Premise: Paying little attention to the preparations for various grand public ceremonials, I've only just noticed that this is the final News Quiz before the Earth plunges into the sun and is destroyed.

Hypothesis: I've watched every previous News Quiz.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Aren't we supposed to believe in Economic Man?

Hypothesis: Economic Man is always right.
Answer: it is not possible to tell

Premise: Never forgive me, she observed cryptically.

Hypothesis: She made an observation
Answer: yes

Premise: Is it the right-wing commissar Norquist, who defied subpoenas from the Thompson Committee about his role laundering campaign contributions for the Republican National Committee (he is contemptuous of the law)?

Hypothesis: There is no reason to question Norquist's commitment to the law.
Answer: no