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How do you feel about Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize?

ake the Quiz and Find Out!

1.When you heard that Obamawon the Nobel Peace Prize, youwere watching

A. Te Rachel Maddow Show(1 Point)B. Te rerun o An Inconvenientruth (2 Points)C. Te O’Reilly Factor (3 Points)D. Huh??? Obama won the NobelPeace Prize? (4 Points)E. elevision in your home, araway rom 1247 San Miguel Ave,Los Angeles, CA 93106(5 Points)

2.Your idea o a un activity is

A. Writing your Congressperson aletter in avor o healthcarereorm (1 Point)B. Boycotting businesses that aren’tenergy ecient (2 Points)C. Ranting to your riends, amily,and neighbors about the dangerso gay marriage (3 Points)D. Watching cartoons, eating cerealand smoking a J. (4 Points)E. Denitely not committingmurder. Murder is bad. Andyou’ve never even been toCaliornia (5 Points)

3. In your frst election, you votedor

A. Barack Obama (1 Point)B. Ralph Nader (2 Points)C. Ronald Reagan (3 Points)D. Mickey Mouse (4 Points)E. Why all the questions? Don’tI get a lawyer or a phone call orsomething? (5 Points)

4. Your means o transportation is

A. A Prius (1 Point)B. A bike (2 Points)C. A Hummer (3 Points)D. A scooter (4 Points)E. Not a 1979 Cadillac Eldorado(5 Points)

5) What do you think is the great-est threat to peace

?A. Nuclear weapons (1 Point)B. Global warming (2 Points)C. Barack Hussein Obama(3 Points)D. Cops (4 Points)E. Who are you people? Why doyou keep asking questions?(5 Points)

6) Your avorite blog is

A. DailyKos.com (1 Point)B. reeHugger.com (2 Points)C. DrudgeReport.com (3 Points)D. FailBlog.org (4 Points)E. Certainly not HowtoKill.com,you’ve never heard o that blog(5 Points)

7. Te last time you went to aCollege Democrats meeting was

A. Yesterday (1 Point)B. When they were discussing capand trade policies (2 Points)C. o protest abortion (3 Points)D. Te time they gave away reeroot beer oats (4 Points)E. Tat time when that murderin Caliornia happened, so youcouldn’t possibly have been inCaliornia (5 Points)

8. You believe that peace can bebest achieved through

A. alking (1 Point)B. Making a movie (2 Points)C. Bombing people who disagreewith you (3 Points)D. Chillin’ out (4 Points)E. No more questions! Leave mealone. I didn’t do anything!(5 Points)

SCORING GUIDE ONOBEL PEACE PRIZE QUIZON PAGE 44

Willy Chotzen-Freund, a WUPR sta writer, isa freshman majoring in polical science and economics. His email address is wschotze@artsci.wustl.edu.

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