Pop Quiz!

You overdid it last night, didn't you? Too much bad guacamole, stale beer, and trash talk. I heard you marauding through the streets outside my window. Half of you were screaming, "Boston Sucks!" while the other half screamed "Fuck the Yankees!" (The Yankees?) Not being a football afficianado, I just assumed you go to the SuperBowl with the chants you have.

In any case, what you need this morning -- in addition to a bacon-egg-and-cheese-on-roll (buttered, of course, for a maximum dose of comforting cholesterol) washed down with your favorite caffeinated beverage -- is a little pop quiz to focus your mind. So here's one courtesy of Paul Slansky, the guy who wrote the definitive account of Round One in the Republican Plot Against America. Good luck!

Preview question: Who is Michael Palladino?

(a) One of two young men who interrupted a speech by Hillary Clinton by yelling, “Iron my shirt! Iron my shirt!”

(b) The aide to Barack Obama who was shoved by Bill O’Reilly at a rally.

(c) The adviser to Fred Thompson’s campaign who turned out to have been convicted of cocaine trafficking.

(d) The boxer who hosted a Nevada Obama event and who had been convicted of battery.

(e) The New York City police detective who scoffed at Rudolph Giuliani’s claim to have been “at Ground Zero as often as, if not more than, most of the workers.”

(f) The formerly gay gospel singer who who advocates “curing” homosexuality with prayer, and whose performance at Obama-sponsored concerts upset gays and liberals.

The rest of the questions -- and answers -- are here.