By Dale Singer
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

1. Attorney General-designate Michael Mukasey formerly was a federal judge where?

A. New York

B. Texas

C. California

D. District of Columbia

2. Before Tuesday's half-point cut, when was the last time the Fed had cut interest rates?

A. 2003

B. 2004

C. 2005

D. 2006

3. A college student was Tasered at a rally for John Kerry on what campus?

A. Harvard

B. Berkeley

C. University of Florida

D. University of Chicago

4. Which of these is NOT included in the new edition of the Oxford English Dictionary?

A. "Take a chill pill"

B. "The new black"

C. "Carbon footprint"

D. They're all included

5. An MIT student, who was arrested Friday after wearing a circuit board on her shirt to an airport, is majoring in what field?

A. Electrical engineering and computer science

B. Math

C. Art

D. Graphic design

ANSWERS:

1. A. Mukasey is a former federal judge in New York.

2. A. The last rate cut was in 2003.

3. C. The student was Tasered after a disruption at the University of Florida.

4. D. All three are included.

5. A. Star Simpson's shirt was an art project that she says was meant to help her stand out at MIT's career day.

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