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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) Where did the above-pictured politicians show up, and why?
A) A block from Cast Iron Grille, to attend a fundraiser for UNITE HERE-backed Democratic ward co-chair primary candidates
B) On a Jaigantic Studios lot on River Street, to film a MADD-sponsored DUI-prevention public-service announcement
C) Underneath an I‑91 underpass, to herald the beginning of a new-urbanist road-renovation project
D) Outside Erector Square, to finalize picks for a 2024 MLB fantasy league competition
E) At the former Church Street South, to act as cameo extras in the filming of an NHPD Blues pilot
2) Whom did city officials engage this week to consult on designs for a $250,000 renovation of the Edgewood skatepark?
A) Tom Goldenberg of McKinsey & Company
B) Fran Ollie
C) A sophomore civics class from High School in the Community
D) Augie Gray
E) Skateboarders who use the park
3) Who is the criticized landlord at the 5th site where city tenants have formed a union?
A) Ocean Management
B) Yale
C) Mandy Management
D) Trinity Lutheran Church
E) Wally Poe
4) An event at Michelle’s House celebrated a breakthrough sickle-cell gene therapy called CASGEVY. How much does an individual course of treatment cost ?
A) It’s free
B) $5,000
C) $12,000
D) $120,000
E) $2.2 million
5) Where did the city’s newest library open?
A) At King/Robinson School
B) Inside LaundroMax on Whalley Avenue
C) Inside the former West River branch on Edgewood Avenue
D) Next to New Haven Reads on Ashmun Street
E) Inside Anesthesia Smoke Shop on Chapel Street
6) Why was the Grand Avenue Bridge closed part of this week?
A) So workers could install a custom-ordered gear to enable the bridge to open automatically for boats
B) For the Friends Center for Children’s annual Family Stroll & Festival
C) To remove a spray paint canister lodged into the gears by a graffiti artist tagging the bridge
D) For inspection by judges in a restoration contest sponsored by the Historic Bridge Foundation
E) So a crew from Jaigantic Studios could film a scene from an as-yet untitled water-monster-themed superhero flick
7) Who is the new principal at Metropolitan Business Academy?
A) Sequella Coleman
B) Ann Brilliante
C) Ann Tyler
D) Michael Constantine
E) Seymour Kaufman
8) How does Yale plan to heat a cluster of laboratory buildings in the northeastern portion of “Science Hill”?
A) With geothermal energy
B) With nuclear energy
C) With solar panels
D) With wind power
E) By burning discredited doctoral theses
9) What is the name of the challenge slate in next Tuesday’s Democratic Party ward co-chair primary elections?
A) Take Back New Haven
B) New Haven Rising
C) The Coalition For People
D) New Haven Agenda
E) Bartlett-Goldenberg LLC
10) Who is standing beside what in the below photo?
A) Carl Bukowski delivering a floral arrangement from Mae Flower and Gift Shop
B) Science teacher Leon Ferlinghetti with a Common Ground High School ecology/botany fair exhibit
C) 4th Ward Democratic co-chair candidate Joe Fekieta with an anti-litter sculpture he created called “Renewal One Million A.D.“
D) Second-floor jeans salesperson Nelson Paltz next to empty wrappers at a “sales associate appreciation” corner in the employee breakroom during the Broadway LL Bean close-out sale
E) Father Elston Gantry with a kids’ flower collage at an after-school program he runs at the Trowbridge Barbell Club
Answers
1) C City Starts Making The New Old On State
2) E Skateboarders Envision All-Weather 24/7 Park
3) D WWJD? Church Tenants Form City’s 5th Union
4) E Sickle-Cell Breakthrough Hailed; Affordability Push Comes Next
6) A Repairs Ready Bridge For Boaters
7) B New Metro Principal Named
8) A Yale Digs Deep For Greener Heat