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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ.sPubDate = "12/28/2006 7:56:58 PM GMT";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ.appHeader = "2006 Year in Review News Quiz";
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2006 was a year of changes -- changes in Iraq, changes in Congress, changes in the way we pack to travel.But how much attention were you REALLY paying? Here’s our 50-question, tougher-than-our-usual-weekly-news-quiz test -- your chance to measure your news-junkie mettle (and a good excuse to avoid that holiday-time chin-wag with boring old Uncle Charlie).
","You answered of questions correctly. Scroll down to see answers for each question. Also, please let us know what you think about the quiz. The feedback is appreciated.");
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[1][0] = new Array("On Jan. 2 America watched -- and then mourned -- as the disaster at West Virginia's Sago mine unfolded. Only one of 13 men trapped by an underground explosion survived. What is his name?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[1].answer = "Randal McCloy Jr. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[2][0] = new Array("Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., died Jan. 30 in Mexico after a long battle with ovarian cancer. Her funeral, which was attended by Presidents Bush, Clinton and Carter, sometimes turned political in tone. Where was it held?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[2].answer = "Atlanta. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[3][0] = new Array("Singer Britney Spears was criticized by safety advocates after pictures were published Feb. 7 showing the pop princess driving along a California highway with her 4-month-old son, Sean Preston, sitting in her lap instead of a car seat, as required by law. What was the excuse given by Spears for her actions?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[3].answer = "That she was being hounded by paparazzi and her baby was “in danger.” Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[4][0] = new Array("A red-faced Vice President Dick Cheney offered a mea culpa after accidentally shooting a companion during a Feb. 11 hunting trip. What type of game was he trying to shoot when he peppered 78-year-old lawyer Harry Whittington with birdshot?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[4].answer = "Quail. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[5][0] = new Array("The 2006 Winter Olympics ended in Turin, Italy, on Feb. 19 with considerable disappointment in the U.S. over the performance of its athletes and the nation’s second-place standing in the medals table. Symptomatic of this failure was U.S. snowboard star Lindsey Jacobellis, who had to settle for silver when she fell while approaching the finish line way ahead of the competition. What happened to cause her tumble?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[5].answer = "In an apparent “hot-dogging” move, she grabbed her board. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[6][0] = new Array("Hollywood handed out its biggest prizes, the Academy Awards, at a typically glittery ceremony in Los Angeles on March 5. Which of these actors did NOT receive an Oscar? ");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[6].answer = "Heath Ledger. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[7][0] = new Array("Shortly before the end of his lengthy trial for war crimes associated with the bloody Balkan wars of the 1990s, former Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic succumbed March 17 to a heart attack. In which country, where the trial was being held, did the 64-year-old ex-dictator die?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[7].answer = "The Netherlands. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[8][0] = new Array("The inaugural World Baseball Classic, played in several location in the United States, wrapped up with a final game March 20 at Petco Park in San Diego, Calif. Which team won the tournament?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[8].answer = "Japan. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[9][0] = new Array("Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, under pressure over lobbying scandals and the prospect of a tough re-election race, announced April 4 that he was quitting Congress. In which state is the congressional district he represented?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[9].answer = "Texas. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[10][0] = new Array("One of America’s top golfers won his second Masters and his third major April 9 with an impeccable final round at the tournament’s home in Augusta, Ga. Who was it?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[10].answer = "Phil Mickelson. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[11].answer = "Suri. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[12][0] = new Array("By the widest margin of victory since 1946, the colt Barbaro won the Kentucky Derby on May 6, leading to predictions that he would win racing’s coveted Triple Crown. Fans’ hopes were dashed, however, when he broke a leg bone in a subsequent race. In which contest did the accident occur?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[12].answer = "The Preakness Stakes. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[13][0] = new Array("A former U.S. senator, best known for telling Dan Quayle during a vice-presidential debate that Quayle was “no Jack Kennedy,” died May 23. What was his name?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[13].answer = "Lloyd Bentsen. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[14][0] = new Array("The earth’s most popular sporting event, the World Cup, kicked off June 9, with more than 2 billion people watching the games, either in person or on TV. Which country lost in the tournament's final game, which was won by Italy?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[14].answer = "France. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[15][0] = new Array("On June 20, the Miami Heat beat the Dallas Mavericks 4 games to 2 to win their first NBA championship. The team’s coach, though, has been on top of the basketball heap before. Who is he?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[15].answer = "Pat Riley. