News Quiz

1. During the past five years, Costa Mesa Police officers patrolling for people driving while intoxicated have arrested about how many people?

A. 500

B. 700

C. 900

D. 1,100

2. Orange Coast College raised a record amount of money during the past school year by bringing in $5.6 million, including which donation that accounted for half the total?

A. Money from an anonymous donor

B. The racing yacht Pyewacket, which is now used at the School of Sailing and Seamanship

C. A land donation that will allow the school to grow

D. Money raised in a student fundraising drive

3. George Brown, who represents Seal Beach and Westminster on the Coast Community College District board, and Tom Egan, who covers the Westside for the Newport-Mesa Unified School District, announced what this week?

A. They each have raised more than $100,000 for their reelection campaigns

B. Neither is going to run for another term

C. They are going to compete to become state education secretary

D. They are going to run for city council in their home cities

4. There is going to be a battle of what at Bonita Canyon Sports Park on Aug. 20 and for what reason?

A. Police units from Newport Beach and Costa Mesa will stage a tug of war as part of an annual competition

B. Bands that are hoping to play at the grand finale of Newport’s centennial celebration

C. Bands in celebration of a notable community leader’s birthday

D. Football players from Newport Harbor and Corona del Mar High previewing their game later this fall

5. Newport Beach is considering suing Irvine for what reason?A. Newport wants Irvine to have to change its name to “Irvine next to Newport”

B. Newport leaders think some development in Irvine is going on without proper environmental study

C. Newport leaders don’t support One China policies

D. Newport is attempting to annex UC Irvine

6. Newport Beach architect Jay Bauer, who has created the plans for the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum’s new spot in the Balboa Fun Zone, also designed which of the following?

A. Disney Concert Hall and the Lab in Costa Mesa

B. The Lab and the Camp shopping centers

C. Dana Point’s Ocean Institute and the Camp

D. The Crean Institute and Disney Hall

7. During a community meeting this week, Greenlight spokesman Phil Arst explained the need for a new slow-growth law in Newport Beach by saying which of the following?

A. “It gives you the right to vote, and you can control the destiny of the city in terms of traffic and high density. The city hasn’t leveled with you. Some might call their traffic estimates half-truths or worse.”

B. “It seems to us that’s unfair and discriminatory zoning that would subject this measure to legal attack.”

C. “You trust the general public, the voters, to make land-use decisions. Why do you not trust them to elect representatives that can do a good job of representing them?”

D. “Voters need to have more control over what is going on in this city before it’s too late.”

8. Newport-Mesa Unified School District Trustee Judy Franco faces how many challengers in the fall election?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

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