Weekend Quiz: Let’s Create Our Own News. No Skill Required.

By: Laurie | January 17th, 2009

I am bored with our standard quiz format, so we’re going to try something different this week.

Remember MadLibs? Those little booklets your mom gave you in the car to keep you from pummeling your sister on the way to grandma’s, where you come up with a noun, a verb, etc. and then you later get to see how they fit into the story? That’s what we’re doing.

It’s been such a wonderful week for fake news, we’re going to create our own. In a separate post, I’ve written up a football-related story that could, with the right words, have come from an actual news event. Or not.

Pick one word or phrase for each of the following. I’ll post the “news story” tomorrow, along with some of the more interesting responses.

(This could be hysterical, or it could go horribly, horribly wrong and be really dumb and boring. But blogging is all about experimentation, right? Nothing ventured, nothing gained?)

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Use your imagination and pick one for each of the following. Leave you answers in the comments.

1. [city]
2. [player name]
3. [club name]
4. [large sum of money]
5. [manager of club in #3]
6. [a skill or talent]
7. [a positive personal quality]
8. [bar name]
9. [beverage]
10. [something that can hold liquid]
11. [song name]
12. [piece of furniture]
13. [another player name]
14. [third player name]
15. [vehicle]
16. [female celebrity]
17. [large object]
18. [living creature]
19. [inaminate object]
20. [a second club name]

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Category: World Football

Tags: Fake News, MadLibs, Weekend Quiz, World Football

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• Brett |  January 17th, 2009 at 9:14 am

  
  
  

  1. Moscow
  2. Eddie Johnson
  3. FC Barcelona
  4. 325m pounds
  5. Pep Guardiola
  6. Burping the alphabet
  7. Handsome
  8. Johnny’s
  9. Gin and juice
  10. Bathtub
  11. Since U Been Gone
  12. Dresser
  13. Ashley Cole
  14. Kaka
  15. VW Van
  16. Madonna
  17. Space shuttle
  18. Elephant
  19. Boulder
  20. Manchester City

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• Shazback |  January 17th, 2009 at 10:25 am

  
  
  

  1. Los Angeles
  2. Ryan Giggs
  3. S.S. Lazio
  4. 62M€
  5. Delio Rossi
  6. Heading
  7. Generous
  8. “The Gay Cock”
  9. Martini, shaked not stirred
  10. Glove
  11. Mrs Robinson
  12. Uplighter
  13. Adriano
  14. Mehmet Aurélio
  15. Electric wheelchair
  16. Angela Merkel
  17. Santiago Bernabeu
  18. Platypus
  19. Bed
  20. Gamba Osaka

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• daryl |  January 17th, 2009 at 10:29 am

  
  
  

  1. Cleveland, Ohio
  2. Leo Messi
  3. MK Dons
  4. $150 mil
  5. Roberto Di Matteo
  6. Jedi mind trick
  7. excellent personal hygiene
  8. Rose & Crown
  9. White Russian
  10. UEFA Champions League trophy
  11. “Remember the Name” by Fort Minor
  12. antique french armoire
  13. Gary Neville
  14. El Hadji Diouf
  15. Robin Reliant
  16. Lindsay Lohan
  17. fridge
  18. blue sperm whale
  19. Phillips-head screwdriver
  20. Accrington Stanley

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• Mark |  January 17th, 2009 at 10:43 am

  
  
  

  1. Bucharest
  2. Rory Delap
  3. East Stirlingshire F.C.
  4. $20,000,000
  5. Jim McInally
  6. Stepovers
  7. Humility
  8. Smokey Joe’s
  9. Orangina
  10. Barrel
  11. Sweet Caroline
  12. Desk chair
  13. Gareth Jellyman
  14. Darren Fletcher
  15. Trash can on wheels
  16. Angelina Jolie
  17. Apartment building
  18. Gila Monster
  19. Camera
  20. Mamelodi Sundowns

  Posted from United States

  

• jayslick |  January 17th, 2009 at 11:43 am

  
  
  

  1. Manchester
  2. KaKa
  3. Manchester City
  4. 100,000,000 pounds
  5. Mark Hughs
  6. playmaker
  7. generous
  8. Tanstaafl
  9. Carling
  10. boot
  11. Apeman
  12. pew
  13. Craig Bellemy
  14. Nigel de Jong
  15. train
  16. posh spice
  17. pet rock
  18. water buffalo
  19. hat
  20. Inter

  Posted from United States

  

• Johnny |  January 17th, 2009 at 12:28 pm

  
  
  

  Mad libs needs some randomness:

  1. San Diego, CA
  2. a young but mulletted (sp?) Eric Wynalda
  3. Bostock Stanley
  4. 5 quatloos
  5. Monty Montezuma
  6. tying a cherry stem knot by tongue
  7. the aforementioned tongue tying quality
  8. Anytime some one says “On the House!”
  9. White Russia- with Daryl – Agreed!
  10. paisley thermos
  11. My Uzi weighs a ton (not on i Tunes).
  12. couch – hide a bed not necessary.
  13. Nani
  14. Kewell
  15. Mah Jeep
  16. Jim Rome
  17. Sepp Blatter’s melon
  18. sea cucumber
  19. see answers 10 and 16
  20. NAMblA Fat Campers

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• Fanatic-France-Freak |  January 17th, 2009 at 12:53 pm

  
  
  

  1. Lyon
  2. Jeremy Toulalan
  3. Olympique Lyonnais
  4. $0.50
  5. Zinedine Zidane
  6. Stirring chickensoup
  7. Dorkiness
  8. The Cosy Corner
  9. Cow Juice
  10. Toilet
  11. Smack that
  12. Fur Couch
  13. Yoann Gourcuff
  14. Franck Ribery
  15. Space shuttle
  16. Wahiba Ribery
  17. Mum
  18. Cow
  19. Ball
  20. Bayern Munchen

