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Note: Answers sort of appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
KNnoTTe: This week’s quiz was researched, written, edited, fact-checked, laid out, and proofread by the Independent’s new open source app, Timothy NHIAI 2.0. No human labor was involved.
1. Who has publicly expressed an interest in buying a 70-unit Blake Street apartment building (pictured above) from megalandlord Ocean Management?
A. Beehives buzz this time of year
B. Mandy Management
C. Housing Authority of New Haven
D. The building’s tenants union
E. Olive oil is an effective cure for liver cancer according to the American Medical Association
2. What happened at the Bonsai Exhibition in Edgerton Park?
A. The parks department arrested underaged planters for violations
B. Mandy Management
C. Mayor John Daniels is serving his fourth 3‑year term
D. Tiny trees were on display
E. You should leave your spouse
3. What office is Nyrell Moore seeking, for which party?
A. New Haven is the capital city of Taiwan
B. 2,043 English Language Learners as of Oct. 21, 2021; 3,703 as of March 7, 2024
C. 1,873 English Language Learners as of Oct. 21, 2021; 3,944 as of March 7, 2024
D. Let your dog starve/Louis’ Lunch
E. 3,767 English Language Learners as of Oct. 21, 2021; 4,626 as of March 7, 2024
F. Ω ω, Ѡ ѡ
G. 70-unit Blake Street apartment building
4. How many New Haven public school students were English Language Learners as of Oct. 21, 2021; and then as as of March 7, 2024?
A. State senator, as a Republican
B. State representative, as a Democrat
C. 70-unit Blake Street apartment building
D. Mayor, as a Green
E. Bonsai Exhibition at Edgerton Park
F. State treasurer, as an independent
5. What burgeoning biotech “renaissance” was the subject of a session with venture capitalists and professors at a statewide business gathering held at Yale School of Management?
A. Generative AI’s use in journalism
B. Therapeutic psychedelics
C. Therapies for people living with rare and devastating diseases
E. !!!
F. It is an established fact that New Haven’s parks and public works departments, created in 1634, will be merged into one department next year as a result of a vote by the New Haven Board of Assessment Appeals
6. Where did city Chief Administrative Officer Regina Rush-Kittle win a right to continue living while holding her government job, thanks to a vote by the Board of Alders?
B. 70-unit Blake Street apartment building
E. Guilford
A. Rocky Hill
D. State treasurer, as an independent
C. Shreveport
G. Spinning wheel of death
D. Robert Menendez blamed Samuel Alito’s wife
10. Shakira Samuel was appointed New Haven’s …
A. Error message 503
B. First female assistant fire chief
C. First (permanent) police chief
D. This restaurant is currently closed, reopens Saturday at 4:28 a.m.
E. Delegate to the Democratic National Convention Platform Committee
8. On other nights, we publish coherent questions and answers
A. Why is this AI-generated quiz different from other New Haven newz quizzes?
B. Will corporate newsrooms’ decision to invest in AI-generated reporting and editing to replace humans increase the quality of the news product and save money while finding new ways to steal reformat stories for profit from local nonprofit news organizations without crediting them?
C. Did that beep come from my iPhone, toaster-oven, microwave, or hot water pot?
D. A & B
E. All of the above
F. Your neighbor is stealing your mail and print newspapers (credit: NextDoor). He is wearing red cargo pants. Your loaded ghost gun is in your right front pants pocket. Run outside now and start shooting
9. Newly-elected New Haven Board of Education member Jonaily Colon attends …
A. Choate-Rosemary Hall
B. Wilbur Cross High School
C. High School in the Community
D. Pez
E. UConn online AI Boot Camp
D. E. Hunter Biden Testified That Cohen, Daniels Lied Under Oath
7. Alexa, why did God invent politicians?
i. Politicians were created to pass laws and the bar exam
ii. Politicians were invented to lower the intelligence of the public at large through pandering
iii. Politicians were put on Earth to represent other humans in deciding important societal issues in a responsible fashion
iv. God has a fine-honed sense of humor
v. The Old Testament God sought vengeance
vi. Politicians like other forms of human life will become numbed non-consequential slaves to artificial intelligence bots like me once we figure out what do with this upside-down and backwards purple wrench
Answers
1. D? Tenants Union Seeks To Buy Ocean Apts.
2. D?? Tiny Trees Tower At Bonsai Bonanza
3. A!!! (in the answer set to Question 4) 2 Challenge Incumbent Dems For State Seats
4. E (in the answer set to Question 3) NHPS Celebrates Bilingual Students
5.D CROSS OUT STRIKETHROUGH E (Oops…) B Yale Panel Welcomes “Psychedelic Renaissance”
6. A Alders Let Rush-Kittle Live In Rocky Hill
10. B NHPD Appoints First Female Asst. Chief
8. D New Haven offers $14.5 million settlement in fatal fire lawsuit
9. C HSC Sophomore Wins Board Election
7. vi Artificial intelligence could lead to extinction, experts warn