NEWS QUIZ

1. When it rains, county health officials ? specifically ? always warn about what?

A. The need for caution when driving at high speeds

B. To be wary of falling trees and power lines

C. To stay out of the ocean and harbor for at least 48 hours

D. The possibility that the rain will melt some people

2. Which of the following people once purchased the Daily Pilot?

A. Former Los Angeles Times publisher Otis Chandler

B. Pilot publisher Tom Johnson

C. Irrelevant Week founder Paul Salata

D. Former President Richard Nixon

3. The Corona del Mar High School girls’ water polo team has won how many straight CIF Southern Section titles following its win this week over Villa Park?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

4. The Newport-Mesa Unified School District board of trustees approved which sport as an officially sanctioned one beginning in spring 2007?

A. Sky-diving

B. Curling

C. Lacrosse

D. Snow boarding

5. How many Vanguard basketball players made the All-Golden State Athletic Conference teams?

A. Three women and one man

B. Two women and two men

C. Four women and one man

D. Four women and two men

6. Assemblyman Van Tran quit a race for what position this week?

A. Head of the county Republican Party

B. A state Senate seat

C. Chairman of the board of Orange County Business Today

D. School board in Garden Grove

7. Newport Harbor High School’s girls’ water polo victory over Montebello in the CIF Southern Section Division I championship was notable for what reason?

A. The teams combined for a record 27 goals

B. It was Newport Harbor’s first CIF championship

C. There were a record four lead changes

D. It was the first overtime game in a championship contest

8. The Long Drive Golf Assn. is holding its debut on March 25 where?

A. Newport Beach Country Club

B. Newport Beach Golf Course

C. Costa Mesa Golf and Country Club

D. Santa Ana Country Club

9. The Newport Beach City Council this week approved the construction of a $4.5-million science center where?

A. Balboa Island

B. Shellmaker Island

C. Lido Isle

D. Linda Island

10. Newport Beach’s city flag recently was flown where?

A. Fallouja, Iraq

B. Paris

C. Beijing

D. Washington, D.C.

ANSWERS: 1: C; 2: A; 3: D; 4: C; 5: D; 6: B; 7: A; 8: C; 9: B; 10: Adpt.04-quiz-BPhotoInfoAO1OJJIC20060304ivdhbyknKENT TREPTOW / DAILY PILOT(LA)Shon Nall of Newport Beach fishes with his friend as a rainstorm passes by the Santa Ana Rivermouth Monday afternoon. “No work, no surf, no school, it’s all good,” said Nall’s friend, R.J. Starkey, who was fishing nearby.