That’s NEWS to you

Welcome to our weekly news quiz, based on recent events. For a longer, interactive version and a chance to win lunch for two at Clinkerdagger, go to spokesman.com /newsquiz

1 Sirti became part of Innovate Washington last week. Where did the name Sirti come from?

A. It was named for Alfred Sirti, the state’s first Nobel laureate

B. Science, Innovation, Research and Technology Institution

C. Spokane Interdisciplinary Research Team for Innovation

D. State Institute for Research, Technology and Innovation

E. Nice try, but it’s none of the above.

2 Newly released documents from the former Soviet Union may shed light on the fate of

A. Leon Trotsky

B. Oskar Schindler

C. Raoul Wallenberg

D. Vyacheslav Molotov

E. None of the above. Soviet documents are so unreliable no one puts any stock in them.

3 The No. 1 party school in the country, according to the Princeton Review, is

A. Washington State University

B. Princeton University

C. Ohio University

D. Ohio State University

E. Arizona State University

4 After last week, the Seattle Seahawks had only two players remaining from the team that played in the Super Bowl in 2006. One is LeRoy Hill, the other is

A. Marcus Trufant

B. Floyd Womack

C. Jerheme Urban

D. Jeb Huckeba

E. Matt Hasselbeck

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