NEWS QUIZ

1. Last Saturday was the official launch for what at South Coast Plaza?

A. The Sears G.I. Joe doll

B. The Dooney & Bourke Barbie doll

C. The Burberry Baby Bath Buddy

D. The Barneys Breakfast with Fashion event

2. Which food celebrity was at the Cannery restaurant last weekend signing books?

A. Wolfgang Puck

B. Wally “Famous” Amos

C. Emeril Lagasse

C. Alton Brown

3. Newport Beach resident Michelle Phillips and her mom, Barbara Simmons, have started a fashion line to doll up clothing for which activity?

A. Hiking

B. Golfing

C. Tennis

D. Auto racing

4. Newport Beach Country Club head pro Paul Hahn did what unusual thing on the eighth hole of the course recently?

A. Had a hole-in-one

B. Helped save the life of a golfer who was having a heart attack

C. Lost his bag of clubs

D. Was attacked by a deer

5. Teacher Phil D’Agostino, who has taught for many years at Newport Harbor High School and led the campus’ Student Political Action Committee, is getting a new job where?

A. On Capitol Hill, as a representative’s advisory on high school issues

B. At Estancia High, where he will be an assistant principal

C. At UC Irvine, where he is becoming a professor

D. At a yoga studio, where he will be teaching entry-level classes

6. Work crews at Orange Coast College spent all summer doing what?

A. Going to special whistling-training classes

B. Doing renovation work on classroom buildings

C. Traveling as much as possible

D. Working on a plan to get voter backing for a new school bond

7. Which of the following issues did not come up at a Costa Mesa candidate forum on Wednesday?

A. Public safety

B. Donations from political action committees

C. Proposed bridges at 19th Street and Gisler Avenue

D. Whether being taller makes one a better council member

8. On Friday, Newport Beach celebrated what outside City Hall?

A. The end of its year of centennial events

B. The city’s official birthday

C. A groundbreaking for a new city hall

D. The last day of summer

9. An ambulance carrying a patient collided with what, snarling late-evening commuter traffic around MacArthur Boulevard on Tuesday?

A. A Mercedes, the driver of which apparently did not hear the ambulance’s sirens

B. A telephone pole

C. Another ambulance, although not one with sirens running

D. A deer

10. SAT scores in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District did what for the sixth straight year?

A. Rose more than the national average

B. Stayed essentially the same

C. Declined slightly

D. Fell more than the national average

11. More people are expected to drive to a vacation destination than fly during the Labor Day weekend for which reason?

A. Lots of people have bought new cars this summer

B. Gas prices are dropping slightly while flights are costing more

C. People are frightened to fly

D. All of the above

ANSWERS: 1. B; 2: B; 3: B; 4: B; 5: B; 6: B; 7: D; 8: B; 9: A; 10: C; 11: B