New Haven News Quiz 10/20 – 27

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A pre-Election Day messaging session.

Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.

1) What existential issue is motivating the most visible opponent of the New Haven charter reform referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot?
A) 4‑year mayoral terms
B) fiscal solvency
C) lifetime appointments to the volunteer Board of Park Commissioners
D) lifetime prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders
E) chartered airplane flights to Las Vegas

2) What is the name of the new restaurant opening inside the former 150 Wooster St. home of Tony & Lucille’s?
A) Gioia
B) Miseria
C) Mangiare
D) Così Così
E) Morty & Bubbe’s

3) Who said the following, where, in reference to what?:
Tyvek towers/
City Crossing/
double crossing/
cardboard Carhartt/
plywood plaza/
dogpark palace/

Have you toured any of those buildings?/
Well I have/
A lot of them are half empty/
Because/
Nobody can afford those stupid rents!

A) Ling Ma at the 2023 Windham Campbell Prize ceremony for poetry held at Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
B) A caller to 911 reporting a suspicious incident at State & Crown Streets Tuesday at 11 a.m.
C) Candidate Wendy Hamilton describing new apartment construction, at a mayoral debate held at the Shubert.
D) Aaron Jafferis reading his latest work at the latest Free 2 Spit” open mic at the People’s Center.

4) Who are the Democratic, Republican and Green candidates, respectively, running for Ward 13 alder?
A) Al Paollilo Jr., Victor Fasano, and Matt Borenstein
B) Laphonza Butler, Lesley DeNardis, and Joyce Chen
C) Al Paolillo Sr., Tom Goldenberg, and Tony Reyes
D) Rosa Ferraro-Santana, Deborah Reyes, and Paul Garlinghouse

5) What is the latest future plan for the former Strong School?
A) Become a bodybuilding-themed charter school
B) Become a hybrid winter homeless warming center/shelter
C) Become a 58-unit affordable apartment complex with a community arts space
D) None of the above

6) New Haven has lowered the threshold of blood lead poisoning in a child under 6 to trigger an inspection of the child’s home. What is the new standard?
A) 10 micrograms per deciliter
B) 7.5 micrograms per deciliter
C) 5 micrograms per deciliter
D) 3.5 micrograms per deciliter

7) How long did Alder Sal DeCola wait to first speak with police after he smashed into a constituent’s car and fled the scene, according to newly released phone records?
A) He called immediately
B) 2 hours
C) 2 days
D) 4 days
E) 40 days and 40 nights
F) He never spoke with police

8) Six new prefab tiny homes” of two different sizes have been erected for the homeless at the Catholic Worker Amistad House. How big are they?
A) 64 square feet and 100 square feet
B) 60 square feet and 94 square feet
C) 70 square feet and 110 square feet
D) 30 square feet and 80 square feet
E) 1 square foot and 2 square feet

9) Which of the following items are OK to put in your recycling bin, according to an expert who spoke this week at the library? (Choose all that apply.)
A) Thick soup-stock cardboard containers
B) Cardboard ice cream containers
C) Plastic toys
D) Pizza boxes
E) Paper plates
F) Eggshells and porkrinds

Answers to the puzzle, along with links to the relevant news stories, appear after the following video of more headline talk amid musical interludes in a Thursday episode of WNHH FM’s Dateline New Haven” program. (Click here to subscribe or here to listen to other episodes of Dateline New Haven.)

Quiz Answers

1: C Parks Lifer Campaigns Against New Charter

2: A Gioia Spreads Tables And Joy For Grand Opening

3: C Debate Q: Do Party Lines Matter?

4: D 1 Ward, 3 Parties

5: B & C (There are 2 former Strong School buildings) Ex-School To Become Winter Overnight Shelter; Strong School Redev Wins Final OK

6: C City Gets The Lead (Word) Out

7: D Alder, Cops Sued Over Hit & Run

8: A 6 Tiny Houses Built In Hill Backyard

9: A, D Recycling Talk Sorts Through The Confusion

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