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If you followed the news last week, you could be a winner in our weekly quiz. Warm up with 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 are eligible to win movie tickets.

1. A charter school offering a curriculum with an international focus that teaches Spanish starting in kindergarten is set to open this fall in the old St. Patrick’s School in Hillyard. What is the name of the new school?

A. Spokane Charter International

B. Spokane Spanish School

C. Spokane International Academy

D. World Knowledge Academy

E. Hillyard International Charter

2. A lawsuit filed in federal court on behalf of Natasha Hernandez claims a police dog owned by the Spokane Police Department bit her without provocation and wouldn’t release despite being ordered to do so by Officer Dan Lesser. What is the police dog’s name?

A. Var

B. Laslo

C. Hooch

D. Rav

E. Zeus

3. The families of 51 people who died in crashes caused by faulty ignition switches in small cars will get payments from a fund from what auto manufacturer?

A. Toyota

B. General Motors

C. Ford

D. Volkswagen

E. Honda

4. Pop star Katy Perry made a grand entrance to the field during halftime of the Super Bowl, steering a 30-foot-long, 14-foot-tall lion into the spotlight. Where was that mechanical beast created?

A. Seattle

B. Glendale, Ariz.

C. Scappoose, Ore.

D. Spokane

E. Rio de Janeiro

5. A Spokane judge sent 17-year-old Kenan Adams-Kinard to prison in the 2013 beating death of World War II veteran Delbert “Shorty” Belton. What was the length of the sentence?

A. Life in prison

B. 50 years

C. No prison time

D. Until he is 21

E. 20 years

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