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May 12, 2008
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Know Your Maureen Dowd: a quiz
My hair matches my velvet pajamas.
The Democratic race for the nomination isn't over yet, and that means there's just a little bit of time left to enjoy Maureen Dowd's deliciously delightlful and insightful sing-song cheap shots analysis. Her latest column doesn't disappoint. For instance, did you know that Hillary stole stuff from the White House? Or, at least, there was once a rumor about that? Well, if you thought jokes about that were hilarious in 1998, you're gonna love this week's column.
Some of you, however, may have read so many Maureen Dowd columns that you can practically finish them yourself. She's just that good. Are you a Maureen reader? Test your MoDo skills with our Maureen Dowd quiz.
Know your Maureen Dowd Quiz
Fill in the blank the complete the sentence by the New York Times' foremost wordsmith
1) "....she brandished any ice pick at hand, whether racial, sexual, mathematical or marital (in the form of her _______ husband)"
Peruvian
Vesuvian
lesbian
2) "It is, verily, a ________."
sticky wicket
ickey ticket
wilson pickett
3) "He might also neglect to give Bill (whose acronym would be ________, ________ ) full White House access."
SMOTUS, Second Man of the United States
SLOTUS, Second Lad of the United States
SCROTUM, Second Chap Representative of the United Male
4) "Aside from the delight Bill would get from living at the Naval Observatory and having a ________ to ________."
huge unmanned drone to wage private war with
huge telescope to window-peep with
huge scandal to forever attract lazy columnists with
5) "Wouldn’t she be, in ________ parlance, the ________?"
Monty Python / Trojan Rabbit behind the gate
The Hills / that one girl dating that one guy
Sex in the City / bitter dyed-red-haired woman
6) "Obama will never be at his best around Hillary; she drains him of his magical powers. She’s ________ to him."
Jane Jinx
Jane Junk
Mad Maureen
7) "It’s a similar syndrome to the one ________ and ________ have in ________."
Katharine Hepburn’s star athlete and her supercilious fiancé have in 'Pat and Mike'
Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy have in yet another tired Hepburn/Tracy reference
Maureen Dowd and every Democratic candidate have in the pages of the New York Times
