Here are the answers to this week’s quiz:

1. E. The Zags lost the WCC championship game to Saint Mary’s in overtime, as well as the regular season title. Gonzaga had won one or the other every year since 1997.

2. C. Shell Oil is readying the Kulluk to drill exploratory oil wells off Alaska’s northern coast.

3. D. The program exchanged 968,196 needles in 2011 and expects to hand out more than 1 million clean syringes this year.

4. A. Researchers found that visitors to the continent brought an average of 9.5 seeds, with scientists bringing more than tourists. Scientists worry the seeds could take root and alter the ecosystem of the continent.

5. E. The nation of Kiribati, a Pacific archipelago, is working to buy 6,000 acres on the main island of Fiji as an insurance policy against rising waters that may displace its population.

On the Web: Now that you’ve had a little practice, try our interactive quiz at spokesman.com/ newsquiz. Top entries are placed in a drawing for a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel, and all entries are placed in a drawing for two tickets to the first two days of the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, or two tickets to the Bighorn Outdoor Adventure Show.

• Last week’s winners: Jenny Adsit, of Spokane, won the $50 gift card to the Davenport in the drawing of top entries. Bailey Abdnor, from Otis Orchards, won the Regal movie tickets.