NEWS QUIZ

1. Newport Beach Fire Department memorabilia is on display in a small museum where?

A. Newport Beach City Hall

B. The UC Irvine history department

C. The Balboa Island fire station

D. A Fashion Island storefront

2. Newport Beach this week reached agreement with the state to buy a 15-acre piece of land near Superior Avenue and West Coast Highway for $5 million. The land will be used as what?

A. A location for a new city hall

B. A “passive park” with native plants

C. An “active park” with ball fields

D. A land swap with Costa Mesa

3. Newport Beach City Councilman Dick Nichols failed to get the endorsement of the Orange County Republican Party because of which reason?

A. Comments he made about “Mexicans” in 2003

B. His support for the slow-growth Greenlight movement

C. He is not a registered Republican

D. He got in a car accident with a major GOP leader

4. Rates at area hotels went up about how much this summer, compared to 2005?

A. 5% to 10%

B. 10% to 15%

C. 15% to 20%

D. 20% to 25%

5. An all-ages nightclub called OC Platinum, which was operating in the old Hogue Barmicheals on Campus Drive, was shut down because of which reason?

A. It was allowing too many people older than 30 into the club

B. It was using an outside promoter, which was against its operating agreement

C. It was allowing filming of underage kids during the events

D. It was violating noise regulations in the area

6. Newport Beach Country Club member Debbie Albright, who played in Thursday’s Jones Club competition among the four Newport-Mesa country clubs, has won how many straight club women’s championships?

A. 6

B. 7

C. 9

D. 11

7. The Costa Mesa parks and recreation commission this week decided to put portable lights at which of the following fields?

A. Balearic Community Center

B. The Farm Sports Complex

C. David Elementary

D. The Farm and Davis

8. A vehicle from which movie was at the Lido Theatre this week?

A. Little Miss Sunshine

B. Herbie Fully Loaded

C. Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

D. Crash

9. Newport Beach Assistant City Manager Dave Kiff gets to work how a few times each week?

A. Via computer when he telecommutes

B. By bike

C. In a restored Model T

D. By helicopter

10. Which team won the seventh Jones Cup, held Thursday at Mesa Verde Country Club?A. Santa Ana Country Club

B. Newport Beach Country Club

C. Mesa Verde Country Club

D. Big Canyon Country Club

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