Kaufmann quiz: Chicago columnists
How well do you know our newspaper scribes?
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This award-winning Tribune columnist was one of Chicago's best, until a sex scandal with a high school student forced him to resign:
Willy Thompson
Bob Greene
Aaron May
Tom Johnson
Correct answer: Bob Greene
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This embattled sports columnist riled up readers until he left town in 2008:
Jay Mariotti
Fred Mitchell
Rick Telander
Rick Morrissey
Correct answer: Jay Mariotti
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This syndicated Tribune columnist just announced their semi-retirement:
Clarence Page
Michael Sneed
Eric Zorn
Mary Mitchell
Correct answer: Clarence Page
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She took over Irv Kupcinet's column after he died:
Mara Tapp
Margo Howard
Stella Foster
Suze Orman
Correct answer: Stella Foster
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Who wrote a music column for the Sun-Times?
Jim DeRogatis
Greg Kot
James VanOsdol
Marty Lennartz
Correct answer: Jim DeRogatis
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This columnist covered arts and culture for most of the 20th century. There is a theater named after her:
Lois Weisberg
Alison Chopin
Claudia Cassidy
Jane Nederlander
Correct answer: Claudia Cassidy
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What publication did media columnist Robert Feder NOT work for?
Sun-Times
Vocalo
Daily Herald
Chicago Reader
Correct answer: Chicago Reader
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This Chicago Reader sex-advice columnist was syndicated from Seattle, but he grew up in Chicago:
Mike Sula
Marcus Gilmer
Mick Dumke
Dan Savage
Correct answer: Dan Savage
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Kathy O'Malley, Michael Sneed and Terry Armour wrote for this gossip column:
About Last Night
INC.
Tower Ticker
QT
Correct answer: INC.
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Which one of these did NOT write a column for RedEye?
Jimmy Greenfield
Ernest Wilkins
Tracy Swartz
Charlie Meyerson
Correct answer: Charlie Meyerson
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Admit it, you always skipped the columnists and straight for the funny papers.
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Not terrible! You only read Royko, anyway.
Your score is {percent correct} / 100
Congrats! You must have skipped the front page and thumbed right to the columnists. Me too :)