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[16][0] = new Array("In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 29 that President Bush had overstepped his authority in ordering military war-crimes trials for terrorist suspects held at Guantanamo Bay. The decision was 5-3; given that there are nine justices, why were there only eight votes?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[16].answer = "Chief Justice John Roberts had to recuse himself because he had been part of a lower appeals court that had already ruled on the case. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[16][4] = new Array("Justice Clarence Thomas refused to hear the case, declaring that any consideration of the appeal would “sorely hamper the president’s ability to confront and defeat a new and deadly enemy.”",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[17][0] = new Array("On July 5, Kenneth Lay, the founder and former CEO of Enron who was convicted of being part of one of the biggest business frauds in U.S. history, died at age 64 before he was sentenced for his role in the conspiracy. What killed him?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[17].answer = "A heart attack. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[18][0] = new Array("On July 13, French soccer star Zinedine Zidane apologized to fans for head-butting an Italian opponent during the World Cup final but said he did not regret having retaliated for what he said were harsh insults about his mother and sister. What is the name of the Italian player?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[18].answer = "Marco Materazzi. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[19][0] = new Array("In mid-July, with armed conflict raging in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, the State Department worked to remove thousands of Americans trapped by the conflict. What is the name of the first boat, a cruise liner, chartered by the U.S. government to evacuate people from Beirut to nearby Cyprus?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[19].answer = "The Orient Queen. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[20][0] = new Array("A report by a national association of law-enforcement officials released July 18 named the biggest drug problem in the United States. What is it?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[20].answer = "Methamphetamine. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[21][0] = new Array("At the end of July, American cyclist Floyd Landis, who stunned the world with his comeback win at the Tour de France, provided an even greater shock when he tested positive for a banned substance, a development that threatens to strip him of the title. What did the test show was in his body illegally (and which he denies taking)?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[21].answer = "Testosterone/epitestosterone. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[22][0] = new Array("Movie star Mel Gibson also got into hot water at the end of July when he was stopped for drunk driving and launched into an anti-Semitic tirade with the arresting police officer. The news broke on a Web site. Which one?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[22].answer = "TMZ.com. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[23][0] = new Array("The chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority -- the agency in charge of Boston’s Big Dig tunnel project in which a woman was killed in a roof collapse –- resigned under pressure on August 27. What is his name?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[23].answer = "Matthew Amorello. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[24][0] = new Array("For the first time, a foreign automaker moved into the No. 2 monthly sales ranking in the United States when figures were released Aug. 1. Which one?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[24].answer = "Toyota. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[25][0] = new Array("In mid-August, John Mark Karr, suspected in the 1996 murder of 6-year-old pageant queen JonBenet Ramsey, was flown to the United States from an Asian country, where he had been working as a teacher. (He was later cleared of connection to the Ramsey murder.) Which country?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[25].answer = "Thailand. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[26][0] = new Array("In August, Apple announced that was recalling 1.8 million batteries installed in its laptop computers because of the danger of the units' overheating and catching fire. The recall followed shortly after Dell announced a similar measure for 4.1 million of its computers. (Other companies also made recalls.) In all cases, the batteries were made by the same manufacturer. Which one?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[26].answer = "Sony. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[27][0] = new Array("On Aug. 20, Tiger Woods edged closer to Jack Nicklaus’ record 18 majors with a win at the PGA Championship held in Medinah, Ill. How many majors has Woods now won?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[27].answer = "12. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[28][0] = new Array("Pluto, the tiny orbiting body identified in 1930, was demoted to a “dwarf” planet Aug. 24 by a top astronomers group. With Pluto’s demotion, how many planets do scientists say are in the solar system?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[28].answer = "8. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[29][0] = new Array("A Comair jet taking off from the Blue Grass Airport at Lexington, Ky., Aug. 26 used the wrong runway -- one that was too short -- and crashed, killing 49 people. Comair is a commuter division of which major airline?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[29].answer = "Delta. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[29][2] = new Array("Northwest",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[30][0] = new Array("At age 36, tennis great Andre Agassi entered his last major tennis tournament, the U.S. Open, which started on Aug. 28. He has the distinction of being one of only five players to have won all four Grand Slam events (Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open and U.S. Open). Who is the only other American to have done so?
