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The weekly news quiz

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on December 3, 2007 at 1:53 am

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. Former Oklahoma City Council member Willa Johnson had what piece of advice for candidates running to succeed her?
a) Don’t read the newspaper.
b) Attend neighborhood meetings.
c) The job isn’t worth it.

2. A University of Minnesota study found what about children and school lunches?
a) Kids are eating less because the food doesn’t taste like their moms’ home cooking.
b) Kids are involved in twice as many food fights than they were two decades ago.
c) School lunch sales didn’t decrease when officials added healthier options to the menu.

3. What downtown Oklahoma City attraction has free admission from 6 to 9 p.m. on Sundays through Dec. 30?
a) Chesapeake Snow Tubing at the Brick.
b) Myriad Botanical Gardens.
c) Braum’s Ice Skating Rink.

4. The annual PNC Christmas Price Index found it would cost how much to buy all the items mentioned in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song?
a) $1,500.
b) $78,100.
c) It is impossible to calculate because no one sells maids a-milking.

5. Which former football star from Oklahoma has applied for the head coach opening at the University of Central Oklahoma?
a) Lee Roy Selmon.
b) Lucious Selmon.
c) Steve Largent.

6. The new leader of the Episcopal Diocese of Oklahoma became a priest after an 18-year career in what?
a) Politics.
b) Law enforcement.
c) Teaching.

7. The ailment called rickets is making a comeback in children. What’s causing the problem?
a) Children are not getting enough sunshine, exercise and milk.
b) Children aren’t getting enough homework.
c) Children aren’t learning to walk early enough.

8. Engineers are testing a new firefighting tool. What is it?
a) A new flame-suffocating chemical.
b) Water balloons.
c) Heavy water.

9. Google Inc. announced Tuesday it is expanding into this major industry:
a) Cell phones.
b) Real estate.
c) Alternative energy.

10. After weeks of bad news, what was the good news for Oral Roberts University?
a) Sonic will offer free hamburgers to the school’s students.
b) The family that founded Hobby Lobby has pledged $70 million to the school.
c) The Tulsa Drillers will offer free admission to faculty and staff next season.

11. Ford Center officials announced last week that additional tickets would be available for which concert?
a) Hannah Montana.
b) Matchbox Twenty.
c) New Kids on the Block.

12. What did a mental health report last week say about Oklahoma?
a) The state is ranked No. 46, one of the saddest.
b) The state is No. 10 in happy lives.
c) Sunshine keeps Oklahoma happy.

13. Who has amassed 2 million acres over the past two decades to become the nation’s largest private landowner?
a) Ted Turner.
b) Tina Turner.
c) J.M.W. Turner.

14. In Bob Stoops’ nine years at OU, the Sooners have won the Big 12 title several times. Who is next best?
a) Texas, with three.
b) Nebraska, with two.
c) Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas State and Texas, tied with one title each.

15. State schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett has recommended what for all public schools by fall 2010?
a) Free school lunches.
b) Mandatory Chinese language classes.
c) 17 additional school days.

16. Profits for Sears tumbled, according to a new financial report. How big was the decline?
a) 25 percent.
b) 75 percent.
c) 99 percent.

17. Officials at Will Rogers World Airport have put an end to what courtesy service?
a) Picking up passengers at their cars.
b) Picking up passengers at a designated area.
c) Picking up passengers at all.

18. Oklahoma City officials are determining the rules about the animated billboards that contain LEDs. What does “LED” stand for?
a) Light emitting display.
b) Laser energy download.
c) Light emitting diodes.

19. Two Oklahoma nursing homes have been singled out by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Why?
a) They were rated among the nation’s 54 best.
b) They were rated among the nation’s 54 worst.
c) They were noted for being the state’s most fully staffed.

20. Former Oklahoma football star Buddy Burris died last week. What position(s) did he play?
a) Guard and tackle.
b) Running back.
c) Tight end.

