That’s NEWS to you

If you followed the news last week, you could be a winner in our weekly news quiz. Warm up by taking the newspaper version, and then go to spokesman.com/newsquiz, where top online entries go into a drawing for a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel, and all entries go into a drawing for movie tickets.

1. The Spokane City Council is preparing laws to protect victims of domestic violence from what?

A. Their attacker

B. Bill collectors

C. Discrimination

D. Unscrupulous private investigators

E. Databases that give out personal information

2. Why has Spokane County road grading been suspended?

A. Budget cuts

B. Pollution caused by dust

C. Hot, dry weather

D. Paving projects are making it unnecessary.

E. County road equipment is outmoded.

3. Spokane’s Irene Gonzales landed on NBC’s “Today” show because she started a Facebook page called Fit Fifty and on her 50th birthday did what?

A. Climbed Mount Rainier

B. Completed a triathlon

C. Ran a marathon

D. Completed a 100-mile bike ride

E. Trekked the Pacific Crest Trail

4. Why will Washington’s wheat yield be down this year?

A. Extreme heat

B. Sporadic rain

C. Crusted soil prevented wheat from breaking through.

D. There was a lack of snowfall to protect winter wheat.

E. All of the above

5. University of Idaho researchers are monitoring Fernan Lake after repeated outbreaks of what?

A. Eurasian milfoil

B. Pikeminnows

C. Carp

D. Blue-green algae

E. Snails

Find answers and last week’s winners on page B3.