POP QUIZ (ANCHOR'S AWEIGH)

           With a new anchor taking over the "CBS Evening News"  Monday, let's take a trip down network-anchor-and-personality lane.

1. Who is the new CBS anchor?
    a) Bob Schieffer.
   b) Meredith Vieira.
   c) Scott Pelley. 
  d) Lesley Stahl.
2. Whom is the new anchor replacing?
    a) Meredith Vieira.
   b) Barbara Walters.
   c) Oprah Winfrey.
   d) Katie Couric.
3. Who was the longest-serving CBS anchor?
    a) Walter Cronkite.
    b) Dan Rather.
    c) Katie Couric.
    d) Edward R. Murrow.
4. What anchor's sign-off was "And that's the way it is"?
    a) Walter Cronkite.
    b) Dan Rather.
    c) Katie Couric.
    d) Edward R. Murrow.
5. What year did Walter Cronkite take over as CBS anchor?
    a) 1950.
    b) 1957.
    c) 1962.
    d) 1969.
6. This NBC team, which started in 1956, was Cronkite's competition until 1970.
    a) Edward R. Murrow and Eric Sevaried.
    b) Chet Huntley and David Brinkley.
    c) Carl Berstein and Bob Woodward.
    d) Mike Wallace and Morley Safer.
7. This still-working CBS News personality's career began at the Stars and Stripes newspaper during World War 2.
    a) Mike Wallace.
    b) Matt Lauer.
    c) Barbara Walters.
    d) Andy Rooney.
8. This person preceded Cronkite as CBS anchor, serving for 14 years.
    a) Edward R. Murrow.
    b) John Cameron Swayze.
    c) Douglas Edwards.
    d) Harry Smith.
9. She was the first woman on CBS to coanchor an evening news show.
    a) Connie Chung.
    b) Barbara Walters.
    c) Jessica Savitch.
    d) Jane Pauley.
10. CBS's latest anchor comes to the job after years on this program.
    a) The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.
    b) 60 Minutes.
    c) Nightline.
    d) 48 Hours.

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ANSWERS:  1. c  ; 2. d  ; 3. b  ; 4. a  ; 5. c  ; 6. b  ; 7. d  ; 8. c  ; 9. a  ; 10. b