Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.
1. Where was Mayor Elicker dining in the photo at right?
A. Domino’s on Whalley Avenue
B. Pepe’s on Wooster Street
C. Pepe’s in Norwalk
D. Pepe’s in Alexandria
E. Pepe’s in Montville
F. Pepe’s in Danbury
G. Pepe’s in West Hartford
2. Who on this week’s New Haven 100-strong pizza delegation trip to D.C. said: “We’re the real immigrant story. Pepe’s and Sally’s, they just sell the name.”
A. Mayor Justin Elicker
B. Gazmir Zeneli of Zeneli Pizzeria
C. Chris George of IRIS
D. Kadir Çatalbaşoğlu of Pizza at the Brick Oven
E. Bill Pustari of Modern Apizza
3. What did Alder Anna Festa describe this week as a “suitcase of dreams”?
A. A collection of budget-related documents submitted by the Elicker Administration
B. A detail on a newly-installed immigrant-themed sculpture in Wooster Square Park
C. A detail on a painting unveiled at City Hall as part of a newly installed show by high-school artists
D. A proposal submitted to the board by the Yale Sleep Center
4. What were two Richmond Avenue tenants arguing about at 2 a.m. when one got shot and police riflemen showed up 14 hours later to surround their house?
A. The thermostat
B. Chicken bones left in the hallway
C. A microwave removed from a common area
D. Who should run for the open 94th General Assembly District seat
E. The merits of Pepe’s vs. Next Door pizza
5. What is the Vault?
A. The nickname for the group of business leaders who meet informally to advise the Elicker Administration as a group
B. The name of a new escape room coming to the former Union Trust lobby at Church and Elm
C. The name of a nightclub planned, and now not planned, for the old Connecticut Savings Bank building at Church and Crown
D. A specialty pizza sold at Pepe’s featuring anchovies piled on top of bacon strips piled on top of fried eggplant slices
E. An early 1980s new wave band that held a reunion show this week at Cafe Nine
6. The Board of Alders voted to have the city install speed and red-light cameras at how many intersections around town?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 7
D. 13
E. 19
F. 26
G. 114
7. How many new traffic safety-related positions did the alders approve creating to accompany the camera program’s roll-out?
A. 0
B. 2
C. 4
D. 6
E. There is no new camera program
8. How did State Sen. Gary Winfield stop the legislature from allowing the governor to bypass the two top choices ranked by a commission to serve as the state’s new prison ombudsman?
A. He threatened to filibuster
B. He held a filibuster
C. He made his case to the governor, who withdrew his nomination of a different ombudsman
D. He made legislation affirming the governor’s choice “disappear” from a state database
E. He installed a red-light camera in the Capitol
9. Whom did the Republican Party endorse to run against U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro?
A. Michael Massey
B. Michael Massing
C. Michael Wallace
D. Michael Wesson
E. Micaela DePaolo
10. An event at City Hall honored the work of 1960s-era activist Fred Harris. What organization did he lead?
A. Hill Cooperative Youth Services
B. Hill Neighborhood Youth
C. Hill Health Center
D. Hill Parents Association
E. Hill Panthers
F. Hill Black & Brown United
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Answers
1. D U.S.“Pizza Capital” Declared; MTG Dodges Question
2. D U.S.“Pizza Capital” Declared; MTG Dodges Question
3. B Immigrant Family Monument Installed
4. C Man Detained After Cops Surround House
5. C Bank-To-Nightclub Plan Collapses
6. E Alders Approve Traffic Cameras
7. B Alders Trim, Advance Mayor’s Bigger Budget
8. A Why Winfield Didn’t Need To Keep Talking
9. A GOP Backs Massey For Congress
10. D 1960s Hill Organizer Gets His Due