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

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

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

C) Waffles Caffe

3. The 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

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

C) personal trainer

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

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.

B) tenderloin

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

A) summer irrigation water

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

C) accordionist Rudy Kezele

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

C) shepherd's pie

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

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

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