NEWS QUIZ

1. The California Coastal Cleanup day, which took place in the Back Bay and at Crystal Cove last weekend, has been taking place for how many years?

A. 15

B. 20

C. 22

D. 24

2. Newport Harbor High’s football team allowed how many points in its first two games of the season?

A. 0

B. 7

C. 9

D. 14

3. Two-year-old Audrey Presby’s photo was on display where last Sunday?

A. Los Angeles-area TV stations

B. Times Square in New York

C. The National Mall in Washington

D. Newport Harbor

4. A Costa Mesa band named what is involved in a lawsuit with Mark Burnett Productions over the use of its name?

A. Supernova

B. Supercrazy

C. Superinferno

D. Superjoey

5. Diedrich Coffee houses, including four in Newport-Mesa, have been bought by which company in a deal that will leave the company, which was started in Newport Beach by Martin Diedrich, to focus solely on wholesale?

A. McDonalds

B. Starbucks

C. Kean Coffee

D. Wifi Roasters

6. Police last weekend arrested how many men in a prostitution sting on Harbor Boulevard near the San Diego Freeway (405)?

A. 10

B. 15

C. 20

D. 25

7. UC Irvine has a record number of first-year students this year. How big is the class and how many students committed to UCI above what administrators were expecting?

A. 3,000 and 200

B. 4,000 and 300

C. 4,800 and 400

D. 5,200 and 500

8. Diana M. Leach is retiring as general manager of what organization?

A. The Costa Mesa Chamber of Commerce

B. Mesa Consolidated Water District

C. Costa Mesa Sanitary District

D. South Coast Metro Alliance

9. Avanti Cafe owner Mark Cleveland, finding the silver lining to which story, said the following this week: “If chefs are pretty savvy about knowing what other baby greens are out there, they’ll be able to put in some really great things. It could broaden consumer horizons a bit, and they might taste something they’ve never tasted before.”A. The recall of spinach due to an E. coli scare

B. The closure of a number of locally owned restaurants

C. The recall of broccoli at the president’s insistence

D. The destruction of Florida farm crops because of a recent hurricane

10. The Costa Mesa Police Assn. this week endorsed which two candidates in the city’s council race?

A. Bruce Garlich and Mike Scheafer

B. Mike Scheafer and Allan Mansoor

C. Allan Mansoor and Wendy Leece

D. Chris Bunyan and Allan Mansoor

11. UC Irvine continues to have trouble getting what new school approved for its campus?

A. A new school of sailing

B. A new law school

C. A cooking school

D. A school of magic and fantasy

12. Triangle Square, which has long been plagued by high vacancies and complaints about ownership, has been bought by new owners who are located where?

A. Newport-Mesa

B. China

C. Russia

D. New York

13. KOCE, Orange County’s public TV station, will have competition in the fall of 2007 from which of the following?A. A new public TV station dedicated to Orange County backed by billionaire Mark Cuban

B. An Orange, San Diego and Riverside counties station supported by CNN

C. A 24-hour digital channel produced by Los Angeles-based KCET and Cal State Fullerton

D. A local channel backed by the Daily Pilot, serving Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and Laguna Beach

14. What glitch did plans to remove three rides at the Balboa Fun Zone, in order to make room for the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum, run into this week?

A. At the last minute, the expected buyer of the Scary Dark Ride backed out

B. The bumper cars turned out not to have enough “bump” to pass state regulations

C. A crane lifting out the rides toppled over

D. The museum decided not to move into the Balboa Fun Zone spot

15. What is a (somewhat joking) prerequisite of going to work for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher?

A. You have to be able to recite the Bill of Rights

B. You have to surf or be willing to learn

C. You have to have once worked as a journalist

D. You have to pass a test that includes the birthdays of Ronald Reagan and the congressman’s triplets

16. Parents in Costa Mesa want the Newport-Mesa Unified School District to consider doing what?

A. Realign grades so students can stay at the same school for longer

B. Build a new high school near the district headquarters

C. Annex Segerstrom High from Santa Ana

D. Divide the district into two, one covering Newport Beach and the other Costa Mesa

ANSWERS: 1: C; 2: A; 3: B; 4: A; 5: B; 6: A; 7: C; 8: B; 9: A; 10: A; 11: B; 12: A; 13: C; 14: A; 15: B; 16: A