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Take the Hot Air terrorism quiz

posted at 5:35 pm on February 5, 2008 by Bryan
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Let’s take a minute to pause from the Super Duper Mega Terrific Tuesday news and have a little quiz on the state of the world. No Googling. Eyes on your own monitor.

1. In the debate over the fate of the West vis a vis Islam, who just threw in the towel to whom?

A. Robert Spencer to Dinesh D’Souza

B. Fouad Ajami to Samuel Huntington

C. Osama bin Laden to George W. Bush

2. Who described Islam as a “religion of terrorism?”

A. Daniel Pipes

B. George W. Bush

C. Steve Emerson

D. Robert Spencer

E. Dick Cheney

F. None of the above

3. Which publication or news outlet has attracted Muslim wrath today?

A. Wikipedia

B. Fox News

C. The New York Times

D. Hot Air

4. The British were recently found to be planning to build a training camp for:

A. The Taliban

B. The Beafeaters

C. Sinn Fein

D. The New England Patriots

Answers: 1, 2, 3, 4

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Hmm I got 2 of them right. I always like people telling me you cant fight and Idea with guns but I guess we can fight tme with money by ending poverty ?

How does enriching Jihadists make them less dangerous ? They look at our giving them money as dhimminitude and the rightfull order of things. We are giving them exactly what they believe is they way things should be.

And dont give me “They hate america for blowback> if they hate America why are they even in Iraq killing fellow Muslims ? Shouldnt they come here and attack us to spare their fellows any pain ?

blowback = BS

William Amos on February 5, 2008 at 5:43 PM

That was interesting. Four stories wrapped into one. But I really wouldn’t mind if the Brits built a training camp for those cheaters, the New England Patriots.

Zorro on February 5, 2008 at 5:43 PM

Robert Spencer to Dinesh D’Souza

LOL

abinitioadinfinitum on February 5, 2008 at 5:45 PM

Before I look, I’ll say 1:A; 2:F; 3:B; 4:A

amerpundit on February 5, 2008 at 5:51 PM

Wikipedia? Seriously?

amerpundit on February 5, 2008 at 5:51 PM

Ameripundit:

Would I spoil the quiz for you if I asked, Are you freakin’ kidding me?

Cheers!

Robert Spencer on February 5, 2008 at 5:53 PM

3/4! (I missed the “who called Islam a religion of terrorism” one; in fairness, my second guess was “me,” which wasn’t any of the abve)

emailnuevo on February 5, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Hey, I got one:

Who imprisoned an Afghani man, who fought against both the Soviets and the Taliban, for five years without charges until he died of natural causes:

A. Russia

B. Taliban insurgents

C. United States

D. Sudan

Answer

AJB on February 5, 2008 at 5:54 PM

Robert Spencer on February 5, 2008 at 5:53 PM

I was curious if you had seen that first question.

abinitioadinfinitum on February 5, 2008 at 5:55 PM

AJB on February 5, 2008 at 5:54 PM

I got one too! Who’s about to get himself banned for threadjacking?

A. AJB
B. AJB
C. AJB

Bryan on February 5, 2008 at 5:56 PM

I got them all right except for number three, but in my defense it’s very difficult to keep track of who they are outraged at today.

DFCtomm on February 5, 2008 at 5:57 PM

Nice post Bryan…we need more of this! 4 for 4…thanks Robert!

dmann on February 5, 2008 at 5:57 PM

Uffda!

Chakra Hammer on February 5, 2008 at 5:57 PM

AJB on February 5, 2008 at 5:54 PM

I’ve got one:

Who doesn’t care?

1)Me
2)Me
3)Me
4)All of the above

Just Christmas tree it.

emailnuevo on February 5, 2008 at 5:58 PM

AJB on February 5, 2008 at 5:54 PM

You need to stop drinking the NYT’s Kool-Aid man.

MyImamToldMeToDoIt on February 5, 2008 at 6:00 PM

3 of 4 …..I stink

BL@KBIRD on February 5, 2008 at 6:06 PM

And here’s another one. Did Hamas blow up the Sinai-Gaza wall a) to relieve the suffering and nicotine withdrawal symptoms of the Palestinians? or b) to throw sufficient human chaff in the air to sneak a few of Allah’s self-detonating soldiers into Israel through Egypt?

shaken on February 5, 2008 at 6:09 PM

AJB…WTF…LOL

BL@KBIRD on February 5, 2008 at 6:11 PM

Would I spoil the quiz for you if I asked, Are you freakin’ kidding me?

I think I need to see that in Robert’s next Vent. I just can’t quite picture that phrase coming out of his mouth. Heh. I got #1 right only because I knew A and C were wrong. Missed #3 though. Who would have thought?

TX Mom on February 5, 2008 at 6:15 PM

LOL 1A….I think he was just goading you Robert.

