1. Who this week announced plans to...

1. Who this week announced plans to retire at the end of the month?

A. Henry Segerstrom, of C.J. Segerstrom & Sons and South Coast

Plaza

B. Don Bren on the Irvine Co.

C. Gene Farrell of Orange Coast College

D. Beverly Ray of the Balboa Bay Club

2. Community leaders at Harbor View Elementary read from whose

books during the Read Across America event?

A. Dr. Seuss

B. Stephen King

C. Dan Brown

D. T. Jefferson Parker

3. Which of the following did not receive a recent press release

e-mail from Assemblyman Chuck DeVore?

A. Dennis Miller

B. NBC’s Tonight Show

C. jesuschrist

D. The Democratic National Committee

4. What strange event happened at this week’s Costa Mesa City

Council meeting?

A. Aliens appeared and beamed up former City Councilman Chris

Steel, announcing that “his work here is done”

B. No one stood to talk when public comment time rolled around

C. The five council members joined hands at the beginning of the

meeting and led the audience in a chorus of “Kumbaya”

D. The council met in Newport Beach’s City Council chambers

5. The Corona del Mar girls’ water polo team has won how many CIF

division titles in a row?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 7

6. What intangible may have helped UC Irvine’s mens’ basketball

team score a victory this week over UC Santa Barbara?

A. Wearing retro jerseys that emphasize the “Middle Earth” theme

on campus

B. Former Laker Coach Phil Jackson sat behind the home bench

C. Guard Ross Schraeder’s haircut

D. UCSB was limited to four players total

7. What surprising merger announced this week might end up having

a large effect on the shopping landscape in Newport-Mesa?

A. South Coast Plaza and Fashion Island

B. Federated and May

C. Roger Dunn and Stefan Kaelin

D. Salon Gregories and Images

ANSWERS: 1: C; 2: A; 3: D; 4: B; 5: C; 6: C; 7: B