The weekly 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. This part of the electorate is eligible to vote absentee:
a) One-tenth.
b) One-quarter.
c) One-third.
2. A Midwest City man is part of an online signature drive to change this:
a) The speed limit.
b) The ban on openly carrying a gun.
c) Rules on home schooling.
3. With competition fierce, some college admissions offices are receiving these:
a) Anonymous letters bashing some applicants.
b) Baked goods as bribes.
c) Stronger grade reports and recommendation letters.
4. Cleo Shamblin of Muskogee has won this title:
a) State champion at the Oklahoma bus operators Roadeo.
b) New competitor on American Idol.
c) Miss Congeniality in the Miss Oklahoma pageant.
5. This is the name of the Iraqi puppy an animal rescue group has brought to the U.S.:
a) Lucky.
b) Ratchet.
c) Yankee Doodle.
6. This popular youth star turns 20 this year:
a) Miley Cyrus.
b) Justin Timberlake.
c) Barney the purple dinosaur.
7. Sarah Palin impersonator Tina Fey has earned this for “Saturday Night Live”:
a) A lawsuit from the national GOP.
b) Hearings in the U.S. Senate.
c) Its best ratings in 14 years.
8. Officials in some states want to jam cell phone signals so convicts can’t plan crimes from behind bars, but it’s:
a) Technologically impossible.
b) Too expensive.
c) Against the law.
9. Geologists have discovered this in a site along the Arizona-Utah border:
a) A dinosaur “dance floor” jammed with tracks.
b) Oil and gas deposits to rival Texas’.
c) Parts of Noah’s ark.
10. The state’s smallest school district is:
a) Plainview.
b) Leonard.
c) Kaw.
How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-C, 2-B, 3-A, 4-A, 5-B, 6-C, 7-C, 8-C, 9-A, 10A.
The weekly 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. State public safety officials are monitoring 14,000 drivers because:
a) They are driving under suspension.
b) Their parents have asked them to.
c) Medical issues may make driving questionable.
2. The money from car tags goes to:
a) The schools in the district where the tag was bought.
b) A fund that is divided among all the school districts.
c) Pay for new roads and bridges.
3. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson says the world needs more:
a) Isolationism.
b) Money.
c) Teamwork.
4. A U.S. military judge has ruled professed 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed doesn’t need this in his cell:
a) Internet access.
b) Freedom.
c) Friends.
5. A Texas computer game designer has fulfilled a childhood dream to:
a) Go into space.
b) Eat 45 slices of pizza in 10 minutes.
c) Set the world record on PacMan.
6. The last state quarter will be issued in November with:
a) Alaska.
b) Hawaii.
c) Puerto Rico.
7. Hotdog chowhound Joey Chestnut’s new competitive eating title involved:
a) 45 slices of pizza in 10 minutes.
b) 12 kinds of mustard on 24 dogs.
c) 108 pickled jalapenos in five minutes.
8. The Arizona Cardinals became the first NFL team to score a game-winning touchdown by:
a) Blocking a punt.
b) Running backward.
c) Recovering a fumble.
9. A study has found that the higher your income and education levels are, the lower:
a) Your child’s chances of early death.
b) The number of calories in your dinner.
c) Your chances of shopping at Walmart.
10. Fewer than 17,000 kidney transplants are performed annually although this many people are on the national waiting list:
a) 7,000.
b) 77,000.
c) 777,000.
How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-C, 2-B, 3-C, 4-A, 5-A, 6-B, 7-A, 8-A, 9-A, 10-B
The weekly 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. Things you may not wear when voting:
a) Candidate T-shirts, buttons and hats.
b) Flag pins, peace signs.
c) Political party paraphernalia.
2. More than 63,000 Oklahomans are due these, but have failed to put in for them:
a) Stock options.
b) Digital converter boxes.
c) Economic stimulus checks.
3. Among the top toys this season is:
a) A robotic lemur that perches on your shoulder.
b) A lifelike baby triceratops kids can ride.
c) Gymnastic Elmo.
4. A study found the average American worker wastes this much time at work every day:
a) Two minutes.
b) Twenty minutes.
c) Two hours, not including lunch and breaks.
5. A pediatricians’ group worried about salmonella is warning against preschoolers:
a) Keeping hedgehogs and other nontraditional pets.
b) Packing their own lunches.
c) Wearing dirty socks.
6. About one in seven Oklahoma babies are born:
a) Premature.
b) To single mothers.
c) In a neighboring state.
7. Tales say this part of the Governor’s Mansion may be haunted by the ghost of William “Alfalfa Bill” Murray:
a) The cereal shelf in the pantry.
b) The bookshelf by the door in the study.
c) The third step on the grand staircase.
8. About 73 percent of the people in this age bracket vote:
a) 18 to 30.
b) 31 to 54.
c) 55 to 74.
9. Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater says he’d like to offer this to jurors:
a) Counseling.
b) Valet parking.
c) One really good meal.
10. In the Neiman Marcus catalogue, you can purchase life-size versions of yourself, fashioned out of:
a) Wax by artists from Madame Tussaud’s.
b) Toy bricks by a LEGO-obsessed artist.
c) Virtual flesh.
How did you do on the quiz? Here are the correct answers:
1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C, 5-A, 6-A, 7-C, 8-C, 9-A, 10-B.
I got a thrill from Supergirl
Supergirl just made my day.
Yeah, being an investigative reporter is cool, but not as cool as seeing my name in the latest issue of the DC comic book. While trying to hire Superman’s old girlfriend, Lana Lang, to work at the Daily Planet, editor Perry White says ” … and since Nolan Clay retired, the business section’s been adrift. Rudderless.”
I’m a longtime comics nerd and buy my books from Speeding Bullet Comics in Norman. Supergirl writer Sterling Gates used to work there before he hit the big time. His slipping my name in was a big surprise and a big thrill. Thanks.
– Nolan Clay, Staff Writer