How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-B; 2-C; 3-B; 4-B; 5-B; 6-B; 7-A; 8-B; 9-C; 10-B; 11-A; 12-A; 13-A; 14-C; 15-C; 16-C; 17-A; 18-C; 19-B; 20-A.

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Week in review

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on December 2, 2007 at 1:01 am

Another week has passed, and here is your chance to catch up on what you might have missed.

  • Richard Roberts, embattled president of Oral Roberts University, resigned after a former school accountant said the televangelist ordered him to cover up improper spending. He later said he’d received a message from God promising him something “supernatural” if he resigned. 
  • A Canadian cruise ship struck submerged ice off Antarctica and began sinking, but all 154 passengers and crew were plucked to safety by a passing cruise ship. 
  • The U.S. Navy prepared to deliver much-needed food and medical supplies to hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis stricken by Cyclone Sidr, a top U.S. military commander said.
  • The Choctaw Nation unveiled ambitious plans to expand its casino near Durant to include a 350-room hotel. 
  • Former chess champion Gary Kasparov was sentenced by a Moscow court to five days in jail after leading an anti-government protest. 
  • Australian Prime Minister John Howard suffered defeat to left-leaning Labor Party’s Kevin Rudd in the lower house of Parliament election.
  • About 19,500 federal inmates across the nation could be free next year, pending a U.S. Sentencing Commission vote on shortened recommendations for crack cocaine offenses. The vote will decide if retroactive changes will be made for the drug sentences.
  • Investors are taking a wait-and-see approach to holiday retail sales, despite optimistic reports from Black Friday.
  • Leaders from various Middle Eastern countries were gathering in Annapolis, Md., for a peace conference called by the U.S.
  • Iraq’s most prominent Shiite politician challenged the U.S. to prove its claims that Iran is instigating violence in his country. 
  • With the losses of both LSU and Kansas, Missouri and West Virginia found themselves as the latest college football teams to sit atop the BCS rankings.
  • Jesus Romero, the top-ranking operative of an illegal horse racing track in Love County, pleaded guilty to 47 felony counts and amassed 162 years in deferred sentences. Romero of Dallas escaped prison time with a plea agreement but incurred more than $42,000 in fines and court costs.
  • Lack of sunshine, milk and exercise for children is resulting in rickets, the anti-bone scourge that was prevalent in the 19th century. Health experts say possibly millions of seemingly healthy youngsters aren’t building bones as strong as they should, and that could result in osteoporosis later in life.
  • Residents of Malibu, Calif., were returning to their neighborhoods after Thanksgiving weekend wildfires destroyed at least 53 homes. But a strategic mobilization that prepositioned firefighters and their equipment before the blazes is credited with saving lives and minimizing the damage.
  • Oklahoma is named in a national report as one of the most depressed states in America, ranking 46 out of 51, with a lower ranking meaning more mental health problems.
  • A body found at Lake Overholser was identified as Denise Stice, Tinker Air Force Base’s director of the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at the Air Logistics Center.
  • An Oral Roberts University official says televangelist Pat Robertson, the host of “The 700 Club” program, wants to see if his own Regent University can help ORU. Roberts will send a group from his school to the ORU campus to see what can be done. 
  • If you are making plans for the 2010-11 school year, you might be facing 17 more days in school. The state’s Time Reform Task Force has presented its 12 proposals to the state Board of Education.
  • Will Rogers World Airport officials have put an end to picking up passengers at their cars and delivering them to the terminal. Passengers now must walk to a designated area where shuttles will run every few minutes. 
  • Darrell Madden, a self-proclaimed general of a white supremacist gang who faces charges in the death of 62-year-old Steven Domer, will not face hate-crime charges.
  • Burns Hargis, a former regent of Oklahoma State University, is expected to be named university president by the OSU Board of Regents on Tuesday.
  • Armenia approved a plan to shut down its lone nuclear power plant, following years of pressure from foreign nations concerned about its Soviet-era design and safety.
  • Pervez Musharraf embarked on a new five-year term as a civilian president, promising to lift a state of emergency by Dec. 16 and restore the constitution before January elections.
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