If, as Soren Kierkegaard believed, life is best understood backward, then the holidays are an ideal time to attempt to unravel the secrets of our age through an end-of-the-year quiz. Below are more than a hundred questions to ponder over a cup of coffee, with your feet up. For, as Kierkegaard also knew, "Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good." (Answers will appear tomorrow.)
MATCH THE TWEET TO THE TWEETER
1. "I highly approve of Romney's decision to be kind and gentle to the retard."
2. "This election is a total sham and a travesty. We are not a democracy!"
3. "One of the biggest pleasures during potato-picking-season was to throw rotten potatoes in the faces of your loved ones."
4. "GALE CRATER I AM IN YOU!!!"
5. "Uh egrejvvvmhhhkncb vvuk jhugjvklyju hgi@yj Ji June v"
6. "RIP Avalanna. i love you"
7. "Dear friends, I am pleased to get in touch with you through Twitter. Thank you for your generous response. I bless all of you from my heart."
8. "Why is Jewish owned press so consistently anti- Israel in every crisis?"
QUESTIONS
1. Which vessel was captained by Francesco Schettino when it capsized in January?
2. To which stars was Blue Ivy Carter born?
3. To what speech did Gov. Mitch Daniels of Indiana reply?
4. Who sought asylum in Ecuador's London embassy?
5. Which publication announced it would go out of print, after 244 years?
6. Where was Expo 2012 held?
7. Who shot Trayvon Martin?
8. What caused the cancellation of the opening day of the Republican National Convention?
9. Who were the moderators of the first, second and third presidential debates?
10. Who was the moderator of the vice-presidential debate?
11. Who debated in "The Rumble in the Air-Conditioned Auditorium"?
12. At a showing of which movie did James Eagan Holmes allegedly kill 12 people and wound 58 others?
13. What is Alana Thompson better known as?
14. How many Tour de France titles was Lance Armstrong stripped of?
15. Which Ugandan warlord did Jason Russell expose, before allegedly exposing himself on the streets of San Diego?
16. Which punk band are Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina and Yekaterina Samutsevich members of?
17. The Taliban shot Malala Yousafzai because of her advocacy of what cause?
18. How did Lydia Callis prove a silver lining to the clouds of Hurricane Sandy?
19. Who beat whom 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 to take his seventh such title, and where?
20. Who is Ri Sol-ju's husband?
21. "P4" quit after going "All In." Who is he?
22. Which TV show did Angus T. Jones describe as "filth"
23. Who is Park Jae-sang, and what is his style?
24. President Obama visited the country where his grandfather worked as a cook. Which country was it?
25. What did Officer Lawrence DePrimo give to Jeffrey Hillman?
26. Why were the New York Road Runners stopped in their tracks?
27. Who fell 24 miles?
28. What was the subject of the Leveson Inquiry?
29. What was Clint's four-legged friend at the Republican National Convention?
30. What shrunk from 9.7 inches, diagonally, to 7.9?
31. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to…?
32. How did the D.J.'s Mel Greig and Michael Christian make world headlines?
33. What crazy word did Congress ban from use in federal legislation?
34. Who didn't do what in "a two-hour and 50-something"?
35. Who is "never ever ever ever getting back together. Like, ever"?
36. Whom did Megyn Kelly ask, "Is this just math that you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better?"
37. Who publicly insulted Sandra Fluke?
38. Which adversaries shared a lunch of white turkey chili and grilled chicken salad?
39. Which previously all-male club did Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore join in August?
40. Which puppet did Kevin Clash control?
41. What is hyperemesis gravidarum a rare and severe form of?
42. Who sang the national anthem at the 2012 Super Bowl?
43. In what capacity did Paolo Gabriele serve Pope Benedict XVI?
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