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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 www.spokesman.com/newsquiz, 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. The San Francisco Giants are facing what team in the World Series?

A. Oakland A’s

B. St. Louis Cardinals

C. Seattle Mariners

D. Kansas City Royals

E. Detroit Tigers

2. Spokane Public Schools kindergarten teachers met with administrators over concerns that too many students start school deficient in what skill?

A. Ability to identify colors

B. Ability to count

C. Ability to identify the letters of the alphabet

D. Ability to tie a bow

E. Potty training

3. A popular Spokane-made video game will become a live-action TV series. Which game is it?

A. “Myst”

B. “Minecraft”

C. “World of Warcraft”

D. “Grand Theft Auto”

E. “Doom”

4. Idaho candidate for state schools superintendent Sherri Ybarra made news over what?

A. Her platform

B. Debate tactics

C. Campaign spending

D. Failure to vote

E. She created the Idaho Education Foundation to assist cash-strapped school districts

5. Who was awarded the Opus Prize for faith-based humanitarianism at the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox?

A. The Rev. Joe Maier

B. Sister Tesa Fitzgerald

C. Gallapolli Israel

D. Bill Gates

E. Warren Buffett

Check your work

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