NEWS QUIZ

1. Hoag Hospital last week had an oversize display of what part of the human body?

A. The brain

B. The eye

C. The nose

D. The colon

2. Residents on Breakers Drive in Corona del Mar are upset about Saturday morning noise being caused by what?

A. Parties at the home of a new neighbor, whom people only know is “some big Hollywood star”

B. Construction work, which has fallen behind schedule, being done on the beach

C. Triathletes training for a summer race in Newport Beach

D. Feral flocks of parrots that have returned to town

3. Owners of the Hyatt Newport Beach are planning to replace the short, nine-hole Back Bay Golf Course with what?

A. A driving range

B. Nearly 90 time-share units and a ballroom

C. A boutique hotel

D. Two low-rise condominium buildings

4. Which one of the following priorities for the city did Costa Mesa residents rank the highest on a recent survey?

A. Crime prevention

B. Putting utility lines underground

C. Renovating the Westside into a live-work area

D. Getting a marina so the city can have true beachfront land

5. Which of the following locations likely will not be proposed as a possible site for a new Newport Beach city hall?

A. Corporate Plaza West in Newport Center

B. The present location on the Balboa Peninsula

C. The police station on Santa Barbara Drive

D. A building at Newport Technology Center

6. The cost per day for Diane Harkey to have a recount done of this month’s 35th District state Senate primary will be how much?

A. $200

B. $500

C. $1,000

D. $2,000

7. How many films are screening at this year’s Newport Beach Film Festival, which opened on Thursday and runs for 10 days?

A. 150

B. 200

C. 350

D. 450

8. The UC Irvine baseball team celebrated the groundbreaking of what with a win this week?

A. A new ballpark

B. A new clubhouse

C. A new training facility

D. An expanded fence at its ballpark

9. Which of the following movies at the Newport Beach Film Festival was not shot by local filmmakers?

A. “The Conrad Boys”

B. “Surreality”

C. “Iniquity”

D. “Neverwas”

10. What is the name of the Paul Frank monkey design, which is on many pieces of the company’s clothing?

A. Julius

B. George

C. Manfred

D. Claude

ANSWERS: 1: D; 2: B; 3: B; 4: A; 5: D; 6: D; 7: C; 8: B; 9: D; 10: Adpt.22-newsquiz-CPhotoInfoVF1Q7HEI20060422ixvyosncDON LEACH / PILOT(LA)From left, cancer survivor Maureen La Bonte Hoag Hospital Cancer Center director of program development Nancy Raymon, nurse Elia Perez, and Dr. Robert Dillman peer into the Colossal Colon, on exhibit at the center this week.