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If you followed the news last week, you could be a winner in our weekly quiz. Warm up here, and then go to www.spokesman.com/newsquiz to take the expanded quiz for a chance to win prizes.

1. What women’s college basketball team has experienced a mass exodus of players this offseason, losing five players who have quit the program and another who has decided not to use her final year of eligibility?

A. Gonzaga University

B. Whitworth University

C. Spokane Falls Community College

D. Eastern Washington University

E. Washington State University

2. Deep in the ocean, scientists have found the first known example of a fish with warm blood. The fish is called?

A. Opah, or moonfish

B. Shadow, or orbfish

C. Plunger, or warmfish

D. Oddball, or deepcrawler

3. Quarterback Tom Brady was sanctioned by the NFL for his alleged role in under-inflated footballs in last season’s AFC Championship Game. What was his penalty?

A. Suspended for the season

B. Forced to quarterback the New York Jets

C. Fined $1 million

D. Suspended four games

E. Must give Super Bowl trophy to Seattle Seahawks

4. The Amtrak train that crashed in Philadelphia was going 106 mph before it ran off the rails along a sharp curve where the speed limit drops to what?

A. 25

B. 50

C. 100

D. 75

E. 10

5. A magnitude-7.3 earthquake shook what impoverished country, killing more than 100 people and injuring more than 2,800, just as the nation was beginning to rebuild from a devastating April 25 earthquake?

A. Ethiopia

B. Cuba

C. Nepal

D. Cameroon

E. Ghana

Check your work

Answers, explanations and last week’s winners can be found on Page B10.