That’s NEWS to you

Did you pay attention to the news last week? Let’s find out. And after you’ve warmed up your “news sense,” try our online quiz at spokesman.com/newsquiz for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Davenport Hotel or tickets to the Spokane Golf Show.

1. The Spokane Association of Realtors announced last week that in Spokane County for December 2011

A. The number of home sales went up and the average price went up.

B. The number of home sales went up and the average price went down.

C. The number of home sales went down and the average price went down.

D. The number of home sales went down and the average price went up.

E. Can’t fool me. None of those is true.

2. There were three contests in the GOP presidential campaign on Tuesday. How did they come out?

A. Mitt Romney won all three.

B. Rick Santorum won all three.

C. Newt Gingrich won all three.

D. Romney won one, Santorum won two.

E. Romney won one, Santorum won one, Ron Paul won one.

3. Ritzville may try to lure tourists into town from Interstate 90 with an attraction about

A. Wheat

B. Horses

C. Grand Coulee Dam

D. Lewis and Clark

E. Can’t fool me. Ritzville doesn’t need another attraction to get tourists to stop.

4. Gonzaga beat St. Mary’s to have a chance to extend its streak of West Coast Conference men’s basketball titles. How many years in a row has GU won or shared that title?

A. 9

B. 10

C. 11

D. 12

E. 13

5. As a result of unusually cold weather in Europe

A. The Italian government issued 4,000 snow shovels to help dig out Rome

B. Bosnians got into fistfights over scarce food

C. Air travelers at Heathrow were stranded

D. Serbia planned to dynamite ice in the Danube River

E. Can’t fool me. All of those things happened.

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