That’s NEWS to you

Sun., April 15, 2012

By Jim Camden jimc@spokesman.com (509) 879-7461

Have you been following the news this week? Here’s your chance to find out. After you’ve tried your hand at this quiz, try our online, interactive challenge at www.spokesman. com/newsquiz, where you could win a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel or other prizes.

1. David Condon is the youngest mayor of Spokane since

A. Neal Fosseen

B. David Rodgers

C. David Fotheringham

D. Joel Ferris

E. Sheri Barnard

2. A new study shows that what increases on “tax day,” the day federal income taxes are due?

A. Heart attacks

B. Sales of Maalox

C. Domestic violence complaints

D. Traffic deaths

E. Bankruptcy filings

3. Even though Travis Nicolaysen is being hunted by Port Townsend, Wash., police as a fugitive, he continues to

A. Order pizza delivery to wherever he’s hiding that night

B. Update his Facebook page

C. Call 911 and leave mocking clues about his whereabouts

D. Sell stolen goods on Craigslist

E. Show up in television news crowd shots

4. The federal government will pay more than $1 billion to Native American tribes for

A. Violating treaties

B. Killing off buffalo and salmon central to their ways of life

C. Mismanaging trust accounts

D. Taking children from their parents and placing them in special schools

E. Can’t fool me. The federal government doesn’t have $1 billion to spare.

5. Who won the Masters golf tournament last week?

A. Bubba Watson

B. Tiger Woods

C. Louis Oosthuizen

D. Phil Mickelson

E. Lee Westwood

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