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How much was that parking meter in the window...
Big rigs! Bridges! Barack! Brobdingnagian amounts of rain! And now: Quiz!
1. How did the San Francisco Police Department describe a man who fell --
and was allegedly pushed -- out of a fifth-story window in the wee hours on Thursday?
A. "Unpopular"
B. "Lucky"
C. "Despondent"
D. "Dead"
2. The Municipal Transportation Agency's
plan to extend city parking meter hours calls for:
A. Meter enforcement until 9 p.m. in some zones
B. Meter enforcement until midnight in some zones
C. Universal Sunday meter enforcement
D. All of these
3. San Francisco's planned Nude Olympics
didn't come off this year. Why not?
A. Permitting mess regarding public nudity
B. Threats from reactionary Christian organizations
C. Too darn cold
D. Torrential downpour
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Here comes a different kind of gift basket
4 and 5. Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's garment bag, purloined near Union Square,
was improbably discovered intact and returned to him this week. Also sent to the former NBA star was a lavish gift basket, courtesy of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and local businesses. Five of these items are fake. Two are real. Find the authentic gifts.
A.
The Idiot's Guide To Avoiding Big-City CrimeB. Jeans from the Gap
C. Niners tickets
D. Rice-a-Roni
E. Anchor Steam beer
F. Distillery 209 gin
G. Cutlery from Williams-Sonoma
6. The
Wednesday big rig crash on the Bay Bridge got the headlines. But what other Bay Area bridge played host to a flipped rig just one day earlier?
A. The Dumbarton Bridge
B. The Carquinez Bridge
C. The Richmond Bridge
D. The Antioch Bridge
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7.
How many millimeters of rain hit Downtown San Francisco during this week's
record-smashing storm?
A. 63
B. 357
C. 679
D. 1,235
8. According to the Democratic staffer who denied
SF Weekly's request to attend Thursday's Barack Obama fund-raiser, what San Francisco
hotel was the event taking place in?
A. "The West St. Francis"
B. "The Fourmont"
C. "The Palass"
D. "The Seal Rock Inn"
9. A San Francisco
federal grand jury on Thursday indicted John Gimbel for what?
A. Attempting to marry a horse
B. Threatening to kill the president
C. Running a multi-state dog-fighting ring
D. Money laundering for the Bambino family
10. What phrase have critics claimed
was photoshopped onto a placard being held up by a man in a Gavin Newsom Web ad?
A. Newsom's the One
B. Young. Strong. Newsom.
C. End the 2/3 Requirement!
D. Constitutional Convention
1.B; 2. D; 3. C; 4. C or E; 5. C or E; 6. C; 7. A; 8. A; 9. B; 10. D
