NEWS QUIZ

1. The bull rider in the picture accompanying this news quiz is Sam Williams. How old is he?

A. 7 years old

B. 16 years old

C. 21 years old

D. 67 years old

2. A man suspected of driving while drunk drove his truck into what over the last weekend?

A. A building at Newport Harbor High

B. Newport Harbor

C. The police station on Santa Barbara Drive

D. Newport Beach City Hall

3. Construction has started on the first condominium project to be built in Costa Mesa’s downtown redevelopment area, a 145-unit that is called what?

A. The Square at 19th Street

B. Newport Landing Plaza

C. The Pacifica at Newport Plaza

D. Goat Hill Estates

4. The Orange County Fair, which ended its 114th run last week, had its third-highest attendance ever, with 924,315 people going through the turnstiles. What was considered a factor for a 75,000 drop in attendance from the previous year, which set a record?

A. The heat, of course

B. No, the humidity

C. All the rain

D. All of the above

5. Which Costa Mesa City Council candidate has raised the most money so far, with $20,863, according to papers filed at the end of last month?

A. Planning commissioner Bruce Garlich

B. Mayor Allan Mansoor

C. Former City Councilman Mike Scheafer

D. Parks commissioner Wendy Leece

6. Which Newport Beach City Council candidate has raised the most money so far, with $63,000, according to campaign finance statements?

A. City Councilwoman Leslie Daigle

B. Mayor Don Webb

C. Candidate Jack Wu

D. Planning commissioner Michael Henn

7. Newport Beach might use some of the taxes it receives from the renting of cottages at Crystal Cove for what purpose?

A. To help pay for more renovation at the beachfront park

B. To put in a pedestrian overpass at Newport Center Drive and East Coast Highway

C. To purchase land in Santa Ana Heights, which will be turned into a park

D. To fight a lawsuit with Costa Mesa over annexation plans

8. Sales of homes in Costa Mesa have started outstripping sales in Newport Beach for what reason, according to Realtors?

A. People are excited about changes coming to parts of the Westside and SoBeCa

B. Prices are lower and thus more affordable right now

C. Newport homes are not on the market right now

D. Costa Mesa is now a trendy zip code

9. Every night this summer at 5 p.m., the Beachcomber restaurant that opened at Crystal Cove this week will be raising what flag as a nod to an old tradition at the cove?

A. The pirate flag

B. The white flag

C. “The Martini Flag”

D. “The Cover Flag”

10. People fishing off Newport Beach have been lucking into what kind of catches?

A. Abnormally large sharks

B. Warm-water tropical fish

C. Mermaids

D. Sea slugs

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