New Haven News Quiz 11/10 – 11/17

by Paul Bass | Nov 17, 2023 1:33 pm

Posted to: Opinion

Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past week.

1) The Friends of Kimberly Park volunteered to put dozens of plants in the ground. What did the public works department do in response?
A) Planted more to help beautify the park.
B) Charged the group a fee.
C) Gave the group a proclamation honoring their work.
D) Gave the group a citation for disturbing public property without permission.
E) Ran over the plants and ripped them out of the ground without apologizing.

2) The housing authority has reached a deal to buy the vacant former Church Street South property across from the train station. What is the name of the housing complex it plans to build there in conjunction with next-door Robert T. Wolfe Apartments?
A) Conjunction Junction
B) Depot Plaza
C) Union Square
D) 11th Square
E) The Connection
F) Northland Crossing

3) The city is down to having four supervisors running the 10 policing districts in town because of a staffing shortage linked to the lack of a union contract. When did the police union contract expire?
A) June 30, 2021
B) Dec. 31, 2021
C) March 15, 2022
D) June 30, 2022
E) Dec. 31, 2022
F) June 30, 2023
G) Hasn’t expired yet

4) Ronnell Higgins was sworn in this week as the new state public safety commissioner. What police force did he previously run?
A) Yale
B) New Haven
C) New London
D) New Hope, Penn.
E) East Haven

5) Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) has a new executive director. What is the new executive director’s name?
A) Chris George
B) Pamela West
C) Iris Dement
D) Javier Perez de Cuella
E) Maggie Mitchell Salem

6) How much money have authorities recovered so far of the $6 million hackers stole from a school district account intended for buses?
A) $2 million
B) $4.8 million
C) $0
D) $6 million
E) This answer has been hacked

7) What is Climate Haven?
A) A new HVAC retail outlet on George Street
B) The old city landfill on Middletown Avenue
C) A new tech hub on Chapel Street
D) A new wing of Science Park Building 25
E) A planned music venue for the former State House

8) A developer got permission to build a six-story apartment complex on a blighted stretch of western Grand Avenue. How many apartments are planned there?
A) 6
B) 86
C) 112
D) 240
E) 960

9) 145 passengers filled the plane this week for the inaugural Avelo flight from New Haven to San Juan, Puerto Rico. What days will the flights take place each week?
A) Wednesdays and Saturdays
B) Monday and Wednesdays
C) Tuesday, Thursdays, and Sundays
D) 7 days a week
E) Mondays and Fridays

10) Who is the pictured action figure based on; why was he in the news this week; and what is his superpower?

A) Gov. Ned Lamont; named a new public safety commissioner; building up the state’s rainy day fund
B) Gundam Deathscythe Hell; discovered at Connecticut Comic & Toy Convention after 30-year quest ; stealth and close space combat
C) Eobard Thawne/ Reverse-Flash; original edition sold at an auction for $7.3 million; negative speed force/traveling through town
D) Bonshose Drake; arrested for hacking into the school district’s computer system and stealing $6 million; hacking into government computer systems and stealing millions of dollars
E) Northland Investment Corp.; sold the vacant Church Street South property; urban development projects.

Answers to the puzzle, along with links to the relevant news stories, appear after the following video 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.)