Answers to Friday's news quiz
Here are the answers to Friday’s news quiz, which asked you to identify the House Jan. 6 committee witness who said in testimony: “Donald Trump and his allies and supporters are a clear and present danger to American democracy. That’s not because of what happened on January 6. It’s because to this very day the former president, his allies, and supporters pledge that in the presidential election of 2024 if the former president or his anointed successor as the Republican Party presidential candidate were to lose that election, that they would attempt to overturn that 2024 election in the same way that they attempted to overturn the 2020 election but succeed in 2024 where they failed in 2020.”
The first letters of each clued word spell out: J. MICHAEL LUTTIG, conservative icon and former circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals.
JERRY SEINFELD: Long Island comedy legend making his feature film directing debut on a movie he co-wrote titled “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”
MAERSK: International shipping company being sued by two female cadets from the Merchant Marine Academy for failing to protect them from sexual assault and harassment.
INFLATION: The Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point in its attempt to battle this.
CLARENCE THOMAS: The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection has requested an interview with the activist wife of this Supreme Court justice.
HUGH JACKMAN: Theater/film star currently headlining a Broadway musical who tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in less than six months.
ALGEBRA: Advanced sixth-graders in New York could be taking courses in this branch of math under new rules approved by the state Board of Regents.
ELEPHANT: New York’s Court of Appeals rejected an animal rights group’s attempt to declare that a female of this species at the Bronx Zoo is a person.
LIZZO: Singer who changed the lyrics of a song after being criticized for unintentionally using a slang word considered derogatory by disability advocates.
LIGHTYEAR: Pixar animated film that’s been banned by the United Arab Emirates because it shows a kiss between two lesbian characters.
UPS: Delivery company that unveiled a slimmed-down, battery-powered, four-wheeled cycle-vehicle to more efficiently haul packages in Manhattan.
THREE: Number of Republican gubernatorial candidates who appeared in person for Monday’s debate.
TESLA: Automaker whose cars have been involved in 273 crashes in less than a year while being driven in autopilot mode.
INTERNET EXPLORER: Once-dominant web browser retired Wednesday by Microsoft, which no longer will support it.
GOOGLE: Company that placed an engineer on leave after he said the company’s AI was sentient.
— Michael Dobie @mwdobie
