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Yakima Herald-Republic weekly news quiz

1. A group of volunteers is working to restore

A) faith in city government

B) the Yakima Mall

C) the Miss Yakima Valley float

D) the Yakima Meadows racetrack


2. Virginia Beavert was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Washington for her work in preserving

A) peaches

B) the Yakama language

C) the Miss Yakima Valley float

D) the Yakima Valley Trolleys


3. Why is Yakima County considering closing Eschbach Park and possibly selling the land?

A) nobody goes there anymore

B) the site could be used for a privately operated landfill

C) a developer wants to build a gated community there

D) the county is facing a large shortfall in its 2010 budget


4. What does Brenda Gonzalez, a first-year teacher at Granger Middle School, have in common with many of her students?

A) her parents are immigrants, and she grew up working summers in the fields with them

B) she loves to play video games

C) she has a cool new Jonas Brothers backpack and lunchbox

D) she rides the bus to school

 

5. Curbstoning is

A) smoking dope while sitting on the side of the street

B) selling five or more used cars in a year without a vehicle-dealer license

C) buying a car at auction that was seized in a drug raid

D) trying to parallel park and running your car's tire up over the curb


6. Two volunteers on the United Way Day of Caring were injured while helping at

A) Camp Roganunda

B) Camp Granada

C) Camp Dudley

D) Tall Oaks Band Camp


7. When a Benton County man came home and interrupted a burglary in progress, what did the burglar give him?

A) a punch in the face

B) a bag of meth

C) his driver's license and other identification

D) swine flu


8. What was one of the highlights of Sportsman's Days in Naches?

A) an ice carver who created a sculpture of state Rep. Charles Ross

B) a wood carver who created a chain saw sculpture of Michael Jackson

C) a sand carver who created a sculpture of fish and birds

D) a cheese carver who created a sculpture of Raymond Carver


9. What musical group begins a series of Central Washington performances today in Selah?

A) Ugandan Orphans Choir

B) Vienna Boys Choir

C) Mormon Tabernacle Choir

D) Yakima Youth Choir


10. Charlie Fiander and Sammi Jo Blodgett are

A) a country music duo playing at Legends Casino

B) cousins and top cross country runners for Wapato High School

C) entrants in the Washington State Menudo Festival in Granger

D) planning to compete in bullriding today at the rodeo during the Fiestas Patrias celebration


11. Which artist is returning to his hometown of Sunnyside for a show of his paintings?

A) Julio Guerrero

B) Julio Iglesias

C) Francisco "Pancho" Martinez

D) Daniel DeSiga

 

12. Who is the featured speaker Wednesday at the Yakima Town Hall Lecture Series?

A) Mel Brooks

B) Garth Brooks

C) David Brooks

D) Foster Brooks

 

13. What does this weekend's Fiestas Patrias event in Toppenish celebrate?

A) Cinco de Mayo

B) the Battle of the Alamo

C) Our Lady of Guadalupe

D) Mexico's quest for independence from Spanish rule


* Compiled by Tim Kelly, who can be reached at 509-577-7752 or tkelly@yakimaherald.com.



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