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Large-Scale Disasters (a quiz)

Discover the aftermath of the BP oil spill, from explosive pipelines to baby sea turtles saved from disaster.

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What with the Transformers 3 filming going on near my office building, I've seen and heard a whole lot of explosions this week. Although the fireballs were real, the disaster was not. But some fiery catastrophes are all too real.

1. BP finally got a cap on the well, which may or may not have paused the leak. But another leak, which BP couldn't plug, revealed that:

a. BP has been doctoring some of the photos it releases.

b. CEO Tony Hayward doctored his resumé before BP hired him.

c. All BP interns belong to an elaborate "hot or not"-style internal social networking site.

d. BP is at serious risk of bankruptcy.

2. Two exploded pipelines caused a large oil spill (relative to most, anyway) off the shore of:

a. Canada

b. Chile

c. China

d. Croatia

3. Dick Cheney recently had surgery that left him without:

a. a heart

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