Behold, the (quiz) answers you seek

Yakima Herald-Republic weekly news quiz

1. U.S. Rep. Doc Hastings, commenting on the stimulus package passed by Congress, said

A) Roosevelt's New Deal was overrated, and a similar approach in President Barack Obama's stimulus plan won't work

2. An energy company plans to study four sites south of Mabton as possible locations for

C) power-generating wind turbines

3. After several years of legal wrangling, what new development is under construction in West Valley?

B) a Wal-Mart supercenter

4. Yakima County Coroner Maury Rice has worked for the county for 46 years. Before he was coroner, he worked 33 years for the

C) sheriff's office

5. At the 100 Years of Motorcycles expo at the SunDome, entertainment includes a tribute band to which group?

A) Judas Priest

6. Why does the Wine and Food fair, a popular summer event in Prosser, have to find a new location?

D) the school board decided not to allow the event at the high school football stadium

7. Foreclosed homes in Yakima County are put up for sale

D) at a weekly auction at the county courthouse

8. A Yakima man was sentenced to 90 days in jail for stealing more than $46,000 from which local nonprofit operation?

D) St. Joe's bingo hall

9. Former Yakama Sun Kings coach Paul Woolpert is now coach of the

C) Tulsa 66ers

10. The Legislature is considering a bill that would allow employers to pay workers younger than 18

B) less than the state minimum wage of $8.55 an hour

11. Brothers Zach and Cortney Nalley are

D) all of the above

12. Despite frequent announcements on Radio KDNA, few Latinos attended a meeting about

A) testing Lower Valley well water for contamination

13. Which headliners were announced for the 2009 Sasquatch! Festival at the Gorge?

C) Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction

14. The Yakima Herald-Republic's Unleashed program for high school students is

C) being discontinued as part of cost-cutting at the newspaper

* Compiled by Tim Kelly, who can be reached at 577-7752 or tkelly@yakimaherald.com.