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Front Page - Friday, March 7, 2014

Chattanoogans score high in GPS man-on-the-street pop quizzes




Would you know State Sen. Bo Watson if you saw a photograph of him? What about Monica Lewinski? Chattanoogans last week scored high in man-on-the-street pop quizzes in which students from a government and politics class at Girls Preparatory School showed passersby pictures of current elected officials and celebrities, and asked them to identify as many as they could. “The theory,” said their teacher, Linda Moss Mines, “is that people are more familiar with movies stars and musicians than they are their lawmakers. We’re here testing that.” While few people recognized Lewinski given the years since she made headlines, nearly everyone identified Sen. Bob Corker. (David Laprad)