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[30].answer = "Don Budge. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[30][3] = new Array("Pete Sampras",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[30][4] = new Array("John McEnroe",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[31][0] = new Array("A massive wildfire -- by some estimates, the size of Chicago -- burned a huge area north of Los Angeles for several days after Sept. 3. Destroying many homes, it was dubbed the Day Fire. Where did the name come from?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[31].answer = "The fire started on the Labor Day weekend. [An earlier version of this question incorrectly said that four firefighters died in this blaze.] Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[32][0] = new Array("A well-known TV naturalist, Steve Irwin -- known as the “Crocodile Hunter” for his daring exploits with wild animals -- was killed Sept. 4 when a stingray lashed at him during filming. Of which country was Irwin a native?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[32].answer = "Australia. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[32][2] = new Array("England",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[33][0] = new Array("The 20-year-old son of reality TV star and former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith died Sept. 10 while visiting his mother in hospital (where she had just given birth to a baby girl). The death occurred in a former British colony. Which one?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[33].answer = "Bahamas. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[33][2] = new Array("Bahamas",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[33][3] = new Array("Bermuda",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[33][4] = new Array("Jamaica",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[34][0] = new Array("Former Texas Gov. Ann Richards died Sept. 13 from cancer. She was 73. Known for her spicy public utterings, she came to prominence at the 1988 Democratic National Convention, particularly for the quip, “He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.” To which Texas resident was she referring?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[34].answer = "George H.W. Bush. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[35].answer = "Attending the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[36][0] = new Array("Executives from a major U.S. technology company appeared before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Sept. 28 to answer questions about how the firm came to spy on board members and journalists in an attempt to curb press leaks. Which one?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[36].answer = "Hewlett-Packard. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[36][2] = new Array("Microsoft",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[36][4] = new Array("Sun Microsystems",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[37][0] = new Array("Americans -- and people across the world -- were horrified when a disturbed man, Charles Carl Roberts, entered a one-room schoolhouse in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County Oct. 2 and shot 10 Amish girls, more than half of them fatally, before killing himself. What work did Roberts do?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[37].answer = "Milk-truck driver. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[38][0] = new Array("Mark Foley, a six-term Republican congressman from Florida, resigned Sept. 29 after it was revealed he had engaged in lurid instant-message and e-mail sessions with teenaged House pages. What was the AOL screen name/ID he used during these interactions?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[38].answer = "Maf54. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[39][0] = new Array("Tragedy struck the baseball world when New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle and his flight instructor were killed Oct. 12 when their plane plowed into a high-rise Manhattan condo, an incident that for an hour or so had New Yorkers concerned that another 9/11-style attack was under way. The pair was on a joyride around the city; from which airport had they taken off?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[39].answer = "Teterboro, N.J. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[39][2] = new Array("La Guardia, New York",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[40][0] = new Array("Following in the footsteps of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, pop star Madonna and her husband, Guy Ritchie, signed papers Oct. 12 to adopt a 1-year-old African boy. Which country is the boy from?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[40].answer = "Malawi. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[40][2] = new Array("Rwanda",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[40][3] = new Array("Malawi",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[40][4] = new Array("Mali",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[41][0] = new Array("The population of the United States officially reached a landmark number Oct. 17. How many people did the Census Bureau say are residents, legal and not?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[41].answer = "300 million. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[41][2] = new Array("250 million",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[41][3] = new Array("300 million",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[41][4] = new Array("400 million",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[42][0] = new Array("Former presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry got into a rhetorical battle with President Bush and other Republicans when he warned a college audience on Oct. 29 what might happen to them if they don’t make it through the educational system. What was the warning, which he described as a joke gone awry and that pundits everywhere decried?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[42].answer = "That they would “get stuck in Iraq.” Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[42][2] = new Array("That they “would be drafted, just like I was in Vietnam”",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[42][3] = new Array("That they “would be pumping my gas and shining my shoes”",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[42][4] = new Array("That they would “be on minimum wage” for the rest of their lives",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[43][0] = new Array("Fast-food chain KFC (aka Kentucky Fried Chicken) announced on Oct. 30 that it was changing one of the methods it uses to cook its famed Original Recipe and Extra Crispy fried chicken. What is the company planning to do?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[43].answer = "Stop using cooking oils containing trans fats in favor of healthier substitutes. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[43][2] = new Array("Stop using cooking oils containing trans fats in favor of healthier substitutes",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[43][3] = new Array("Increasing the amount of herbs and spices in the “secret recipe” from 11 to 12",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[43][4] = new Array("For health reasons, the chicken will be irradiated with gamma rays to reduce the risk of food poisoning",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[44] = new Array();
