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1. "I messed up," began a CEO's blogged explanation of what decision?

Netflix's separation of DVD and streaming services

Apple's failure to introduce the iPhone 5 in a highly touted product release

LinkedIn's hosting of a visit by President Obama

PG&E's switch to SmartMeters

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2. Who or what is Mildred Baena?

The Palo Alto nanny accused of stealing a $360,000 lottery ticket from her employer

The jockey, a Salinas native, who rode 2011 Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom

The mother of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child

The anagrammatic secret code used to clear Level 4-12 of "Angry Birds Rio"

3. Cheerleaders at San Jose's Piedmont High went public with their dismay that they were not allowed to:

Wear their miniskirted uniforms during school hours

Perform to a song that includes the word "wazoo"

Have a tadpole-eating contest as a fundraiser

Appear on the Jimmy Kimmel show during Teen Cheerleader Week

4. Sara Cole, a Los Gatos mother badly injured in 2007 by a drunken driver, was in the news again in 2011. Why?

She became lost overnight on a hike in Castle Rock State Park

She was accused of drunken driving after plowing into a town Christmas display

She was accused of a sexual relationship with a teenage friend of her son

She asked President Obama during a town hall meeting how many sit-ups his wife could do

5. 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:

Office happy hour with hand-rolled sushi

Complimentary passes to test-drive a Tesla

His spot-on imitation of Maria Shriver

A cute dog

6. Which was not a tactic of the group Anonymous in its response to BART's shutting down of cell phone service?

Hacking the agency's website

Staging a rush-hour protest that shut down a station

Throwing mannequins on the tracks

Releasing a lewd photo of the agency's spokesman

Who is this Danville teenager?

Liam Pritchett, whose misguided cannonball went through a neighbor's home

Evan O'Dorney, who won the National Spelling Bee, the Intel Science Talent Search and "Who Wants to be a Mathematician?"

8. Google's first video doodle commemorated:

The discovery of planet Kepler 22B

The birthdate of Charlie Chaplin

The invention of microwave popcorn

The Wright Brothers' first flight

9. Scalpers were asking up to $40 for tickets, originally available free, entitling the bearer to:

Pose next to the Giants' World Series trophy

Attend Steve Jobs' memorial service at Apple

Have a body part signed by James Durbin

Hike up Half Dome

10. On a day in late February, tens of thousands of people visited a website set up to answer just one question:

Is Barry Bonds guilty?

How can I disable my iPhone tracking?

Is it snowing in SF yet?

Is this a leap year?

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