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Yearendquiz.sPubDate = "12/22/2004 2:07:28 PM GMT";
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Yearendquiz.appDeck = new Array("What happened in 2004? Take MSNBC.com's annual quiz of the serious and not-so-serious news and see how much you remember.<br><br>","How did you do? Scroll down to see. <a href=mailto:news@msnbc.com&subject=Yearly%20News%20quiz>Happy New Year! Please let us know what you think about the quiz.</a>");
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Yearendquiz[1][0] = new Array("Sen. John Kerry scored a big win in the Iowa presidential caucuses in January, bolstering his campaign for the Democratic nomination. Who finished second in the state?<br>");
Yearendquiz[1].answer = "John Edwards. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3999491/\">Read the full story.</a><p>";
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Yearendquiz[1][2] = new Array("Richard Gephardt",'',0);
Yearendquiz[1][3] = new Array("Al Sharpton",'',0);
Yearendquiz[1][4] = new Array("Howard Dean",'',0);

Yearendquiz[2] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[2][0] = new Array("Mel Gibson&#146;s movie &#147;The Passion of the Christ&#148; opened to fanfare and mixed reviews. What were the two languages featured in the movie?");
Yearendquiz[2].answer = "Latin and Aramaic. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4365678/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[2][2] = new Array("Aramaic and Greek",'',0);
Yearendquiz[2][3] = new Array("Latin and Aramaic",'',1);
Yearendquiz[2][4] = new Array("Hebrew and Greek",'',0);

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Yearendquiz[3][0] = new Array("According to internal papers released by the estate of the late Justice Harry Blackmun, the Supreme Court was poised to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalizes abortion in 1992 until which justice got cold feet?");
Yearendquiz[3].answer = "Anthony M. Kennedy. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4443586/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[3][2] = new Array("Sandra Day O&#146;Connor",'',0);
Yearendquiz[3][3] = new Array("Anthony M. Kennedy",'',1);
Yearendquiz[3][4] = new Array("William Rehnquist",'',0);

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Yearendquiz[4][0] = new Array("Which world capital was the target of a series of terrorist bombings in March that left nearly 200 people dead?");
Yearendquiz[4].answer = "Madrid. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4502950/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[4][2] = new Array("Jiddah",'',0);
Yearendquiz[4][3] = new Array("Madrid",'',1);
Yearendquiz[4][4] = new Array("Algiers",'',0);

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Yearendquiz[5][0] = new Array("According to tapes released by the National Archives, President Nixon was too drunk to speak to the leader of which country on Oct. 11, 1973?");
Yearendquiz[5].answer = "Britain. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5069430/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[5][2] = new Array("Israel",'',0);
Yearendquiz[5][3] = new Array("France",'',0);
Yearendquiz[5][4] = new Array("Egypt",'',0);

Yearendquiz[6] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[6][0] = new Array("Britain&#146;s health minister was blasted by critics after saying what?");
Yearendquiz[6].answer = "Smoking is one of the few pleasures left for the poor. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5171270/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[6][1] = new Array("Smoking is one of the few pleasures left for the poor",'',1);
Yearendquiz[6][2] = new Array("Six pints of beer seems like a &#147;reasonable limit&#148; for a night at the pub",'',0);
Yearendquiz[6][3] = new Array("Prozac should be considered for troublesome children in kindergarten",'',0);
Yearendquiz[6][4] = new Array("Boxing is a great way for teenagers to become &#147;real men\"",'',0);

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Yearendquiz[7][0] = new Array("Following the explosion of controversy over the halftime performance by Janet Jackson last February, who was named to perform at the next Super Bowl on Feb. 6?");
Yearendquiz[7].answer = "Paul McCartney. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6552163/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[7][2] = new Array("Elton John",'',0);
Yearendquiz[7][3] = new Array("Jessica Simpson",'',0);
Yearendquiz[7][4] = new Array("Paul McCartney",'',1);

Yearendquiz[8] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[8][0] = new Array("Mark Thatcher, the son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, was charged with involvement in a coup attempt in which country?");
Yearendquiz[8].answer = "Equatorial Guinea. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5813716/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[8][1] = new Array("Zimbabwe",'',0);
Yearendquiz[8][2] = new Array("Equatorial Guinea",'',1);
Yearendquiz[8][3] = new Array("Zaire",'',0);
Yearendquiz[8][4] = new Array("Malawi",'',0);