TexasDan on February 5, 2008 at 6:20 PM

In re the Wikipedia furore, I went ahead and signed the petition (by the name Aisha bint Abu Bakr, #91,696) to have the images of the Prophet (PBUH) removed, just so I could leave the following comment, which exceeds my wonted gentle ways:

The rule of Islam is not the rule of the West. In the West we are free to characterise, satirise, criticise, insult or mock any false prophet we want. We can call Mohammed a paedophile and murderer if we want and no one has any right in the universe to try to slit our throats. Piss upon your dirty Führer Mohammed and his filthy religion of violence. To hell with your imperialism, bigotry and intimidation. And if those of you living in the West think the words I say right here are a crime, then take yourself to some dirty country where people are killed for speaking. Because the West is not the land of submission; and it does not belong to you, but to the free.

(I lifted the phrase “[your] filthy religion” from Hitchens.)

Tzetzes on February 5, 2008 at 6:23 PM

I wonder how the candidate would fair on these quiz.

Obama – 0/4
Hillary – 0/4
Romney – 2/4
McCain – 3/4

Just a quess.

Kini on February 5, 2008 at 6:32 PM

The petition has a little “lolcats” flavor to it.

Removal of the Pics of Muhammad from Wikipedia
Target:To tell wikipedia editors to respect other peoples religion
Sponsored by: Faraz Ahmad

In Islam pictures or Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and other holly figures are not allowed, but on wikipedia they has published some pictures that are showing not only a body with white face but an image that has a complete face.. that is even not allowed by SHITAT fact of Islam.
i request all my brothers and sisters to sign this petition so we can tell wikipedia to remove them.

Can they haz porkburger?

Frozen Tex on February 5, 2008 at 6:34 PM

Wow, way to go Wikipedia! I don’t think I got any of them right, but I did follow some links to try to educate myself. Very interesting stuff.

4shoes on February 5, 2008 at 6:41 PM

What did Churchill say or do when one of his generals suggested that, to win the war, they should build training camps for the Nazis to help “turn them.”

1. Had the officer immediately shot as a traitor.
2. Said, “General, I am drunk. But you are an idiot. Tomorrow, I shall be sober but you will still be an idiot and a newly demoted private.”
3. Said, “You’ve been talking to the French again, haven’t you?”
4. Sent him to Germany to personally wish Hitler a Happy Hanukkah.

Rod on February 5, 2008 at 6:59 PM

So I got
1 B Really interesting read. The guy can write.
2 D
3 C, whch turned out wrong. I thought it was the NYT.
4 A
75%, not bad.

Geronimo on February 5, 2008 at 7:13 PM

Second look at a Mohammed tattoo? Hmmm.

Geronimo on February 5, 2008 at 7:13 PM

4/4 — I’m not sure whether to be proud of myself or depressed that I spend way too much time on the internet.

db on February 5, 2008 at 7:17 PM

I had an advantage. The Wikipedia article was posted at FR today. Let’s hope they don’t cave. If they don’t like Muhammad’s page, they probably don’t care too much for this one either.

Connie on February 5, 2008 at 7:37 PM

Just when I was about to stop checking HotAir – great post.

studentpat on February 5, 2008 at 7:40 PM

Very good post Bryan! Very informative, interesting and, well, fun for a change when discussing muslims and their ilk. Do it again sometime soon.

countywolf on February 5, 2008 at 7:46 PM

Speaking of a Patriot’s training camp:
http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7762748?MSNHPHMA

May want to include a detox center.

a capella on February 5, 2008 at 8:10 PM

If I check back tomorrow, will the information at Wikipedia be the same?

RushBaby on February 5, 2008 at 8:27 PM

Aced it. Allahu akbar!

MrC_5150 on February 5, 2008 at 8:28 PM

I think the guy that wrote the petition to Wikipedia is my tech support geek.

whitetop on February 5, 2008 at 8:29 PM

Well, I got the first two right (FAIL).

Lesson, read more JihadWatch!

RushBaby on February 5, 2008 at 8:35 PM

Good way to link Bryan. Good post!

SouthernDem on February 5, 2008 at 8:56 PM

Ok give me an ‘A’ AP, no lie I got all four right and didn’t cheat.

The last one was a bit of a surprise but with how the UK has constantly been giving up ground to the Islamo-fascists it doesn’t shock me one bit.

It seems the Brits especially with Brown at the helm are cutting and running, unfortunately if they don’t get their stiff upper lip back soon they won’t even have the UK to run and hide to!

Liberty or Death on February 5, 2008 at 10:24 PM

Great post!

NeoconNews.com on February 6, 2008 at 3:16 AM

Now take the FrontPage quiz. Too easy.

Shy Guy on February 6, 2008 at 3:35 AM

I missed the wikipedia one, but I am quite sure an acceptable answer to that question could be “all of the above” anyway.