Month: May 2008

Toughest Questions from Last Week’s Quizzo

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  1. Most asteroids in our solar system are in a circular belt found between what two planets?
  2. Which of the following is completely landlocked: a) Laos b) Cambodia c) Vietnam d) Burma
  3. John Smoltz recently became the 3rd pitcher to record 3000 strikeout while playing for the same team. One retired in the 1920s, the other in 1970s. Who were they?
  4. This Mozart opera caused an uproar in Vienna when it was released because of its satire directed at the aristocracy. It had characters named Count Almaviva and Rosina.
  5. Which of these flowers is pollinated by beetles and not bees?

    6. a) daisy b) magnolia c) marigold d) snapdragon

  6. This famous female novelist was born in Germantown in 1832.
  7. This new orleans sandwich is made with a type of bread similar to focaccia, and contains olive salad, salami, capicola, and provolone.
  8. This 2000 movie was based on a spec script originally written for X-Files, and was directed by James Wong.
  9. Edward Bulliver Litton wrote a book about the last days of what city?
  10. List the seven presidents born west of the Mississippi.

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Nutter Calls Out the NRA

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“The fact that we put forward a piece of legislation to prevent the sale and use and transfer of assault weapons and have a Philadelphia police officer assaulted on the streets with one, I think makes it pretty clear to anyone who is confused about this issue that there’s no reason for any citizen, any person other than in law enforcement or in the military to have such a weapon. There’s no legitimate argument by the NRA, they need to get in the real world where the rest of us live and come to grips with these kinds of issues. They owe an apology to the family for their staunch opposition over many, many years blocking legislative support for these kinds of matters.“

To read more about the gun control aspect of the cop killing, click here.

Pittsburgh State Rep. Dan Frankel has introduced an assault-weapons ban in Harrisburg every year since the federal ban expired, but his bill has never even made it out of committee.

“The pro-gun community has been very effective in creating fear among legislators,” Frankel said. “Plenty of my colleagues say to me, ‘Dan, you’re right on this, but I just can’t support it, because it will create political problems for me.’ “

Around the Horn, Cinco de Mayo edition

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