  We characterized a sample of metal-oxide resistors and measured their
breakdown voltage in liquid argon by applying high voltage (HV) pulses over a 3
second period. This test mimics the situation in a HV-divider chain when a
breakdown occurs and the voltage across resistors rapidly rise from the static
value to much higher values. All resistors had higher breakdown voltages in
liquid argon than their vendor ratings in air at room temperature. Failure
modes range from full destruction to coating damage. In cases where breakdown
was not catastrophic, subsequent breakdown voltages were lower in subsequent
measuring runs. One resistor type withstands 131\,kV pulses, the limit of the
test setup.
