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Friday, October 9, 2009

It's Your Friday Morning News Quiz!

Posted By on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 7:30 AM

Stay classy, San Francisco - JUSTIN PAGE
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  • Stay classy, San Francisco
Witness intimidation! Religious and sexual harassment! Bacteria-infested sandwiches! If that's the week it was, we're extra glad it's Friday. Also, time for a quiz:

1. Which of the following epithets did Assemblyman Tom Ammiano shout when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger sauntered into a Democratic event in San Francisco's Fairmont Hotel?

A. "I wish it was a tumor!"
B. "Out, Nazi! Achtung!
C. "Kiss my gay ass!"
D. "Shit! He is back!"

2. Seven men -- and, later, an eighth -- were arrested this week for a bizarre incident in Superior Court involving "witness intimidation." What the hell happened?

A. Letters on the men's shirts spelled out K-I-L-L Y-O-U-! (the man wearing the exclamation point wasn't arrested until later as he was only considered an accessory)
B. The group wouldn't stop making vicious animal noises during testimony
C. The men stood simultaneously and bared their teeth at the witness
D. The group surrounded the witness' car in the parking lot prior to the hearing

3. After inking a contract essentially the same as one he could have gotten in July before an acrimonious holdout, 49ers rookie receiver Michael Crabtree described the past few months as:

A. "A complete fucking waste of my fucking time. And you can print that."
B. "Not so bad. I walked my parents' dogs. Talked on the phone a lot. It was all right."
C. "Mistakes were made. That's all I'm saying."
D. "It was a very humbling experience."
 

Free Diego! Free Diego! Free Diego!
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4. This morning, a host of San Francisco elected officials and religious officials are holding a rally urging Attorney General Jerry Brown to drop charges against the only member of the so-called "San Francisco 8" still on the hook for the 1970 murder of Sergeant John Young. Three of these men are Argentine soccer players and one is the accused killer. Find the alleged murderer.

A. Francisco Torres
B. Mariano Andujar
C. Fernando Gago
D. Lionel Messi

5. San Francisco State biology professor Dennis Desjardin just named a glowing mushroom species after Mozart's requiem. Very cool. Less cool: He named a mushroom species resembling a minuscule penis after:

A. Himself
B. The president of S.F. State
C. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger
D. A fellow scientist and friend  

6. A quintet of San Francisco employees who worked making dildos in a sex toy company's warehouse claim Vixen Creations screwed them over by:

A. Putting video of the workers throwing dildos at each other on the Internet
B. Naming dildos after employees without asking permission
C. Putting filthy messages in the memo section of workers' paychecks, so they were embarrassed to cash them
D. Failing to pay them properly for dildo-making overtime shifts

7. The score of yesterday's inaugural United Football League game at Las Vegas between the California Redwoods and Las Vegas Locomotives was:

A. California 13, Las Vegas 8
B. California 28, Las Vegas 10
C. Las Vegas 30, California 17
D. Las Vegas 42, California 38

click to enlarge 'I pity the fool don't vote for Gav!'
  • 'I pity the fool don't vote for Gav!'
8. Gavin Newsom unexpectedly dropped an unattributed quote from what well-known figure into a Monday speech in Los Angeles, prefacing the quote with the phrase, "I've always believed..."?

A. L. Ron Hubbard
B. Anthony Robbins
C. Dr. Phil
D. Mr. T

9. Former city spokeswoman Rose Marie Dennis received a settlement for $90,670.20 -- yeah, 20 cents -- following what she says was years of religious and sexual harassment from former Park and Rec department head Yomi Agunbiade. Among other things, she says Agumbiade:

A. Installed a camera directly over her desk
B. Gave her a bible -- complete with suggestive cartoons drawn in the margins
C. Wrote letters to her home address upbraiding her lack of religiosity and demeaning her family members
D. Sent legions of lascivious text messages

10. Federal authorities this week filed charges against an Oakland sandwich factory accused of sending bacteria-laden sandwiches across the state. How many times had Rel's Foods been sanctioned since 2002 according to court documents? 

A. 7
B. 10
C. 14
D. 23 

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



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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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