Pop Quiz: Black Friday
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A. Guns<br />
B. Knives<br />
C. Pepper spray bomb<br />
D. Brass knuckles</p>
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In 2010, a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/black-fridays-deadliest-deals-234300212.html" target="_blank">Florida man</a> was arrested while waiting in line for Walmart to open its doors. Upon investigation, police discovered that he was attempting to bring a handgun, two knives, a pepper spray grenade and illegal pharmaceuticals into the store. He was not, however, packing a set of brass knuckles.</p>
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A. New York<br />
B. Minneapolis<br />
C. Philadelphia<br />
D. Los Angeles</p>
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By the early 1960's, police officers in the <a href="http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/the-origins-of-black-friday/" target="_blank">City of Brotherly Love</a> had begun referring to the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday, in honor of the heavy foot and automobile traffic that the sales brought.</p>
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A. $61.75 billion<br />
B. $52.5 billion<br />
C. $45.3 billion<br />
D. $37.9 billion</p>
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According to the <a href="http://www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1260" target="_blank">National Retail Federation</a>, Black Friday 2011's haul -- $52.4 billion -- was a record for the holiday.</p>
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A. Death by trampling<br />
B. Death by shooting<br />
C. A miscarriage<br />
D. Full paralysis due to dragging</p>
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While there is no record of any Black Friday shoppers suffering from full paralysis, the holiday has had a stunning level of bizarre and brutal injuries associated with its sales. 2008 was an especially bad year: In Palm Desert, Calif., <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/28/socal-toys-r-us-shooting_n_147032.html" target="_blank">two men</a> in a Toys R Us shot each other. On the opposite coast, a Walmart worker in Nassau County, N.Y., was <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/worker-dies-long-island-wal-mart-trampled-black-friday-stampede-article-1.334059" target="_blank">trampled to death</a> and another shopper <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/10079/walmart-stampede/" target="_blank">suffered a miscarriage</a>.</p>
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A. 4 a.m<br />
B. 1 a.m.<br />
C. Midnight<br />
D. 8 p.m.<enter caption="" here=""></enter> Thursday</p>
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For the last few years, retailers have been sliding up the start times for their Black Friday sales. This year, <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/11/13/black-friday-sales-big-guide-to-deals-stores-opening-times/" target="_blank"><em>DailyFinance</em>'s</a> Matt Brownell reports, some Walmart and Sears stores are starting their big sales at 8 p.m on Thanksgiving Day.</p>
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A. It's the darkest day for retail workers<br />
B. It's the first big late-night shopping day of the year<br />
C. It's the date on which retailers begin to profit<br />
D. In Southern cities during segregation, it was the day set aside for African-American shoppers.</p>
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As early as the 1980s, <a href="http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/the-origins-of-black-friday/" target="_blank">a rumor</a> began to spread that Black Friday was so named because it was the day that most retailers began to see a yearly profit -- or "get into the black." (That rumor, it should be noted, was apparently started by retailers and advertisers.)</p>
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