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Yearendquiz[9][0] = new Array("Which nation pardoned four Cubans who were jailed for plotting to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2000?<br>");
Yearendquiz[9].answer = "Panama. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5830346/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[9][1] = new Array("Dominican Republic",'',0);
Yearendquiz[9][2] = new Array("Panama",'',1);
Yearendquiz[9][3] = new Array("Costa Rica",'',0);
Yearendquiz[9][4] = new Array("Mexico",'',0);

Yearendquiz[10] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[10][0] = new Array("Who won the award for best actor at the Academy Awards?");
Yearendquiz[10].answer = "Sean Penn. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4408720/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[10][2] = new Array("Tim Robbins",'',0);
Yearendquiz[10][3] = new Array("John Travolta",'',0);
Yearendquiz[10][4] = new Array("Tom Cruise",'',0);

Yearendquiz[11] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[11][0] = new Array("Anti-Bush filmmaker Michael Moore attended the Republican National Convention as an accredited member of the media representing which publication?");
Yearendquiz[11].answer = "USA Today. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5879795/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[11][1] = new Array("The Wall Street Journal",'',0);
Yearendquiz[11][2] = new Array("High Times",'',0);
Yearendquiz[11][3] = new Array("USA Today",'',1);
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Yearendquiz[12][0] = new Array("The United States won the most medals at the Olympic Games, followed by Russia and China. Which nation finished fourth?");
Yearendquiz[12].answer = "Australia. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5592314/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[12][2] = new Array("Germany",'',0);
Yearendquiz[12][3] = new Array("Great Britain",'',0);
Yearendquiz[12][4] = new Array("Japan",'',0);

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Yearendquiz[13][0] = new Array("Which judicial/media duo was named by CBS News to investigate what went wrong with a &#147;60 Minutes&#148; report about President Bush&#146;s service in the National Guard?");
Yearendquiz[13].answer = "Dick Thornburgh and Louis Boccardi. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6063289/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[13][2] = new Array("Ken Starr and George Will",'',0);
Yearendquiz[13][3] = new Array("Dick Thornburgh and Louis Boccardi<br>",'',1);
Yearendquiz[13][4] = new Array("Janet Reno and William Safire ",'',0);

Yearendquiz[14] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[14][0] = new Array("The movie \"Motorcycle Diaries,\" directed by Brazilian Walter Salles, focused on which historical figure?");
Yearendquiz[14].answer = "Che Guevara. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6065119/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[14][1] = new Array("Fidel Castro",'',0);
Yearendquiz[14][2] = new Array("Simon Bolivar",'',0);
Yearendquiz[14][3] = new Array("Che Guevara",'',1);
Yearendquiz[14][4] = new Array("Salvador Allende",'',0);

Yearendquiz[15] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[15][0] = new Array("Where did Vice President Dick Cheney and Sen. John Edwards hold their only debate of the election campaign?");
Yearendquiz[15].answer = "Cleveland. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6173358/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[15][2] = new Array("Chicago",'',0);
Yearendquiz[15][3] = new Array("Detroit ",'',0);
Yearendquiz[15][4] = new Array("Las Vegas",'',0);

Yearendquiz[16] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[16][0] = new Array("Who is the top U.N. official who received kickbacks from Saddam Hussein, according to a report by U.S. weapons inspector Charles Duelfer?");
Yearendquiz[16].answer = "Benon Sevan. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6194795/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[16][1] = new Array("Kofi Annan",'',0);
Yearendquiz[16][2] = new Array("Louise Frechette",'',0);
Yearendquiz[16][3] = new Array("Benon Sevan",'',1);
Yearendquiz[16][4] = new Array("Mark Malloch Brown",'',0);

Yearendquiz[17] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[17][0] = new Array("Wangari Maathai, a native of which African country, was awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize?");
Yearendquiz[17].answer = "Kenya. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6204306/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[17][1] = new Array("Kenya",'',1);
Yearendquiz[17][2] = new Array("Somalia",'',0);
Yearendquiz[17][3] = new Array("Tanzania",'',0);
Yearendquiz[17][4] = new Array("Botswana",'',0);

Yearendquiz[18] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[18][0] = new Array("According to Bob Woodward's book \"Plan of Attack,\" who told President Bush that it was a \"slam dunk\" that weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq?");
Yearendquiz[18].answer = "George Tenet. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4756962/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[18][1] = new Array("Donald Rumsfeld",'',0);
Yearendquiz[18][2] = new Array("George Tenet",'',1);
Yearendquiz[18][3] = new Array("Dick Cheney",'',0);
Yearendquiz[18][4] = new Array("Condoleezza Rice",'',0);

