NEWS QUIZ

1. What is F54?

A. A computer key command

B. A plane developed by a local company that made its debut this week at John Wayne Airport

C. A Costa Mesa clothes company that specializes in youth-centered surf, skate and punk rock apparel

D. A Newport Beach punk band that recently settled a legal dispute over its name with a television show

2. Laing Luxury Homes representatives think customers are attracted to their SeaCrest homes in Crystal Cove because ...

A. They’re selling for low, low prices

B. They come with free Jacuzzis

C. They are built with a new type of steel that makes them virtually landslide and earthquake-proof

D. They come with original and antique art

3. Construction on the Bel Mare shopping center slated for West Coast Highway on Mariner’s Mile is set to begin later this year. What does Bel Mare mean in English anyway?

A. Beautiful sea

B. Of the horse

C. Beautiful horse

D. Fruit cocktail

4. The Irvine Co. is doling out $2.5 million to the Newport-Mesa Unified School District over 10 years. What do school officials plan to spend the money on?

A. Several mobile classrooms featuring science exhibits

B. The salaries of four new science teachers

C. A state-of-the-art astrophysics laboratory

D. A field trip to the moon

5. Which local politician said this week that he favors legalizing marijuana?

A. Newport Beach Assemblyman Chuck DeVore

B. Democratic Assembly candidate Michael G. Glover

C. State Sen. Jeff Spicoli

D. U.S. Sen. John Blutarsky

6. Next year, Coast Community College District officials will be calling a new 58,000-square-foot administration building home after the Costa Mesa planning commission approved plans for it. The vote could have been unanimous but Commissioner Bill Perkins abstained. Why?

A. He lives across the street from the project

B. He works for the college

C. He hadn’t had a chance to read the staff report yet

D. It was an accident; he meant to vote “yes”

7. A routine application for a dredging permit in Newport Beach offered up a surprise discovery. What was it?

A. There was an oil spill in the ocean

B. Police found a new type of fish in the water

C. Recent tests showed small amounts of mercury in the harbor

D. The Loch Ness Monster

8. Newport Beach filmmaker Sarah Weiland is working on a documentary. In it she contrasts the Southland with what country?

A. Kazakhstan

B. Ethiopia

C. Canada

D. Bangladesh

9. A Newport Beach family this week won a verdict in a lawsuit stemming from a car crash that left a 14-year-old boy battling serious disabilities. How much did the jury order the company sued in the case to pay the family?

A. $23.5 million

B. $1 billion

C. $100 million

D. $10 million

10. The California Department of Fish and Game has put a stop to plans to release a black swan into Upper Newport Bay to replace Rupert, who was accidentally killed. What was the agency’s reason?

A. State officials wanted a white swan

B. The bird is too sick to be released into the wild

C. The swan is a nonnative species and the department’s mission is to protect native species in ecological reserves

D. It was disrespectful to Rupert’s memory

11. The FBI reported that a bank robbery this week in Costa Mesa was the work of ...

A. Clyde Barrow

B. The Bad Tie bandit

C. The Big Ears bandit

D. The Goofy Hat bandit

ANSWERS: 1. C; 2. D; 3. A; 4. B; 5. B; 6. A; 7. C; 8. D; 9. A; 10. C; 11. D