That’s NEWS to you
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. A Hall of Fame baseball player known as “Mr. Cub” died at the age of 83. He was the Chicago Cubs’ first African-American player. Who was he?
A. Willie Mays
B. Pumpsie Green
C. Ernie Banks
D. Larry Doby
E. Jackie Robinson
2. A proposal circulating in the Washington Legislature contends that adding what to ballots would remove one of the barriers to voting and would increase voter participation?
A. Pictures of candidates
B. An ink pen to fill out the ballot
C. Red for Republicans, blue for Democrats
D. Return postage
E. A $10 Wal-Mart coupon
3. Jan Quintrall, who was head of Spokane’s Business and Developer Services Division, resigned her post with the city. She was in the news just prior to her resignation because the City Council questioned her decision to do what?
A. Spend $1,000 for hard hats for workers
B. Dismiss seven city engineers
C. Spend more than $400 on lunch for some employees
D. Sell bonds to boost her budget
E. Praise the work of a fired employee
4. Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos set the school record early in the win against Portland for the most 3-point baskets in a player’s basketball career. What former Zag did he surpass to get the record?
A. Dan Dickau
B. Blake Stepp
C. Adam Morrison
D. Derek Raivio
E. Matt Santangelo
5. Washington State University’s board of regents is scheduled to vote May 8 on what health issue?
A. Banning alcohol from all fraternities and sororities
B. Requiring flu shots for all students and faculty
C. Requiring all athletes to submit to blood tests for steroids
D. Banning all forms of tobacco and nicotine-delivery devices
E. Requiring instructors to undergo psychological counseling
Check your work
Find answers and last week’s winners: Page B2.