Take Our Quiz: iPhone Smut, Cigarettes, and Something in the Soup
1. This week, Apple moved to ban iPhone applications that feature sexually suggestive material. Which of these was an actual Apple-approved iPhone app that the company has since banned?
- A. "iDoctor" - lets users "play doctor" by turning phone into virtual probe
- B. "WhoaSarah" - removed the clothes from online pictures of Sarah Palin
- C. "Puff" - lets users lift the skirts of Japanese girls by blowing into the iPhone's microphone
- D. "Vibe3G+" - lets users set their iPhone's vibrate mode to "pleasure."
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Answer: C - Let users lift the skirts of Japanese girls
2. New credit card regulations went into effect this week, aiming to protect consumers from abusive practices. Which of these practices is still legal under the new regulations?
- A. Banks can charge customers an "inactivity fee" for not using their card
- B. Customers can be charged a "paper processing fee" without notice
- C. Banks can change the due date of bills up to three times in a calendar year
- D. Interest rates can be increased as much as 25% due to a low credit score
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Answer: A - Banks can charge customers an "inactivity fee."
3. Several patients at Kaiser Permanente hospitals in California recently found something unexpected in their chicken noodle soup. What was it?
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Answer: A - Glass fragments
4. GlaxoSmithKline has stopped making versions of its popular denture adhesive Poligrip so it can remove zinc from the products. What health problem could be triggered by excessive exposure to zinc-laden Poligrip?
- A. Loss of remaining teeth
- B. Numbness, tingling or weakness in the arms and legs
- C. Dementia
- D. Chronic bad breath
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Answer: B - Numbness, tingling or weakness in the arms and legs
5. Bowing to new federal tobacco guidelines, Phillip Morris is renaming its best-selling brand, Marlboro Lights. What will its new name be?
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Answer: B - Marlboro Gold
A. -- incorrect! This particular device has yet to be invented.
Try again B. -- wrong. I'm afraid you'll have to stick with Photoshop.
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D. -- incorrect. For all we know Apple may have a team of engineers working on this right now, but unfortunately Apple neither confirms or denies rumors about its projects.
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B. -- wrong. But make sure you always read the fine print.
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C. -- incorrect.
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D. -- incorrect.
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B. -- wrong. No one was poisoned in preparing this question.
Try again C. --wrong. It was chicken soup, not tomato soup.
Try again D. -- wrong. No animals were harmed in preparing this question.
Try again A. -- incorrect. Your smile will remain the same.
Try again C. -- wrong. Your mind will remain intact as you contemplate your symptoms.
Try again D. --incorrect! Your friends will be grateful.
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A. -- wrong: not fresh enough!
Try again C. -- Marlboro One: wrong: strike one!
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D. -- Marlboro Lytes: incorrect: not light enough!
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