1. Students at Lincoln Elementary earlier this...

1. Students at Lincoln Elementary earlier this month staged a version

of what kind of games?

A. Ancient Olympic games

B. Modern Winter Games

C. X-Games

D. Games of chance

2. Someone Cares Soup Kitchen was able to pay off its bill for

what this week?

A. Soup

B. Mortgage

C. Rent

D. Bowls

3. Triangle Square’s operators have made a deal with whom?

A. Newport Beach, which will move its city hall there

B. The Irvine Co., which will open “Fashion Atoll”

C. The Los Angeles Lakers, who will play preseason games in the

food court

D. A real estate firm that is charged with finding new tenants

4. What renowned artist has joined the staff at UC Irvine’s Claire

Trevor School of the Arts?

A. Snoop Dogg

B. Philip Glass

C. Yvonne Rainer

D. Merce Cunningham

5. Marian Bergeson, one of Newport Beach’s most venerable

Republicans, received a lifetime achievement award from the Orange

County Republican Party this month. Which of the following positions

did she not hold?

A. County supervisor

B. State education secretary

C. State senator

D. Congresswoman

6. What kind of animal has reappeared in the Newport Harbor?

A. A prehistoric, Loch Ness-monster-like amphibian

B. Jellyfish

C. Grunions

D. A Democrat adapted to underwater life, ala those in the Kevin

Costner movie “Waterworld”

7. A search by Hoag Hospital officials ended this week with the

hiring of Dr. Richard Afable to fill what position?

A. The hospital’s little-known but much-loved “doctor based on the

George Clooney character from ‘ER’”

B. President and chief executive officer

C. “President and chief executive officer based on the George

Clooney character from ‘Ocean’s Eleven’”

D. The doctor who performs plastic surgery on men who want to look

like George Clooney

8. Which of the following quotes did Quiksilver Inc. chairman

Robert McKnight Jr. say during a speech this week in Newport Beach?

A. “Half of the world’s population lives at or near the beach, and

the other half can’t wait to get there”

B. “Until there’s another Ice Age, our sector will keep growing”

C. “Free baggies for the first person who can spell Quiksilver

correctly”

D. “I’m so glad I didn’t go into plastics like that movie told me

to”

9. Which movie star was in Newport Beach this week at an event

sponsored by 44 Women for Children, which works to support to Orange

County’s abused and neglected children?

A. George Clooney

B. Jamie Lee Curtis

C. Brad Pitt

D. Tom Cruise

10. Which of the following has been incorporated into Newport

Beach’s designs for its Rose Parade float, which will help celebrate

the city’s centennial?

A. Four boats

B. Water skis

C. A hydroplane

D. Two space ships

11. State Sen. John Campbell this week proposed turning over

restoration of the cottages at Crystal Cove to whom?

A. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

B. The Orange County Republican Party

C. The Securities and Exchange Commission

D. A nonprofit group

12. The California Supreme Court decided what in a case involving

a Newport Beach environmentalist and the California Coastal

Commission?

A. The commission’s powers do not extend under water

B. Newport Beach should be considered a territory run by the state

C. The commission is constitutional and does not violate any

separation-of-powers principles

D. Environmentalists must wear green suits

13. Former Corona del Mar High tennis player Taylor Dent defeated

a player from where in the second round of play at Wimbledon?

A. Korea

B. Newport Coast

C. New York

D. Seattle

14. Who of the following is not scheduled to play in Newport Beach

this summer as part of World Team Tennis?

A. Anna Kournikova

B. Maria Sharapova

C. Patrick Rafter

D. Serena Williams

15. On which NFL team is Mr. Irrelevant XXX Andy Stokes trying to

earn a spot?

A. Raiders

B. Rams

C. Patriots

D. Jets

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

A; 11: D; 12: C; 13: B; 14: D; 15: C