News quiz, 7/5/2009
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share this1. Riverside School Board approved a new contract last week for what?
A. Beverages
B. Teachers
C. Food service
D. Administrators
2. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Luzerne County is waiving the adoption fee for which of its animals?
A. Dogs
B. Cats
C. Ferrets
D. Guinea pigs
3. The case against an Altoona man who is accused of shooting a South Scranton couple on March 15 has stalled while ...
A. he awaits extradition from Canada.
B. officials in two Pennsylvania counties decide who will put him on trial first.
C. his lawyers consult an astrologer.
D. a new judge is appointed in the case.
4. Who are Alston & Bird?
A. A Scranton duo who performed at the Emmy Awards
B. Riverside High School's top pitchers
C. A Washington, D.C., firm hired to lobby on behalf of Lackawanna County
D. The new concessionaires at PNC Field
5. And how much are Alston & Bird paid?
A. $10,000 a month
B. Nothing. They're high school athletes.
C. $50,000 a year
D. $100,000 plus 10 percent of profits
6. Which parts of Lackawanna County are driving population growth, according to new census data estimates?
A. Scranton, Dunmore and Throop
B. The Upvalley
C. North Pocono and the Abingtons
D. the Abingtons and Scranton
7. How will the paving of state roads in Scranton be paid for later this summer?
A. Fundraising by frustrated neighborhood groups
B. City government is offering to share costs.
C. A bake sale to be held at the Capitol in Harrisburg
D. $3 million in federal stimulus money
8. The Carbondale Historical Society is exhibiting resident Paul Browne's collection of what?
A. Michael Jackson's costumes
B. Pictures of trolley cars
C. Coal mining artifacts
D. Baseball memorabilia
9. Two measures to protect water supplies from contamination by drilling for natural gas deposits in the Marcellus Shale were ...
A. approved by a state House committee.
B. rejected by a state House committee.
C. proposed by U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski.
D. proposed by U.S. Rep. Chris Carney.
10. A man and his mother are accused of using a bad check to pay for 21 of these ordered from a Scranton business.
A. Geese a-laying
B. Hot tubs
C. Flat-screen televisions
D. Gold rings Answers: 1. D; 2. B; 3. B; 4. C; 5. A; 6. C; 7. D; 8. D; 9. A; 10, C.
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