1. What is the annual Christmas Boat...

1. What is the annual Christmas Boat Parade?

a. A large procession of canoes

b. A large procession of fire engines

c. It’s another name for the Rose Parade

d. The annual parade of light-adorned boats in Newport Harbor

2. The Newport Beach Planning Commission does what?

a. Recommends development projects for approval

b. Plans rock concerts in and around Newport Beach

c. Secretly controls the U.S. currency

d. a and c

3. The Newport Beach Planning Commission did what last week?

a. Recommended approval to the City Council for the expansion of

St. Andrew’s Church

b. Booked U2 for a gig at St. Andrew’s

c. Did not endorse the St. Andrew’s expansion

d. Lowered the value of the dollar versus the euro

4. A second round of bidding to lease the fairgrounds parking lot

ended last week with what?

a. Five bidders

b. Two bidders

c. One bidder

d. A finale of fireworks

5. How will local biologists and students figure out how a Back

Bay dolphin died?

a. They have taken tissue and skin samples and will freeze them

while they raise money for a scientific analysis

b. They will rely only on memory

c. They will watch a lot of the Discovery Channel

d. None of the above

6. The two dolphins who in recent months became celebrities as

they milled about in local waters were affectionately named what?

a. Jack and Jill

b. Dex and Sandy

c. Sid and Nancy

d. Bobby and Cindy

7. What happened to the Newport Harbor High School Sailors

football team Saturday?

a. It suffered its greatest margin of defeat in seven years

b. It won by its greatest margin of defeat in seven years

c. It tied by its greatest point total in seven years

d. None of the above

8. The Costa Mesa City Council’s appointment policy, as it stands,

gives what power?

a. One council member can appoint Court of Appeals judges

b. One council member has the power to appoint one planning and

one parks and recreation commissioner

c. A majority of council members have the ability to appoint one

commission member

d. One council member has the power to break a tie in the

electoral college

1:d; 2:e; 3:a; 4:c; 5:a; 6:b; 7:a; 8:b