou wanna try me? You wanna try me tonight? You think you've had a bad night? I will ruin your fucking night."
B) "Talk back to me again. I bet I could say you resisted arrest or something. You want to come up with something? I come up with nine things. Do you wanna try something?"
C) "What are you doin' with a camera hooked to your car seat? ...You started it. Why do you have an attitude? As a matter of fact, I was gonna come in here, see if you're OK. First of all, we have people try to commit suicide in here. We have car thieves come in here. We have people break into cars here. I have enough probable cause to stop you. OK?"
D) All of the above.color=#1569C7>

97) A report issued in December by the animal-rights group In Defense of Animals found that the elephants at the Saint Louis Zoo are at high risk of what?
A) Elephantiasis.
B) Chlamydia.
C) Folliculitis.
D) Herpes.color=#1569C7>

98) Which St. Louis-area mall has not enacted a curfew for teenagers?
A) St. Louis Mills.
B) Jamestown Mall.
C) Saint Louis Galleria.
D) None of the above.color=#1569C7>

99) What St. Louisan made it onto American Idol in 2007?
A) Ruka Puff.
B) Sineta Roker.color=#1569C7>
C) Nikko Smith.
D) Mickey Carroll.

100) Why are the St. Louis Cardinals suing Douglas Lewis?
A) For selling unauthorized Cardinals paraphernalia.color=#1569C7>
B) For ticket scalping.
C) For impersonating Fredbird.
D) For supplying Rick Ankiel with HGH.

101) In September the Saint Louis Art Museum announced it had paid $10 million for a work by which artist?
A) Edgar Degas.color=#1569C7>
B) Ernest Trova.
C) Thomas Kinkade.
D) Claude Monet.

102) What did Hannah Montana teach St. Louis parents in 2007?
A) That the music world has changed since you camped out all night for Flock of Seagulls tickets, chump.
B) That Hell hath no fury like a nine-year-old denied.
C) That looks are important, but it's what's on the inside that really matters.
D) All of the above.color=#1569C7>

103) What law did the Branson City Council recently vote to enact?
A) Declare April "Yakov Smirnov Month."
B) Declare that "Every Day is the Fourth of July in Branson."
C) Declare that the official town anthem would henceforth be the Rednex's version of "Cotton Eye Joe."
D) Declare that the City of Branson officially supports the celebration of "Ozark Mountain Christmas."color=#1569C7>