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Question 1:

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian President has banned the use of English words inside of Iran. Why even the "Italian" word of pizza has to go. Instead of a pizza, a flat bread with sauce and toppings will now be known as what?

	Stretchy bite			Flat, round, hot, gooey thing

	Pizza

Question 2:

Speaking of pizza, it may be more and more difficult for Iranians to make on in their homes, due to massive increase in prices. Not of the dough, but what other critical piece of the baking puzzle?

	Pizza cutters			Kosher Salt

	Home appliances

Question 3:

Everybody loves the 'Da Vinci Code,' even in Iran. In fact, the book may be pretty difficult to locate in most Iranian bookstores, why?

	it was banned			Dan Brown is more popular than Dr. Phil in Iran

	It keeps selling out

Question 4:

In the ancient Iranian city of Yazd, a rare coin was recently unearthed by a woman who decided to sell her find. She went to the gold market in town to see what she could get for her trouble. What do news reports say she got?

	Praise from local officials for uncovering this bit of history			$100,000 dollars for her historical find

	A ride to the pokey

Question 5:

With the election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, conservative forces inside the country have begun restricting Internet sites, and material from the public. Government sanctioned servers are available for use as well as what new website?

	Hourly updates from the official Iranian news agency pushed to your devices			"How much is that goat?" on-line trading game

	President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's blog