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. What method is NOT being used, or in the works, for providing tips to Oklahoma City Crime Stoppers?
a) Web site.
b) Text messaging.
c) MySpace.
2. What will be the most visible change to the Ford Center if voters approve a March sales-tax election?
a) A new entrance.
b) A retractable roof.
c) Rotating seats.
3. What will be the new capacity of Oklahoma State’s Boone Pickens Stadium in 2008?
a) 50,000.
b) 60,000.
c) 70,000.
4. The Wounded Marine Career Foundation aims to help wounded and disabled Marines and Navy corpsmen land jobs in what industry?
a) Security.
b) Film.
c) Medical.
5. Why has a Turkish court blocked access to the Web site YouTube?
a) Perceived insults to the country’s founding father.
b) Unflattering images of Muhammad.
c) Sexually explicit videos.
6. Fort Bragg soldier Carlo Meth died recently in a training accident. His parents and daughter live in what Oklahoma city?
a) Kingfisher.
b) Lawton.
c) Norman.
7. Which historic figure shares a holiday with Martin Luther King Jr. in three states?
a) Robert E. Lee.
b) Robert F. Kennedy.
c) Roberto Clemente.
8. What could prevent state circuses from traveling this year?
a) The owners’ inability to get elephants and other animals for their shows.
b) Delays in a visa provision that would allow immigrants who were in the country last year to return.
c) Slower profits than in previous years because kids are no longer interested in circuses.
9. Tinker Air Force Base housing will be privatized by spring. Which company was awarded the multimillion-dollar, 50-year project contract?
a) GMH Military Housing of Newton Square, Pa.
b) Benham Cos. of Oklahoma City.
c) Science Applications International Corp. in San Diego.
10. Tony Dungy has agreed to remain as the head coach of what NFL team through next season?
a) Miami Dolphins.
b) St. Louis Rams.
c) Indianapolis Colts.
11. How many Oklahoma companies are on Fortune magazine’s list of the 100 best places to work?
a) Six.
b) Four.
c) Two.
12. Actor Heath Ledger died in New York. What comic-book role does he play in a blockbuster film coming this summer?
a) The Joker.
b) Superman.
c) The Incredible Hulk.
13. John Baker, one of the U.S. Army’s last surviving Buffalo Soldiers, was laid to rest Tuesday at the Fort Sill National Cemetery. Which of the following statements is not true about the group, which was formed in 1866?
a) It was the first peacetime, all-black regiment.
b) They were experienced buffalo tamers.
c) They participated in the hunt for Geronimo and the battle of San Juan Hill.
14. State officials will reward children less than 18 years old who attend a ceremony Monday at the Oklahoma History Center by giving them what?
a) Candy
b) Balloon
c) Money
15. In a recent report released by the United Nations, which country has the highest child mortality rate in Asia?
a) Afghanistan
b) Myanmar
c) India
16. Which museum plans to move to Bricktown?
a) American Banjo Museum
b) Science Museum Oklahoma
c) American Brick Museum
17. Wes Welker will be only the second Oklahoma City football player to play in a Super Bowl. Who is the other?
a) Josh Scobey
b) Hollywood Henderson
c) Steve Largent
18. The Shawnee Tribe hopes to build a $400 million casino in what city?
a) Oklahoma City
b) Tulsa
c) Lawton
19. College basketball coach Rick Majerus was chastised by an archbishop last week for airing his views at a rally for what presidential candidate?
a) Mitt Romney
b) John Edwards
c) Hillary Rodham Clinton
20. What Las Vegas hotel was evacuated after the top floors caught fire?
a) Luxor.
b) Mirage.
c) Monte Carlo
Answers: 1-C; 2-A; 3-B; 4-B; 5-A; 6-A; 7-A; 8-B; 9-A; 10-C; 11-B; 12-A; 13-B; 14-C; 15-A; 16-A; 17-B; 18-A; 19-C; 20-C