Yearendquiz[19] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[19][0] = new Array("Who said of Sen. John Kerry following the third presidential debate in Arizona, &#147;This is not a good man. What a cheap and tawdry political trick&#148;?");
Yearendquiz[19].answer = "Lynne Cheney. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6245927/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[19][1] = new Array("Sen. Bill Frist",'',0);
Yearendquiz[19][2] = new Array("Sen. Kay Bailey-Hutchinson",'',0);
Yearendquiz[19][3] = new Array("Bill O&#146;Reilly",'',0);
Yearendquiz[19][4] = new Array("Lynne Cheney",'',1);

Yearendquiz[20] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[20][0] = new Array("The U.S. presidential election featured the biggest percentage voter turnout since what year?");
Yearendquiz[20].answer = "1968. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6399980/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[20][1] = new Array("1968",'',1);
Yearendquiz[20][2] = new Array("1976",'',0);
Yearendquiz[20][3] = new Array("1980",'',0);
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Yearendquiz[21][0] = new Array("Who were the winners of the Cy Young Awards for the best pitchers in the National League and American League in baseball?");
Yearendquiz[21].answer = "Roger Clemens and Johan Santana. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6461275/\">Read the full story.</a>";
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Yearendquiz[21][2] = new Array("Roger Clemens and Curt Schilling",'',0);
Yearendquiz[21][3] = new Array("Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling",'',0);
Yearendquiz[21][4] = new Array("Randy Johnson and Johan Santana",'',0);

Yearendquiz[22] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[22][0] = new Array("Who was selected by the Democrats to lead the party in the Senate following the election defeat of Tom Daschle?");
Yearendquiz[22].answer = "Harry Reid. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6502246/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[22][1] = new Array("Harry Reid",'',1);
Yearendquiz[22][2] = new Array("Barbara Boxer",'',0);
Yearendquiz[22][3] = new Array("John Kerry",'',0);
Yearendquiz[22][4] = new Array("Dianne Feinstein",'',0);

Yearendquiz[23] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[23][0] = new Array("The FCC chided ABC for running a racy promotion for which TV show at the start of \"Monday Night Football\"?");
Yearendquiz[23].answer = "\"Desperate Housewives.\" <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6512160/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[23][1] = new Array("\"The Bachelor\"",'',0);
Yearendquiz[23][2] = new Array("\"Desperate Housewives\"",'',1);
Yearendquiz[23][3] = new Array("\"My Wife and Kids\"",'',0);
Yearendquiz[23][4] = new Array("\"Extreme Makeover\"",'',0);

Yearendquiz[24] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[24][0] = new Array("Which lawmaker said President Bush should be wary of proposing Supreme Court judges who might overturn the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling, saying, &#147;I would expect the president to be mindful of the considerations which I am mentioning&#148;?");
Yearendquiz[24].answer = "Arlen Specter. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6405485/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[24][1] = new Array("Bill Frist",'',0);
Yearendquiz[24][2] = new Array("Arlen Specter",'',1);
Yearendquiz[24][3] = new Array("John McCain",'',0);
Yearendquiz[24][4] = new Array("Edward Kennedy",'',0);

Yearendquiz[25] = new Array();
Yearendquiz[25][0] = new Array("The world&#146;s tallest bridge was opened to traffic in which country?");
Yearendquiz[25].answer = "France. <a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6724050/\">Read the full story.</a>";
Yearendquiz[25][1] = new Array("Italy",'',0);
Yearendquiz[25][2] = new Array("Switzerland",'',0);
Yearendquiz[25][3] = new Array("France",'',1);
Yearendquiz[25][4] = new Array("Spain",'',0);

Yearendquiz.profiles = new Array();var i=0;
Yearendquiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(21,25,"Excellent; a loyal reader of the serious and not-so-serious news of the year");
Yearendquiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(15,20,"Pretty good; you have paid attention during the past 12 months");
Yearendquiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(10,14,"Not bad although you should read MSNBC.com more frequently next year");
Yearendquiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(5,9,"Pretty poor; one New Year's resolution should be to read this site more often in 2005");
Yearendquiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(1,4,"Really bad; it's going to be an uphill climb in 2005");

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