Pop quiz
Gore galore: What is the definition of “gore point”:
A) The exact moment in any “Saw” movie when you decided to watch something — anything — else;
B) Any time one yawns during an Al Gore speech or interview;
C) Lines that drivers shouldn’t cross on freeway onramps.
If your answer wasn’t “C,” you need to read Street Smarts columnist Melissa Slager’s primer on gore points on Page A3.
Don’t know much about history: On this day in 1974, Richard Nixon became the first president in U.S. history to resign, after the world learned that he lied about his role in the Watergate break-in and subsequent cover-up (Today in History, Page B4).
If he’s elected, President Donald Trump won’t resign unless:
A) He is caught trafficking in stolen human organs (and not ones from China);
B) He melts down the government’s gold stockpiles at Fort Knox to make more bathroom fixtures at Mar-a-Lago;
C) The job occasionally requires him to read briefing papers that are longer than 250 words.
— Mark Carlson, Herald staff
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