November 21, 2008 | Bangkok
Issue #263: Live Music

News Quiz for August

News Quiz for August

August 10th, 2007

That’s right, it’s time, once again, to test your knowledge of current events with our acclaimed multiple-choice examination. Pencils ready?

Why are Crime Suppression Division police wearing Hello Kitty armbands?

a. Officers are being punished for not following department regulations.

b. The armbands provide protection against bullets.

c. They’re ab-baew.

d. Snoopy armbands have become too expensive.

What is the name of Lt. Sunisa Lertpakawat’s pocketbook about Thaksin Shinawatra?

a. Straight Talk With Square Face

b. Speaking Frankly

c. Fit and Proper

d. Meal Ticket, Where Are You?

Television producers and advertising agency representatives say that they need more than eight minutes per hour of television to promote:

a. Self-suffi ciency.

b. Viagra.

c. Children’s snacks.

d. Careers in advertising.

What is Russia’s claim to the North Pole based on?

a. Being the first to plant a flag there.

b. Traces of vodka in the seabed.

c. Traces of polonium-210.

d. Urgent need for a new jail to house dissident journalists.

Why is Samak Sundaravej being tipped to lead former Thai Rak Thai members under the People Power Party banner?

a. His pro-democracy credentials and high standing in the international community.

b. His cooking skills.

c. He’s a natural father figure to former communists.

d. Prem recommended him.

 

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