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• Rob |  January 17th, 2009 at 2:52 pm

  
  
  

  1. Manchester
  2. Frank lampard
  3. Bristol Rovers
  4. £76m
  5. paul trollope
  6. Making really good Chilli
  7. Commitment
  8. The Blue Monkey
  9. Rum and Coke
  10. Sunny D bottle
  11. Guilt (The Long Blondes)
  12. Office chair
  13. Ibrahimovic
  14. Maldini
  15. Alpha Romeo Spider
  16. Audrey Tautou
  17. HD TV
  18. Turtle
  19. A Vintage Fender Telecaster
  20. Blackburn Rovers

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• Johonna |  January 17th, 2009 at 2:55 pm

  
  
  

  1. Singapore
  2. Drogba
  3. Arsenal
  4. $400
  5. Wenger
  6. Tap dancing
  7. Generosity
  8. The Pelt Room
  9. Ensure
  10. The Stanley Cup
  11. Eye of the Tiger
  12. Ottoman
  13. Mexes
  14. Pato
  15. Golf Cart
  16. Hilary Clinton
  17. Wrench (or spanner if you will)
  18. Dachshund
  19. Flashlight
  20. River Plate

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• Mustafa Salih |  January 17th, 2009 at 3:20 pm

  
  
  

  1. Phoenix, AZ
  2. Fernando Torres
  3. Plymouth Argyle
  4. 152,543,682,542,649 Zimbabwe Dollars
  5. Paul Sturrock
  6. Finishing
  7. Noble
  8. Lounge Inn, Southport
  9. Moet Champagne
  10. Pimp Cup
  11. ‘Heartless’ by Kanye West
  12. La-Z-Boy Chair
  13. Michael Essien
  14. Titus Bramble
  15. That 3-wheeled car from the Mr. Bean show
  16. Ann Coulter
  17. Grand Piano
  18. Sergio Ramos
  19. Graphing Calculator
  20. Nagoya Grampus

  Posted from United States

  

• Sam |  January 17th, 2009 at 4:19 pm

  
  
  

  1. Bloomington, Indiana
  2. Steve Sidwell
  3. Aris Thessaloniki
  4. Fifty million euros and a bag of coupons
  5. Enrique Hernandez
  6. Defensive throw-ins
  7. Good cook
  8. Devaney’s Irish Pub
  9. Grape soda
  10. Empty half of a coconut
  11. “Frost” by Yacopsae
  12. Bedside table made of titanium
  13. Steve Mandanda
  14. Luis Figo
  15. Rickshaw
  16. Miley Cyrus
  17. Christmas tree
  18. Snapping turtle
  19. Sharpie
  20. Victoria SC (my former club )

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• eric |  January 17th, 2009 at 6:25 pm

  
  
  

  1. St-Louis-du-haha, Québec
  2. Daniel Cousin
  3. Toronto FC
  4. 20 billion rubles
  5. John Carver
  6. dog training
  7. politeness
  8. Honest Mur’s
  9. green apple jones soda
  10. vat
  11. Rogue Nation by Warsawpack
  12. bed-side table
  13. Kaka
  14. Victor Montano(with a gn symbol on the n)
  15. 1986 Nissan Sentra
  16. Margaret Thatcher
  17. garbage truck
  18. ladybug
  19. ladle
  20. Deportivo La Coruna(again with the gn)

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• Abby |  January 17th, 2009 at 7:13 pm

  
  
  

  1. Baku, Azerbaijan
  2. Jens Lehmann
  3. Seattle Sounders FC
  4. £37 million
  5. Sigi Schmid
  6. Excellent comic timing
  7. Good hygiene
  8. The Buck
  9. hot toddy
  10. A bathtub
  11. Knowing Me, Knowing You
  12. A Barcelona chair
  13. Fabian Lustenberger
  14. Carles Puyol
  15. Fixed-gear bicycle
  16. Rachel Maddow
  17. Ikea bookshelf
  18. Tamarin monkey
  19. Box of rocks
  20. Arminia Bielefeld

  Posted from United States

  

• wob |  January 18th, 2009 at 6:33 am

  
  
  

  Cape Town
  Sotiris Ninis
  De Graafschap
  $ 100
  Henk van Stee
  Making money
  Power
  Bar Club 100
  Bionade
  bottle
  can You Hear me (enrique iglesias)
  sofa
  Jozy Altidore
  Giovinco
  Car
  Paris Hilton
  House
  Fc Barcelona

  Posted from Netherlands

  

• wob |  January 18th, 2009 at 6:37 am

  
  
  

  srry forgot something

  Cape Town
  Sotiris Ninis
  De Graafschap
  $ 100
  Henk van Stee
  Making money
  Power
  Bar Club 100
  Bionade
  bottle
  can You Hear me (enrique iglesias)
  sofa
  Jozy Altidore
  Giovinco
  Car
  Paris Hilton
  House
  Dog
  Glove
  Fc Barcelona

  Posted from Netherlands

  

• Marc |  January 18th, 2009 at 8:46 pm

  
  
  

  1. Montréal
  2. Alessandro Diamanti
  3. Livorno
  4. 32 Million Euros
  5. Leonardo Acori
  6. Puppetry of the penis
  7. altruistic
  8. Jimmy 2 times
  9. Brio, Rhum and Lime
  10. Piss Pot
  11. Pearl Necklace, ZZ Top
  12. Hamac
  13. Mario Jardel
  14. Tiberio Guarente
  15. Lada 4×4
  16. B Arthur
  17. Snow Plow
  18. Platypus
  19. Trotsky T-Shirt
  20. Montreal Impact

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