Opinion: Winners! Winners! We’ve got winners!
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The excitement never ends in the Opinion L.A. Quiz. You’ll recall that last week we had a holdover trivia stumper on L.A. mayoral history. We finally have a winner, but first, let’s take a look at our Multiple Choice results from this week’s quiz:
1. The foreclosure-relief bill proposed in the Senate last week would do all of the following except: Correct answer: Allow mortgages to be modified in bankruptcy court. (A mere 45% of you got this one right, our worst performance of the week.) 2. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors enacted a 40-hour moratorium on what this past weekend? Correct answer: Homicide. (58% right) 3. President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin got into a public Dust-Up last week over: Correct answer: Bush’s support for admitting Ukraine and George into NATO. (76% right)4. Joe Torre coached his first regular-season game as the Dodgers’ manager. Which Dodgers manager did he replace? Correct answer: Grady Little. (60% right) 5. On April 6, the United States celebrated Tartan Day to commemorate which inspiration for the U.S. Declaration of Independence? Correct answer: The 1320 Scottish Declaration of Arbroath. (61% right) 6. Bankrupt airline ATA ceased operations Thursday. Which other U.S. airline also stopped flying last week? Correct answer: Aloha Airlines. (76% right)
Limerick honors this week go to Santa Monica’s own Roger Allers, who ends his writeup of the latest torture memo story with an unexpected line of heptameter:
There once was a lawyer named YooWhose ethical burdens were few.Asked if torture offendsHe replied, ‘It depends,If it’s you doing me or me doing you.’
Loyd Dillon of Charlotte, NC takes home our caption contest prize with the following:
We both want to announce publicly that we still want a ban on gay marriage.
Now for our extra-innings mayoral stumper. Once again, the question was:
Before 1993, when L.A. voters adopted term limits and Mayor Tom Bradley decided not to run for a sixth term, who was the last L.A. mayor to have retired voluntarily, without being defeated for re-election, recalled, or otherwise trying to regain the seat?
Many tried, but only one succeeded. All the way from Lenexa, Kansas (you just never know where you’ll find L.A. mayoral expertise), Eric Shaw sends in the following:
I believe the answer is Henry R Rose who served as mayor from 1913 to 1915.
That is correct, Eric. You’ll be receiving top-quality L.A. Times swag for this answer, though we should not that his actual name was Henry H. Rose: His middle initial was botched in some long-lost transcription error, which appears destined to follow him through history.
However, we have an interesting result in place and show, where Charles E. Sebastian turned out to be a popular answer. It’s true that Sebastian resigned rather than being recalled or defeated, but he did so under threat of a recall. Thus, the answer fits the specifications in all but one point: Sebastian can’t be said to have left office ‘voluntarily.’ Honorable mention, and slightly less top-notch snag, go to Nancy Anne Nuno, Mark G Majewski, Nathan Deer, Richard Fisher.
Thanks a lot, and look for upcoming Opinion L.A. quizzes.