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[44][0] = new Array("Telling his former flock on Nov. 5 that he was a “deceiver and a liar,” a leading evangelical Christian minister, the Rev. Ted Haggard, apologized after a gay prostitute came forward with details of monthly sex-and-drugs sessions, an event that led to his firing by his church’s board. What is the name of the congregation, which he founded in Colorado in the 1980s?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[44].answer = "New Life Church. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[44][2] = new Array("New Hope Church",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[44][3] = new Array("Jesus Is Lord Church",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[44][4] = new Array("Boulder Springs Baptist",'',0);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[45][0] = new Array("She went and did it again…. Britney Spears, who was married for 55 hours in early 2004, filed for divorce from her husband of two years, wannabe rapper Kevin Federline. What did she cite as the reason for the Nov. 7 split?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[45].answer = "Irreconcilable differences. Read the full story.";
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[45][2] = new Array("Abandonment",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[45][3] = new Array("Mental cruelty",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[45][4] = new Array("Irreconcilable differences",'',1);
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YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[46][0] = new Array("Midterm elections on Nov. 7 swept dozens of incumbents out of office in both chambers of Congress. But while a large majority for the Democrats in the House of Representatives became immediately apparent, in the Senate it came down to one close race to determine which party had control. Which one was the last to declare a result for the upper chamber?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[46].answer = "Virginia. Read the full story.";
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[46][1] = new Array("Montana",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[46][2] = new Array("Virginia",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[46][3] = new Array("Missouri",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[46][4] = new Array("Tennessee",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47] = new Array();
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47][0] = new Array("In a move that caught many by surprise in its timing, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld resigned Nov. 8, the day after the midterm elections demonstrated huge voter dissatisfaction with American involvement in Iraq. Who was nominated to be his replacement?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47].answer = "Robert Gates. Read the full story.";
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47][1] = new Array("Robert Gates",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47][2] = new Array("James Woolsey",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47][3] = new Array("Paul Wolfowitz",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[47][4] = new Array("William Webster",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48] = new Array();
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48][0] = new Array("A major American city announced Dec. 5 that it was banning artificial trans fats -- found in many cooking ingredients and blamed for clogging people’s arteries -- from area restaurants. Which city?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48].answer = "New York City. Read the full story.";
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48][1] = new Array("Dallas",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48][2] = new Array("Chicago",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48][3] = new Array("Los Angeles",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[48][4] = new Array("New York City",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49] = new Array();
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49][0] = new Array("Lamar Hunt, the Texas billionaire football-team owner who was among those who led the merger of the NFL and AFL in the 1960s, died Dec. 13 at age 74. Which one of the following football-related terms is he credited with creating?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49].answer = "Super Bowl. Read the full story.";
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49][1] = new Array("Blitz",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49][2] = new Array("Hail Mary",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49][3] = new Array("Super Bowl",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[49][4] = new Array("Nickel defense",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50] = new Array();
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50][0] = new Array("The saga of a family stuck in a West Coast mountain range had both a happy and a sad ending, with the mother and her two children being found alive Dec. 4 but the father, James Kim -- who had gone to seek help -- being discovered dead two days later. In which state did the tragedy occur?");
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50].answer = "Oregon. Read the full story.";
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50][1] = new Array("Utah",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50][2] = new Array("Oregon",'',1);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50][3] = new Array("California",'',0);
YIR2006NEWSQUIZ[50][4] = new Array("Washington",'',0);
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