Red or Blue—Which Are You?

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(1) Is Lee Greenwood

(A) a celebrity chef
(B) a singer/songwriter
(C) the head of the Office of Management and Budget
(D) an evangelical preacher

(2) The LIRR is the
(A) group that tracks right-wing and religious bias on TV
(B) fan club honoring Ronald Reagan
(C) magazine run by former New York Times restaurant critic Ruth Reichl
(D) railroad connecting Manhattan and Long Island

(3) Dog owners: Do you pay someone else to walk your dog while you're at work during the week?
(A) yes
(B) no
(C) sometimes
(D) don't have a dog/not applicable

(4) Which one of these is NOT part of the Big 12?
(A) Indiana State University
(B) Iowa State University
(C) Texas A&M
(D) Texas Tech

(5) Jon Stewart is
(A) an editorial cartoonist
(B) the secretary of education
(C) a comedian
(D) a morning deejay

(6) What does a bumper sticker or tattoo of a winged No. 3 represent?
(A) Dale Earnhardt
(B) Dale Earnhardt Jr.
(C) Richard Petty
(D) Tom Petty

(7) Who sings the 1999 hit country single "How Do You Like Me Now?"
(A) The Dixie Chicks
(B) Toby Keith
(C) Lee Ann Womack
(D) Josh Bolten

(8) In the aftermath of Sept. 11, it was appropriate to wear an American flag pin for how long?
(A) three to six months
(B) until the first anniversary of the attacks
(C) forever after
(D) not at all

(9) Which are the Quad Cities?
(A) Peoria, Akron, Duluth, and Sioux City
(B) Rock Island, Moline, Davenport, and Bettendorf
(C) Dubuque, Galena, Prairie du Chien, and Spring Valley
(D) Ann Arbor, Detroit, Cleveland, and Toledo

(10) Women should wear white pantyhose
(A) only with white or pastel business suits
(B) only between Memorial Day and Labor Day
(C) to weddings
(D) never

(11) "Whole Foods" refers to
(A) the raw-food movement
(B) the trend of not cutting or dicing vegetables
(C) an upscale grocery chain known for organic products
(D) the famed vegan restaurant in Aspen

(12) Do you eat
(A) lunch and dinner
(B) dinner and supper
(C) lunch and supper
(D) lunch and tea

(13) Do you eat brisket with
(A) barbecue sauce
(B) carrots and pearl onions
(C) slices of white bread
(D) horseradish aioli

(14) What does "the UP" refer to?
(A) Universal Press Syndicate
(B) the Upper Peninsula of Michigan
(C) slang for the direction toward the sky
(D) someone who is honest

(15) Jed Bartlet is the name of
(A) President Bush's communications director
(B) the character Martin Sheen plays on The West Wing on NBC
(C) the character Nathan Lane plays in Merry, Married, and Gay on Broadway
(D) the editorial page editor of the New York Times

(16) When you run most of your basic errands (groceries, dry cleaning, drugstore, etc.) on weekends, do you
(A) walk
(B) drive and pay for parking
(C) drive and park for free
(D) take a taxi or public transportation

(17) What does the Eighth Commandment prohibit?
(A) stealing
(B) coveting your neighbor's wife
(C) avarice
(D) committing adultery

(18) What does Door County refer to?
(A) where Jim Morrison was born
(B) where Mackinac Island is
(C) a vacation destination in Wisconsin
(D) a discount furniture hub in North Carolina

(19) The most appropriate earrings for a professional woman to wear to a job interview are
(A) pearl studs
(B) hoops
(C) anything
(D) none at all

(20) Sam's Club is a subsidiary of which company?
(A) Kmart
(B) Sam Houston and Sons
(C) Sanford and Son
(D) Wal-Mart

(21) Who is said to have written the Book of Revelation?
(A) Matthew
(B) Martin
(C) Joseph
(D) John

(22) Larry Kramer is
(A) the gangly character on Seinfeld
(B) a film director
(C) the AIDS activist/writer
(D) the founder of Starbucks

(23) Jim Caviezel is
(A) the former finalist on American Idol
(B) creator/producer of The Sopranos on HBO
(C) the actor who played Jesus in The Passion of the Christ
(D) the weekend host of Fox and Friends

(24) Rush Limbaugh is on the air for
(A) two hours daily on weekdays
(B) three hours daily on weekdays
(C) two hours three times a week
(D) three hours two times a week

(25) What is Avenue Q?
(A) the last stop on the New York City subway's No. 2 line
(B) a Broadway musical
(C) a famous gay/lesbian club in Philadelphia
(D) the nickname for the generation after Generation X

(26) Jim Jarmusch is
(A) the former Kerry campaign manager
(B) a film director
(C) host of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
(D) weekend anchor of NPR's All Things Considered

(27) Who is Dr. Laura Schlessinger?
(A) activist wife of the famous historian
(B) political pundit made famous during the Clinton impeachment
(C) prominent actress (The Mothman Prophecies, Love Actually)
(D) host of a morality-based call-in talk show

(28) How close are you to the nearest Wal-Mart Supercenter (NOT the regular Wal-Mart)?
(A) within a mile or so
(B) 2-30 miles
(C) more than 30 miles
(D) it's called Super Wal-Mart, not Wal-Mart Supercenter

(29) The difference between a condo and a co-op apartment is:
(A) a condo is bigger
(B) "co-op" is the term for units in buildings built before World War II
(C) condo owners possess each individual unit; in co-ops, you own a share
(D) nothing; they are interchangeable

(30) Have you ever eaten at the Ivy, either location?
(A) yes
(B) no
(C) don't know/never heard of it

(31) Have you ever been to Branson, Mo., on vacation?
(A) yes
(B) no

(32) Have you ever fired a gun?
(A) yes
(B) no

(33) Have you ever lived for a length of time, post-college, without access to a car or other vehicle—i.e., relying solely on walking and public transportation to get to work?
(A) yes
(B) no

(34) Would you purchase Angels in America for your home video collection?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) never seen it/don't know

(35) Would you purchase We Were Soldiers Once … and Young for your home video collection?
(A) Yes
(B) No
(C) never seen it/don't know

(36) Would you purchase Annie Hall for your home video collection?
(A) yes
(B) no
(C) never seen it/don't know

(37) Would you purchase True Grit for your home video collection?
(A) yes
(B) no
(C) never seen it/don't know



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