1. UC Irvine service workers staged a...

1. UC Irvine service workers staged a one-day strike Thursday for

what reason?

A. They want the school to change mascots.

B. They are angry at Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

C. They are upset by media depictions of the school.

D. They are demanding guaranteed pay increases, possibilities for

advancement and other rights.

2. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in March introduced a bill that would do

what?

A. Give tax breaks to parents with triplets.

B. Provide NASA with $40 million in 2006 and 2007 to track and

catalog near-Earth objects.

C. Eliminate the estate tax retroactively.

D. Make surfing illegal.

3. For Newport-Mesa high school students, the new SAT is to the

old SAT as ___ is to ___.

A. New Coke; old Coke.

B. Nintendo; PlayStation.

C. Ambiguity; irony.

D. Historical relativism; Marxism.

4. The Newport-Mesa Unified School District banned a flier this

week advertising what?

A. Junk food.

B. Ratemyteacher.com.

C. A lecturer at the Newport Beach Central Library.

D. New Coke.

5. Which performer will be part of the opening of the new Renee &

Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall and Samueli Theater at the Orange

County Performing Arts Center, scheduled for fall 2006?

A. Jimmy Buffett.

B. Placido Domingo.

C. U2.

D. Sugar Ray.

6. Corona del Mar High School softball coach Nichole Thompson was

a two-time All-PAC 10 selection at what school?

A. UCLA.

B. Washington.

C. Oregon.

D. Arizona St.

7. Newport Beach Country Club women’s champion Debbie Albright

appeared in an ad in “Golf for Women” for what golf company?

A. Cleveland.

B. Ping.

C. Callaway.

D. Bobby Jones.

8. Garry Brown, who has resigned a part-time position with a

Newport Beach lobbying firm, is executive director of what

environmental group?

A. Greenpeace.

B. Defend the Bay.

C. Orange County Coastkeeper.

D. Defend the Orange County Coast.

9. A condominium tower is being proposed for what part of

Newport-Mesa?

A. The Westside bluffs.

B. The Marinapark site.

C. South Coast Metro Center.

D. Bay Island.

10. Friday was what day?

A. Oh, no! Tax Day and I forgot!

B. My niece’s birthday; I hope she liked her present.

C. Just another casual Friday at work.

D. Casual Friday? What’s that? We wear shorts to work every day.

ANSWERS: 1. D; 2. B; 3. C; 4. C; 5. B; 6. D; 7. A; 8. C; 9. C; 10.

A (And hopefully you didn’t forget.)