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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. What did a study commissioned by Washington State University on the need for training for medical doctors in the state conclude?

A. The University of Washington should have the sole medical school.

B. The University of Washington should have the sole medical school and should significantly expand doctor training in Eastern Washington.

C. WSU should start a medical school of its own to train more doctors, particularly for Eastern Washington.

D. WSU should start a medical school and UW should expand its medical school to meet the need for doctors.

E. WSU and UW should work in concert out of WSU Spokane to train more doctors for the region.

2. Washington’s legal marijuana industry’s needs are included in the region’s 20-year plan for what?

A. Electricity

B. Water

C. Fertilizer

D. Transportation

E. Labor

3. The state of Idaho argued before judges of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that its ban against gay marriage should be maintained because same-sex marriage is what?

A. Bad for the economy

B. Harmful to children

C. Not mentioned in the Constitution

D. Confusing when it comes to legal matters such as estates

E. A burden on retirement and benefit plans

4. Mary Ann Wilson, of Spokane, is the creator of an exercise show that reaches 86 million households annually. What is it called?

A. “Sit and Be Fit”

B. “Stand and Stretch”

C. “Fit and Lite”

D. “Daily Workout”

E. “Homestretch”

5. With an abundant water supply from the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, Spokane County households use how much over the state average?

A. About twice as much

B. About three times as much

C. About four times as much

D. About five times as much

E. About six times as much