NEWS QUIZ

1. Officials in which part of the community began renovations this week of a police station that will add 11,423 square feet for more property and evidence storage; more room for detectives and crime scene investigations; more space for animal control; and a 2,600-square-foot auditorium and emergency operations center?

A. Corona del Mar

B. Costa Mesa

C. Balboa Peninsula

D. Santa Ana Heights

2. Newport Beach and Costa Mesa rank where on a list of most expensive rents in Orange County?

A. First and fourth

B. First and second

C. First and fifth

D. Second and third

3. Which of the following is not a candidate for the 48th Congressional District seat?

A. John Campbell

B. Steve Young

C. Bruce Cohen

D. C.J. Johnson

4. Mysteriously one night this week, what was set free in Newport Harbor?

A. Several very angry and very hungry sharks

B. Three rental boats

C. Drunk fraternity guys on body boards

D. A family of ducks

5: Newport Beach this week got the power to veto what?

A. Any state laws that have the words “Newport” or “Corona del Mar” in them

B. Expansion of John Wayne Airport

C. Development of new “signature” cocktails that refer to the city’s 100th birthday

D. Any political ads put forth by the Greenlight group

6. Police in Costa Mesa this week arrested two men on suspicion of taking what from a Fairview Road gas station?

A. $200 in gas

B. $8,000 in cigarettes

C. A rack full of Daily Pilots

D. 100 bags of pork rinds

7. Which change is being made to the Newport Beach junior lifeguard program for next year?

A. It will be divided into four, two-week sessions

B. It will only run three days a week

C. The sessions will be weekends only

D. It will return to its single, eight-week session

8. Which holiday mainstay arrived in Newport-Mesa this week?

A. Balboa Island’s Great Pumpkin

B. South Coast Plaza’s tree

C. Newport Beach City Hall’s Thanksgiving turkey

D. The Eastside’s “Early Easter Bunny”

9. UC Irvine’s men’s and women’s basketball teams are expected to fare how well this season?

A. At the top of their conference

B. About in the middle

C. Near the bottom

D. Dead last

10. Rep. John Campbell this week rose in a ranking of the most powerful people in Congress, jumping more than any other member of the House to what number?

A. 235

B. 165

C. 145

D. 101

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