That’s NEWS to you

If you followed the news last week, and maybe even if you didn’t, you could be a winner in our weekly news quiz.

Warm up your news memory by taking the newspaper version of the quiz, then go to www.spokesman.com/ newsquiz for the online version, where top 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. Name the Coeur d’Alene-born Winter Olympian who won the gold medal in snowboard slopestyle.

A. Joss Christensen

B. Sage Kotsenburg

C. Jamie Anderson

D. Jason Brown

E. Gus Kenworthy

2. An Inland Northwest dog competed in the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show representing which breed?

A. Puli

B. Bichon frise

C. Lowchen

D. Shiba inu

E. Kuvasz

3. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee declared that during his time in office:

A. Taxes will not be raised

B. Tuition to state universities will not be raised

C. No inmates will be executed

D. No applications for casinos will be approved

E. The National Guard will not deploy outside of the state

4. Spokane County commissioners are upset over the actions of a city-county commission and have refused to approve nominees to fill vacancies, leaving the panel without a quorum. Which commission is it?

A. Landmarks

B. Arts

C. Shorelines

D. Roads

E. Libraries

5. Facebook users now have more options to describe their:

A. Gender

B. Job

C. Education

D. Residence

E. Personal relationships

Check your work

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