By now, most of you are undoubtedly aware of Charlie Sheen’s bizarre and very public meltdown this week. Major news outlets, tabloids, talk shows and social media are all having a field day with the outbursts and, let’s face it, the whole demented saga is hard to ignore. How else can you explain Sheen’s Twitter account attracting 1.3 million followers in less than two days?I got sucked in on Tuesday when the Guardian newspaper featured an online “Who Said It” quiz using quotes from Sheen and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. After correctly answering only 4 out of 10 questions, I determined this would be a fun and challenging exercise to share in this week’s Gazette. Unfortunately, the quiz went viral and most of you are now probably aware of it.
Undeterred and without any other engaging ideas for this week’s column, I decided to press on. The Sheen vs. Gaddafi idea is indeed clever, but doesn’t measure up to the quiz standards to which seasoned MBA students are accustomed. Where’s the challenge, after all, when you have a 50/50 chance right off the bat?With this in mind, I developed a decidedly more difficult version of the Guardian quiz by adding a few other colorful characters to the multiple choice mix. Now, instead of choosing solely between a crazed actor and an unstable dictator, the field includes:
· Aging punk icon Iggy Pop
· Deceased writer Hunter S. Thompson
· Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
The first person to correctly answer 10 out of 10 and post on my blog will win a prize. Honor Code applies.
Ready?
1.) “I feel the same way about disco as I do about herpes.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
2.) “Defeat is not an option. They picked a fight with a warlock."
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
3.) “The key is eliminating the redundant redundancies before execution.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
4.) “I wore that because it makes me look beautiful. I stare at myself in the mirror and I think, ‘wow, I’m really great looking.’…I think I’m the greatest, anyway.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
5.) “All my people love me. They would die to protect me.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
6.) “I am like the Queen of England.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
7.) “I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
8.) “I will destroy you in the air. I will deploy my ordinance to the ground.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
9.) “Nobody understands me, I’m really sensitive.”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
10.) “I’ve never changed my sheets. What’s the point?”
A. Charlie Sheen
B. Muammar Gaddafi
C. Iggy Pop
D. Hunter S. Thompson
E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs
Answers
1. D. Hunter S. Thompson
2. A. Charlie Sheen
3. E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs (don’t worry, it wasn’t a TEMBA student)
4. C. Iggy Pop
5. B. Muammar Gaddafi (though I would also accept a write-in for Cali Swag District)
6. B. Muammar Gaddafi
7. D. Hunter S. Thompson
8. A. Charlie Sheen
9. C. Iggy Pop
10. E. Random Comments I’ve Recently Heard in the Halls of McCombs (ah, to be an undergrad again)
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