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Friday, July 24, 2009

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Posted By on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:30 AM

Can you answer Question No. 1?
  • Can you answer Question No. 1?
It's Chris Daly's world and the rest of us are just paying rent (you think we can buy in San Francisco?) It was another fabulous week in the city -- or did you black out and miss it, Muni-style? Let's see if you were paying attention:

1. Supervisor Chris Daly, champion of low-income urban dwellers -- arguably at the expense of the middle class -- announced Wednesday he's bought a home for his family (actually, two homes) in what Bay Area suburb?

A. Fairfax
B. Fair Oaks
C. Fairfield
D. St. Helena

2. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano referred to what as the "Worst kind of make-up sex"?

A. Willie Brown's Chronicle column
B. Gavin Newsom hiring a Latino politico to chair his campaign
C. The state's budget compromise
D. Teatro ZinZanni

3. The president of the Muni drivers' union told SF Weekly that Muni management condoned the flouting of a safety practice that would have prevented last weekend's West Portal crash because:

A. It padded the system's on-time performance
B. You can't tell a Muni driver anything
C. It just didn't seem like a big deal until two trains collided
D. "That's how Muni rolls."  

You'll be surprised by No. 6...
  • You'll be surprised by No. 6...
4. Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier this week announced that she is running for:

A. Lieutenant Governor

B. Insurance Commissioner

C. Her life -- here comes Carole Migden in an SUV!

D. Assessor

5. In response to Alioto-Pier's announcement, a majority of her colleagues on the Board of Supervisors:

A. Sent her a cake with a cute little graphic of her "running" for office. Cute!
B. Passed the hat and came up with several thousand dollars in donations
C. Took her out to a nice lunch
D. Hurriedly organized a rally on the City Hall steps for her out-of-town opponent

6. On Tuesday, incoming San Francisco Police Chief George Gascon announced that had he stayed at his current post in Mesa, Ariz., he would have been:

A. Rewarded with a new contract worth more than San Francisco's offer
B. "A fool -- this is a vibrant, amazing city."
C. Fired
D. Bored out of his mind

7. This week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors finally:

A. Weighed in on the situation in Iran

B. Weighed in on the situation in Burundi

C. Moved to retrofit City Hall

D. Passed a city budget

Seriously, how much for Daly's place?
  • Seriously, how much for Daly's place?
8. Following the Giants' Jonathan Sanchez, Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle on Thursday became the second man this year to:

A. Buy Chris Daly's house

B. Ask for whistleblower status in a drug case

C. Toss a no-hitter

D. Assault umpire Arthur Lombroso over his minuscule strike zone

9. The San Francisco Chronicle took Mayor Gavin Newsom to task for his initial public statement regarding the Muni crash, which was:

A. "What is this 'Muni' of which you speak?"

B. "What did Henry do this time?"

C. "You see? I should have taken more money out of Muni to pay my staff and this wouldn't have happened."

D. "..."

10. It was announced that on July 30,

A. If you're charged with two crimes at the Community Justice Center, the third is half-off

B. Muni fares will go up, again, to $2.25

C. The clock strikes midnight on BART-Union negotiations

D. Supervisor David Chiu will hold his annual "Naked Run to Coit Tower" party

1. C, 2. C., 3. A., 4. B, 5. D., 6. C., 7. D, 8. C, 9. D, 10. C

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Joe Eskenazi

Joe Eskenazi

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Joe Eskenazi was born in San Francisco, raised in the Bay Area, and attended U.C. Berkeley. He never left. "Your humble narrator" was a staff writer and columnist for SF Weekly from 2007 to 2015. He resides in the Excelsior with his wife, 4.3 miles from his birthplace and 5,474 from hers.

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