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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. The man pictured above is nicknamed the “Meat Stylist.” Who is he, and why is he in the news?
A. Niles Finnegan; he launched a franchise of “bespoke lamb products” out of a James Street warehouse
B. Jason Sobocinski; he introduced a “bacon bagel melt” menu item at Olmo on Trumbull Street
C. Ken Henson; bassist and lead songwriter on the new EP release “Shred To The Bone” by the local metal band Carnal Carnage
D. Nathaniel Bradshaw; chef and coach of Wilbur Cross High School’s culinary team, which won a state competition
E. Jimmy Apuzzo; he’s retiring after working as a beloved butcher and owner of the market at 721 Orange St. for 56 years
2. How many people signed up to speak at a Board of Alders public hearing on a Gaza ceasefire proposal?
A. Zero; hearing wasn’t publicized
B. 30
C. 90
D. 147
E. 240
F. 300
G. Over 30,000
3. What happened when a police officer moved a cruiser in the path of an oncoming speeding ATV rider on Farnam Drive to shield pedestrians?
A. The ATV driver swerved past both the cruiser and the pedestrians
B. The ATV driver stopped suddenly and was arrested
C. The ATV crashed into the cruiser, sending the officer to the hospital
D. The ATV crashed into the cruiser, sending the ATV rider to the hospital
E. The pedestrians flagged down the ATV driver and engaged in a conversation about safety
4. The musical currently playing at the Shubert, Hadestown, is based on what story?
A. The myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
B. The myth of Sisyphus
C. The myth of Icarus
D. Beauty & The Beast
E. The myth of trickle-down economics
F. The breakdown in bipartisan decision-making in Washington
5. What did Yale graduate student Beshouy Botros, a 28-year-old Yale PhD, allegedly spend 23 minutes doing at a Beinecke Plaza protest, leading to his arrest?
A. Chanting slogans
B. Yelling at police officers
C. Studying for finals
D. Releasing the rope on the flagpole and lowering the American flag
E. Questioning the tenets of market capitalism
6. How much money in federal pandemic-relief dollars has New Haven spent so far in buying and installing the first 226 of 500 planned public video-surveillance cameras?
A. $1.39 million
B. $2.29 million
C. $2.89 million
D. $3.59 million
E. The cameras came free
7. How has Trinity Lutheran Church responded to the actions of two tenants who organized a tenant union after a broken pipe made apartments in a building it owns unlivable for months (and counting)?
A. It challenged the legality of the union
B. It negotiated a plan for temporarily housing them and fixing their apartments
C. It ordered them to move out or be evicted
D. It invited them inside the church building next door to pray for a solution
E. The minister delivered a Sabbath sermon about the moral imperative to profit on substandard housing and then trample on the rights of tenants
8. A hit-and-run driver killed 70-year-old peace activist Yusuf Gürsey at which treacherous-for-pedestrians intersection near his home?
A. Route 80/Foxon Boulevard and Middletown Avenue
B. Whalley Avenue and Blake Street (near Ella Grasso Boulevard)
C. Ella Grasso Boulevard and Route 1
D. Elm and High streets
E. Whalley Avenue and Brownell Street
F. Ferry Street and Grand Avenue
G. York Street and South Frontage Road
9. What is the newly launched Recovery Finance Project?
A. An effort to lessen New Haven’s per-capita municipal debt and lower long-term health care costs
B. A government task force to audit federal pandemic-relief spending in search of misspent or unspent funds
C. A Yale study providing one-on-one financial guidance to 238 New Haveners transitioning out of prison
D. A grassroots East Shore campaign to capture FEMA dollars for climate change-related storm damage and protect against future catastrophic weather events
E. A consortium of agencies that treat people with substance abuse disorder, seeking to help people in recovery rebuild their personal finances
10. 653 people rode and biked in this year’s annual Earth Day-adjacent “Rock to Rock” fundraising biking event and fair. How many years has this event been held?
A. 16
B. 6
C. 26
D. 3
E. 12
Answers
1. E P&M’s “Meat Stylist” Hangs It Up
2. F Ceasefire Hearing Draws Anguished Testimony
3. D Watch Cop Cruiser-ATV Crash
4. A “Hadestown” Keeps Up The Fight At The Shubert
5. D Warrant: Arrested Protester Lowered American Flag
6. B Smile! You’re On A Covid-$ Camera
7. C WWJD: Evict Tenants Union Organizers?
8. E Peace Activist Killed In Hit-And-Run
9. C Re-Entry Financial Literacy Study Launched
10. A Bike Riders Roll For 16th Rock To Rock