All Over Albany Weekly Quiz, March 11, 2011.
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- 1.Some of the systems at the Northeastern Association of the Blind's factory were designed by whom?
- A.
RPI faculty
- B.
RPI students
- C.
The Association's members
- D.
Union College students
- 2.L'esperance Tile Works makes a set of tiles based on New York state fossils. What provided the artist with inspiration for the images?
- A.
Visits to the New York State Museum
- B.
The state Regents study guide
- C.
Fossils she'd found on the Helderberg Escarpment
- 3.The prices paid for electricity in the Capital Region are often among the lowest in the state.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 4.Where did Jen Hunold -- the artist behind the Be Nice. Project -- grow up?
- A.
Ohio
- B.
Illinois
- C.
Iowa
- D.
Indiana
- 5.Which of these Pulitzer Prize-winning poets spent time at the Watervliet Arsenal?
- A.
Robert Penn Warren
- B.
Edwin Arlington Robinson
- C.
Stephen Vincent Benet
- D.
William Carlos Williams
- 6.In a recent Siena poll, 40 percent of New Yorkers said what?
- A.
Their quality of life had gotten better during the past 10 years.
- B.
Their quality of life was about the same.
- C.
Their quality of life had gotten worse during the past 10 years.
- 7.The party for All Over Albany's third birthday will be where?
- 8.About how long does it take the Zamboni to resurface the ice at the Times Union Center?
- A.
3 minutes
- B.
8 minutes
- C.
12 minutes
- D.
18 minutes
- 9.Which of these is not a highway that Albany planners proposed but never constructed?
- A.
The Northside-Northway Connection
- B.
The Jennings Memorial Parkway
- C.
The Mid-Crosstown Arterial
- D.
I-687
- 10.The giant sandwich at McIntyres Pub shares a name with which mountain?
- A.
Everest
- B.
Kilimanjaro
- C.
Vinson Massif
- D.
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