Mercurynews.Com Quiz: News Of 2011
How closely did you follow this year's Northern California news? Ten questions check your knowledge of some items of note.
- 1.
Jerry Brown's wife revealed that the governor had a secret weapon in "warming up the Republicans" during budget talks early in 2011. It was:
- A.
Office happy hour with hand-rolled sushi
- B.
Complimentary passes to test-drive a Tesla
- C.
His spot-on imitation of Maria Shriver
- D.
A cute dog
Correct Answer
D. A cute dog -
- 2.
On a day in late February, tens of thousands of people visited a website set up to answer just one question:
- A.
Is Barry Bonds guilty?
- B.
How can I disable my iPhone tracking?
- C.
Is it snowing in SF yet?
- D.
Is this a leap year?
Correct Answer
C. Is it snowing in SF yet? -
- 3.
Who is this Danville teenager?
- A.
Liam Pritchett, whose misguided cannonball went through a neighbor's home
- B.
Evan O'Dorney, who won the National Spelling Bee, the Intel Science Talent Search and "Who Wants to be a Mathematician?"
- C.
Justin Russell, who was rewarded with a walk-on part after spotting an error on a whiteboard in TV's "The Big Bang Theory"
- D.
Cyllian Wellis, who came under FCC scrutiny for inventing a phone app that lets the user assign a bogus caller-ID number
Correct Answer
B. Evan O'Dorney, who won the National Spelling Bee, the Intel Science Talent Search and "Who Wants to be a Mathematician?" -
- 4.
Which was not a tactic of the group Anonymous in its response to BART's shutting down of cell phone service?
- A.
Hacking the agency's website
- B.
Staging a rush-hour protest that shut down a station
- C.
Throwing mannequins on the tracks
- D.
Releasing a lewd photo of the agency's spokesman
Correct Answer
C. Throwing mannequins on the tracks -
- 5.
Sara Cole, a Los Gatos mother badly injured in 2007 by a drunken driver, was in the news again in 2011. Why?
- A.
She became lost overnight on a hike in Castle Rock State Park
- B.
She was accused of drunken driving after plowing into a town Christmas display
- C.
She was accused of a sexual relationship with a teenage friend of her son
- D.
She asked President Obama during a town hall meeting how many sit-ups his wife could do
Correct Answer
C. She was accused of a sexual relationship with a teenage friend of her son -
- 6.
Cheerleaders at San Jose's Piedmont High went public with their dismay that they were not allowed to:
- A.
Wear their miniskirted uniforms during school hours
- B.
Perform to a song that includes the word "wazoo"
- C.
Have a tadpole-eating contest as a fundraiser
- D.
Appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show during Teen Cheerleader Week
Correct Answer
A. Wear their miniskirted uniforms during school hours -
- 7.
"I messed up," began a CEO's blogged explanation of what decision?
- A.
Netflix's separation of DVD and streaming services
- B.
Apple's failure to introduce the iPhone 5 in a highly touted product release
- C.
LinkedIn's hosting of a visit by President Obama
- D.
PG&E's switch to SmartMeters
Correct Answer
A. Netflix's separation of DVD and streaming services -
- 8.
Scalpers were asking up to $40 for tickets, originally available free, entitling the bearer to:
- A.
Pose next to the Giants' World Series trophy
- B.
Attend Steve Jobs' memorial service at Apple
- C.
Have a body part signed by James Durbin
- D.
Hike up Half Dome
Correct Answer
D. Hike up Half Dome -
- 9.
Google's first video doodle commemorated:
- A.
The discovery of planet Kepler 22B
- B.
The birthdate of Charlie Chaplin
- C.
The invention of microwave popcorn
- D.
The Wright Brothers' first flight
Correct Answer
B. The birthdate of Charlie Chaplin -
- 10.
Who or what is Mildred Baena?
- A.
The Palo Alto nanny accused of stealing a $360,000 lottery ticket from her employer
- B.
The jockey, a Salinas native, who rode 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom
- C.
The mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child
- D.
The anagrammatic secret code used to clear Level 4-12 of "Angry Birds Rio"
Correct Answer
C. The mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child -
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