NEWS QUIZ

1. Brad Bryant made a putt for what score on the last hole of the Toshiba Classic to cement his victory?

A. Eagle

B. Birdie

C. Par

D. Bogey

2. Besides books, what can people get at Costa Mesa’s library at 1855 Park Ave.?

A. Access to the Daily Pilot Readers Hotline

B. Daily updates on the unemployment figures in Costa Mesa

C. Passports

D. Results from sporting events, such as the NCAA basketball tournament

3. The debate over construction of a community center in Santa Ana Heights centers, in part, on which issue?

A. How large the facility should be

B. Where the center will be located

C. Whether to have a 25-meter pool or a 50-meter one

D. What the center should be named

4. Who of the following has not won UC Irvine’s Peacebuilding Award?

A. 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai

B. Former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev

C. The Dalai Lama

D. President George W. Bush

5. Which presidential hopeful met last week with the Costa Mesa-based New Majority, a moderate GOP political group?

A. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

B. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist

C. Sen. John McCain

D. New York Gov. George Pataki

6. More sports fields will be built where in Costa Mesa following this week’s approval of an agreement between the city and the state?

A. Fairview Park

B. Banning Ranch

C. Fairview Development

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D. All of the above

7. How many Newport-Mesa schools scored better on the 2005 Academic Performance Index in comparison to other schools?

A. Five

B. Seven

C. 10

D. 12

8. Vanguard University junior Kelly Schmidt received what honor last week?

A. A trip to the White House to meet President Bush

B. She was named NAIA Division I player of the year for women’s basketball

C. She won the university’s student of the year award

D. She was named Daily Pilot Athlete of the Week

9. Students at Eastbluff Elementary School have been running in preparation for which Sunday event?

A. The Orange County Marathon

B. The Newport Beach Triathlon

C. The Spirit Run

D. Final exams

10. Which Oscar-winning film had its U.S. premiere at last year’s Newport Beach Film Festival?

A. “Brokeback Mountain”

B. “Crash”

C. “Wallace & Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit”

D. “Good Night, and Good Luck”

ANSWERS: 1: B; 2: C; 3: C; 4: D; 5: C; 6: C; 7: D; 8: B; 9: C; 10: Bdpt.25-newsquiz-B.1PhotoInfoAA1P9V1V20060325iweo06knDOUGLAS ZIMMERMAN / DAILY PILOT(LA)Brad Bryant celebrates his birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the Toshiba Senior Classic at Newport Beach Country Club.