News Quiz Jun. 4, 2001

1. A California hospital plans to offer newborns:

a) Solar-powered incubators b) Their own e-mail addresses and domain names c) Free pacifiers with $10 purchase d) SPF-30 diaper-rash creams

2. This scroll is:

a) One of Strom Thurmond's high school textbooks b) A Babylonian sex manual c) Jack Kerouac's original manuscript for On the Road d) The contract for Survivor III contestants

3. A study found that some Army officers have low morale because:

a) Stressful life disrupts families b) Too much Spam c) They couldn't see the season finale of Boot Camp d) The Navy gets all the publicity

4. Heinz got caught underfilling 20-oz. ketchup bottles by:

a) Oscar Mayer b) A New York City hot-dog vendor c) The National Condiment Clearinghouse d) A 66-year-old woman making meat loaf

5. NASDAQ traders are miffed because:

a) The guys at the N.Y.S.E. are kind of cliquish b) The new decimal system hurts profits c) Someone moved their cheese

ANSWERS: 1-b, 2-c, 3-a, 4-d, 5-b