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Question 1: 2006: ________ (demoted or devalued, as happened to the former planet Pluto).
PlutoMakemake (dwarf planet)Haumea (dwarf planet)(55636) 2002 TX300

Question 2: Since 1991, the American Dialect Society has designated one or more words or terms to be the ________.
Barack ObamaGoogleWord of the yearGlobal Language Monitor

Question 3: 1990: bushlips (similar to "bullshit" – stemming from President ________'s 1988 "Read my lips: no new taxes" broken promise)
Richard NixonGerald FordGeorge H. W. BushRonald Reagan

Question 4: 2000: chad (from the ________ controversy in Florida).
United States presidential election, 2000Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2000United States presidential election, 2008United States presidential election, 1996

Question 5: 2002: ________ (WMDs).
Weapon of mass destructionChemical warfareNuclear weaponNuclear proliferation

Question 6: ________ credits the American Dialect Society with starting the phenomenon.
International Herald TribuneThe New York Times CompanyThe New York TimesThe Boston Globe

Question 7: 2004: red state, ________, purple state (from the 2004 presidential election).
United StatesDemocratic Party (United States)Red states and blue statesElectoral College (United States)

Question 8: The society also selects words in other categories that vary from year to year, such as most original, most unnecessary, most outrageous and most likely to succeed (see ________).
American Dialect SocietyBarack ObamaGlobal Language MonitorWord of the year

Question 9: 1991: mother of all (as in ________'s foretold "Mother of all battles")
Saddam HusseinIran–Iraq WarIraqGulf War

Question 10: A number of words chosen by the ADS are also on the list of Merriam-Webster's Words of the Year, as well as on the ________'s Word of the Year lists.
Global Language MonitorUnited StatesGeorge W. BushBarack Obama
















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