Herald-Republic weekly news quiz

1. Students in community college programs training to be technicians in the wind power industry must be able to

A) tell a turbine from a turban

B) climb 200 feet up a ladder to work on turbines

C) know which the way the wind blows

D) convert their cars to run on wind power

2. According to Shop Talk blogger Mai Hoang, which Yakima eatery will open a new West Valley location soon?

A) Waffle House

B) Waffle Hut

C) Waffles Cafe

D) International House of Waffles (IHOW)

3. The state Legislature did not pass a bill sponsored by Reps. Norm Johnson and Charles Ross that would have classified criminal gang activity as

A) a nuisance

B) a mild perturbance

C) a hate crime

D) a problem to be remedied by vigilante justice

4. Injuries suffered in a horseback accident required 75-year-old Ron Saxton to find a new occupation, so he got involved in a Goodwill program and is training to be a

A) master gardener

B) Walmart greeter

C) personal trainer

D) stock broker

5. Why did wannabe state legislator Michele Strobel visit local coffee stands where controversial "bikini baristas" serve up the java?

A) she was applying for a job

B) she was trying to save those sleazy women's souls

C) she was grandstanding to get publicity for her longshot political campaign

D) she was trying to convince the baristas to quit their jobs

6. When Ted Baseler, president of Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, spoke at a New Vision meeting, he described the Yakima Valley as the "_________________" of the state's wine industry.

A) loincloth

B) tenderloin

C) top sirloin

D) groin

7. The Yakima Valley is facing its worst shortage since 2005 of what?

A) summer irrigation water

B) religious zealot political candidates

C) wine tourists

D) donations to food banks

8. Which of these performers will entertain in Yakima on St. Patrick's Day?

A) The Chieftains

B) The Celtic Tenors

C) accordionist Rudy Kezele

D) The Dusty 45s

9. In honor of St. Patrick's Day,
On magazine published a recipe for

A) Guinness goulash

B) green eggs and haggis

C) shepherd's pie

D) corned beef and cabbage

10. The next speaker at the Town Hall Lecture Series is

A) Naomi Watts

B) Naomi Campbell

C) Naomi Wolf

D) Naomi Judd

11. Who said "We are going to be more serious with our policies because we don't want what happened in the past to happen again"?

A) Rajiv Sauson, owner of the Tourist Motel that is being remodeled to reopen soon

B) City Manager Dick Zais, after a high school student was picked as Yakima's mayor

C) Mayor Micah Cawley, after an abstract sculpture was installed as public art on historic North Front Street

D) Superior Court Judge James Lust, after the state Supreme Court hearing on a lawsuit filed by the Yakima Herald-Republic over public records access

* Answers in Monday's edition.

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