1. Newport Beach resident Susan Shaw recently...

1. Newport Beach resident Susan Shaw recently returned from what

country after delivering wheelchairs through the Free Wheelchair

Mission?

A. Fiji

B. Iraq

C. Argentina

D. Canada

2. What is one likely reason that December home sales in Newport

Beach were the strongest in 18 years?

A. Gifts from Santa

B. People looking for tax breaks

C. People trying to take advantage of low interest rates

D. Bush’s tax cuts

3. After a decision by the Newport Beach City Council, what will

those giving invocations not be allowed to refer to?

A. Their favorite football team

B. Specific deities

C. Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake

D. Specific council members

4. Alexandra Nechita is famous for doing what?

A. Singing the national anthem

B. Graduating from college at 15

C. Painting since age 10

D. Being the youngest woman to win a pro surfing event

5. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher held a fundraising event with whom as a

guest?

A. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

B. Former Rep. Bob Dornan

C. President Bush

D. Sugar Ray

6. Parents at Newport Heights Elementary were upset by the

temporary firing of whom?

A. The principal

B. A janitor

C. A coach

D. A teacher

7. A report released last week found that college students are

facing the rising cost of what?

A. Beer

B. Textbooks

C. Downloading music

D. Travel

8. Representatives of Costa Mesa sports leagues last week

successfully lobbied against the city’s doing what?

A. Building a new ice-skating rink

B. Turning City Hall into a climbing wall

C. Raising fees for using parks

D. Calling “soccer” “football”

9. Rock Harbor church has a new home where?

A. Triangle Square

B. Dennis Rodman’s old house

C. A Costa Mesa industrial building

D. Daily Pilot Plaza

10. What change did the Newport Beach City Council make last week

to its meetings?

A. Public comments about consent calendar items moved to the end

of the meeting

B. Free food for all in attendance

C. Meetings now conducted in Spanish

D. Meeting site rotates among council members’ homes

Answers: 1. A; 2. c; 3. B; 4. C.; 5. A; 6. D; 7. B; 8. C.; 9. C;

10. A