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Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. What caused 14 Yale-hired construction workers to end up in the hospital Wednesday?
A. A collapsed ceiling
B. Food poisoning from a shared take-out lunch
C. A collapsed stairwell
D. Carbon monoxide poisoning
2. To whom did a judge grant accelerated rehabilitation based on a promise not to commit more crimes?
A. The manager of a Broadway clothing store
B. A megalandlord of low-income properties
C. A legendary New Haven bookmaker
D. The coordinator of a mortgage fraud ring
E. The mastermind of a government computer hack
3. Who this week said: “People resort to claiming crisis about all sorts of things, like housing. And people take extraordinary measures and do extraordinary things using the word ‘crisis’ or ‘emergency’ when in historical perspective, looking back, it might not be as dire as everybody thinks.”
A. Gov. Ned Lamont
B. AJ (of WPLR’s “Chaz & AJ Show”)
C. Zoning attorney Ben Trachten
D. Yale Housing Director Nathan Lubitch
E. U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik
4. Who is finishing up a report for the center on how to reimagine the city parks system?
A. New city parks chief Michael Siciliano
B. Parkfriends
C. Former parks chief and current deputy Chief Administrative Officer Rebecca Bombero
D. Urban Resources Initiative
E. Friends of Edgewood Park
5. What’s coming to a surface at Valley and Blake Streets?
A. A two-level parking garage
B. An annex for the Montessori School across the street
C. A podiatrist’s office
D. A chiropractor’s office
E. An indoor pickleball facility
F. An experimental psilocybin therapy center
6. Who is “Huggy Bear”?
A. Superstar city youth worker Ronald Huggins
B. A prized informant for the NHPD narc squad
C. A lead character in an urban-themed drama currently at the Shubert
D. An eponymous gummy sold at Affinity Dispensary
E. A “social-emotional” team leader at Coop High
7. A newly announced state grant will bring 24 __ to New Haven.
A. Canal Dock Boat House boat slips
B. Census-takers for the annual point-in-time homelessness count
C. EV charging stations
D. New replacement public school HVAC systems
E. Narcan distribution kiosks
8. Which of the following individuals or organizations came out against a Congressional proposal to spend $35 billion to increase Child Tax Credit for 16 million more children?
A. Democratic U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro
B. The Center on Law and Social Policy
C. Republican U.S. Rep. Jason Smith
D. Democratic U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
E. The Center on Budget and Priorities
9. What did Mark DeFrancesco do after Edgar Becerra fell off a ladder then out a window on a construction job? (Check all that apply.)
A. Fired him
B. Gave him paid time off
C. Illegally kicked him out of his home
D. Gave him an eviction notice
E. Attached his bank account
10. What percentage of New Haven Public Schools students were reported chronically absent this past November?
A. 26.8%
B. 32.9%
C. 38.6%
D. 45.4%
E. 47.6%
Answers to the puzzle, along with links to the relevant news stories, appear after the following podcast of a“Headlines and Basslines” segment (music and more headline talk) of WNHH FM’s“Dateline New Haven” program. (Click here to subscribe or here to listen to other episodes of Dateline New Haven.)
Answers
1. D Workers Poisoned at Yale Construction Site
2. B Ocean Owner Gets A Second Chance
4. D City Starts Reimagining Parks System
5. E Pickleball Complex OK’d For Valley Street
6. A Huggy Bear Hits The Halls
7. C 24 EV Charging Stations Coming To Cross, Wooster Square
8.A DeLauro: Child Tax Credit Comes Up Short
9. A, C, D Landlord-Boss Boots Injured Migrant Worker
Boss/Landlord Defends Booting Injured Worker