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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Special Interest Groups: The Original Barrel of Monkeys That Nothing is More Fun Than.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what year was a government study released on "runaway car syndrome" in an Audi model?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1985.

2. Who said, "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die"?
(a) Mario Perez.
(b) Dick Weart.
(c) Albert Collins.
(d) Mike Mullin.

3. O'Rourke visited a government-owned complex with windows made of what?
(a) Bullet-proof glass.
(b) Steel.
(c) Plexiglas.
(d) Thin plastic.

4. What newspaper called Dan Quayle an "avid reader" of "real live books"?
(a) The New York Times.
(b) The Times-Union.
(c) USA Today.
(d) The Wall Street Journal.

5. O'Rourke says that the 1988 presidential candidates were less well chosen than whom?
(a) Miss America contestants.
(b) Holiday cashiers at Walmart.
(c) Prom kings and queens.
(d) Harvard law applicants.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did a flag desecration case take place?

2. Hoping to see poverty first hand, O'Rourke took a trip where?

3. What is the name of the Colonel who O'Rourke met while he was observing Operation Just Cause?

4. "Runaway car syndrome" is a situation where a vehicle spontaneously does what?

5. When O'Rourke paints a cynical picture of the concept of "majority rule," what does he say that every meal will be?

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