The news quiz
It’s time to see how much attention you’ve been paying to the news in the past week or so. From The Oklahoman’s news copy editors and designers, here’s a quiz:
1. Barry Bonds made Major League Baseball history when he hit his 756th home run, passing whom?
a) Brad Henry
b) Hank Blalock
c) Henry Aaron
d) Patrick Henry
2. The Donald W. Reynolds Foundation gave a $7.23 million grant to five Oklahoma museums for what?
a) To take hands-on science and discovery learning exhibits on the road
b) New rest rooms
c) New planetarium
d) New dinosaur exhibits
3. The Oklahoma Air National Guard is losing its C-130 cargo planes to another state. What will our unit fly?
a) F-101 interceptors
b) KC-135 tankers
c) CP-140 Aurora patrol planes
d) C-119 cargo planes
4. The Mannford native who wrote “These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ ” and turned Nancy Sinatra into a hit-maker in the 1960s has died after a long bout with kidney cancer. What was his name?
a) Lee Greenwood
b) Lee Glennwood
c) Lee Blackwood
d) Lee Hazelwood
5. The two brothers who own the Deep Deuce Grill have added what to their restaurant’s offerings?
a) A Wednesday night jazz series
b) Only Cajun food on Mondays
c) A meatless menu on Sundays
d) All-fondue Fridays
6. An annual Bartlesville music festival bearing the name of a legendary composer has gotten a new executive director, Scott Black. What is the name of the festival?
a) B’ville Beethoven
b) Haydn Cool
c) OK Mozart
d) Chopin Handle
7. As small dairies are selling out, what effect is it having on Oklahoma milk?
a) It’s gotten more expensive
b) It’s harder to find skim milk
c) There’s been a dramatic increase in chocolate milk varieties
d) The glass bottle has largely returned as the packaging of choice
8. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said not to expect what in Iraq by the September date for an assessment of the current U.S. military strategy?
a) The defeat of al-Qaida in Iraq
b) Political stability
c) The resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki
d) Withdrawal of U.S. forces
9. Before heading to Tulsa for this week’s PGA Championship, Tiger Woods achieved what during his win at the Bridgestone Invitational?
a) Finished eight-under for the tournament
b) Played the final round without making a bogey
c) Was the only golfer to finish the tournament under par
d) All of the above
10. Gunmen in the West Bank gave up what in exchange for amnesty from Israel?
a) Guns
b) Coffee
c) Krispy Kreme doughnuts
d) Prisoners
11. Oklahoma City water plants are pumping billions of gallons of water that will never reach customers. During the past five years, the city’s water system lost about 15.4 percent of the water pumped each year. Thomas Rooney, president of Insituform Technologies, the world’s largest water pipe repair company, said:
a) “That’s a tremendous annual loss.”
b) “I would call that normal”
c) “That’s far worse than it ought to be.”
d) “That’s better than Philadelphia.”
12. A week after the deadly collapse of the Minneapolis highway bridge, the Democratic chairman of the House Transportation Committee proposed a 5-cent increase in the federal gasoline tax to establish a new bridge trust fund. President Bush’s reaction to this was:
a) “I think that’s about right.”
b) “We should raise it by 10 cents.”
c) “A bad idea, at least until Congress changes how it spends highway money.”
d) “The states need to face up to the need for infrastructure repair.”
13. Gail Parker, who grew up in Oklahoma but now lives in Virginia, is running for chairman of the Fairfax County, Va., board of supervisors on the ticket of the Independent Green Party. She is also seeking the Green Party’s nomination for president. Which one of the following is NOT on her list of projects for the Green Party this year.
a) To build a nationwide light-rail system
b) To attract Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City to the ballot for president on the Green Party ticket
c) To get the Green Party on the ballot in Oklahoma
d) To increase the use of clean-burning Oklahoma gas by 100 percent
14. How long does a construction company have to complete work begun last week Broadway Extension?
a) The rest of your life
b) 439 calendar days
c) Six months
d) One year
15. A Russian submarine expedition came home to a hero’s welcome after a mission under the North Pole to do what?
a) Plant a Russian flag
b) Dive to a record depth
c) Test a scuba device
d) Rendezvous with U.S. submarine
How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-C, 2-A, 3-B, 4-D, 5-A, 6-C, 7-A, 8-B, 9-D, 10-A, 11-B, 12-C, 13-D, 14-B, 15-A
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