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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 is Mayor Justin Elicker eating in the photo, and why?
A. Claire Corner Copia’s Soy Bacon BLT, to celebrate National Vegan Sandwich Week
B. Geronimo Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill’s Santa Fe Grilled Cheese (with real bacon), to take a break from City Hall meetings
C. Louis’ Lunch’s hamburger, to celebrate National Hamburger Day
D. Sandra’s Next Generation’s Catfish Sandwich, to celebrate National Soul Food Month
E. Haven Hot Chicken’s “THE Sandwich,” on an episode of The Food Network’s “Best Bite In Town”
2. What is “Scout Breath,” and where did a reporter encounter it this week?
A. A CPR drill practiced by the Morris Cove Boy Scout troop at a gathering at Fort Nathan Hale
B. An epithet associated with Harper Lee’s famous protagonist, explored at a theater workshop held at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School
C. An indica strain for sale at the new pot shop in the former Long Wharf Theatre
D. The street name of a police informant who testified a narcotics trial at Superior Court on Church Street
E. A new play that opened at Long Wharf Theatre
F. There is no Scout Breath. A reporter hallucinated it after visiting the new INSA cannabis dispensary at 222 Sargent Dr.
3. What is the name of the first woman ever chosen to run Yale University?
A. Maurie McInnis
B. Elizabeth Bradley
C. Elizabeth Alexander
D. Hannah Gray
E. Pauli Murray
F. Judith Chevalier
4. The Board of Alders added a last-minute $250,000 emergency allocation without a hearing to the new city budget it approved Tuesday night. What’s the money for?
A. A police ammo storage unit
B. Charging station for city-bought electric vehicles sitting idle in a parking lot
C. Extra-duty cop coverage outside cannabis dispensaries
D. 3 housing code inspectors
E. New surveillance video cameras
5. What change does the new budget make to the parks department?
A. It is re-merging with the rec department
B. It is merging with the public works department
C. It is un-merging from the public works department
D. It is now responsible for charging city-bought EVs sitting idle in a parking lot
E. It doubles the maintenance budget
6. What did 69-year-old child rapist Carlos Gomez say to one of the now-grown women he had raped as young children, at his sentencing on five counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of risk of injury to a minor?
A. “I’m sorry“
B. “All of that is a lie!“
C. He was too choked up to say anything
7. How much did the city agree to pay families of two men who died in a fire at an illegal rooming house that was in violation of safety codes?
A. $0
B. $1 million
C. $3.6 million
D. $9.2 million
E. $14.5 million
8. Wilbur Cross High School has a 1,300-student capacity. Approximately how many students are currently enrolled there?
A. 950
B. 1,300
C. 1,550
D. 1,700
E. 19,500
9. What did Gov. Ned Lamont do in New Haven Tuesday?
A. Signed a bill expanding the state’s paid sick leave law
B. Signed a bill providing benefits to strikers who have been out of work for two weeks
C. Grabbed lunch at Louis’ Lunch to mark National Hamburger Day
D. Signed a bill raising Medicaid reimbursement rates for the first time in 21 years
E. Browsed the wares at the new INSA cannabis dispensary at 222 Sargent Dr.
F. Caught a performance by Scout Breath at College Street Music Hall
10. How is the city hoping to heat and cool Union Station and 1,000 future apartments across the street?
A. With solar panels
B. With coal
C. With natural gas
D. With oil
E. With windmills
F. With geothermal power
G. With fuel cells
Answers
1. C Meat-Up Celebrates The First Burger
2. C Ex-Theater Reopens As Pot Shop
3. D Yale Names New President
4. A Alders Approve Ammo Storage Upgrade
5. C It’s Official: $679M Budget OK’d; LCI To Split
6. B Child Rapist Sentenced To 25 Years
7. E City Reaches $14.5M Fatal-Fire Settlement
8. D Cross Principal Adapts To Overenrolled School
9. A Guv Signs Paid Sick Days Expansion
10. F Geothermal Energy Sought For“Union Square”