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If you followed the news last week, you could be a winner in our weekly news quiz. Warm up by taking the newspaper version, and then go to www.spokesman.com/newsquiz, where top entries go into a drawing for a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel, and all entries go into a drawing for movie tickets.

1. Part of the cost of wolf management in Washington is paid for by what method?

A. A small slice of the sales tax

B. Lottery tickets sales

C. Personalized license plate sales

D. Camping permits in state parks

E. All of the above

2. To prevent erosion of the Coeur d’Alene River bank near Cataldo, the U.S. Forest Service is planting what?

A. Ponderosa pines

B. Larch

C. Willows

D. Kinnikinnick

E. Johnson grass

3. In Mayor David Condon’s 2015 budget how many employees will earn more than $100,000 without overtime?

A. 65

B. 92

C. 121

D. 164

E. 176

4. Which measure failed in Tuesday’s election?

A. Initiative 591, which wouldn’t let the state require more stringent background checks for gun sales than the federal standard

B. Initiative 594, which extends background checks now required for guns to most private sales

C. The bond to revitalize Riverfront Park

D. The extension of the streets levy

E. All of the above

5. Adams Elementary teacher Karen Krantz won a prestigious teaching award. Which award did she win?

A. Golden Apple Award

B. Milken Award

C. Gates Award

D. Golden Rule Award

E. Scholastic Award

Check your answers

Check your answers and last week’s winners on page B3.