George W. Bush vs. Justin Bieber -- can you pick the author of the memoir?

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By Alexandra Petri


This year, no autobiography has been more eagerly anticipated than this one, the tale of someone plucked from comparative obscurity and suddenly thrust onto the world stage.

You know what I'm talking about -- Decision Points, the George W. Bush memoir First Step 2 Forever, the Justin Bieber autobiography.

Aside from the superficial similarities -- both are the most highly awaited books by authors who prompt the response, "He wrote a book?"; both were written by male individuals with last names that begin with B; both had authors who were alive for much of the 1990s -- the two works share deep, fundamental concerns about making mistakes, being competent to drive, and growing up in a family with other human beings.

Don't believe me? Before this week's Matt Lauer interview, if someone had told you that one of these two people was still deeply upset at Kanye, would you have picked Bush? The whole book is full of revelations like that.

Think you can prove me wrong?

Quiz at link
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/compost/2010/11/george_w_bush_vs_justin_bieber.html?hpid=talkbox1

[HopeHoops]

1. I suspect the bubble-gum pop kid has at least six times as many functional brain cells.

That isn't saying much, but at least they aren't pickled in alcohol.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

2. I got 8 out of 12 right. nt

[sakabatou]

3. Same

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. He's such a child that it was really hard to tell them apart. nt