New Haven News Quiz Dec. 9 – 15

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

1) Whom is U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro of New Haven greeting in the above photo, and what was under discussion?
A) Officer Ellis O’Briant of the federal Department of Homeland Security; the immigration status of couples who put their freedom at stake by applying for a marriage license at New Haven City Hall
B) New Haven Building Official Bob Dillon; how the city can or can’t stop Yale from demolishing a historic building on York Street
C) Newly elected Argentine President Javier Milei; the impact of austerity shock measures on his country’s social safety net
D) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; whether the U.S. will continue sending weapons to his country to fight Russia
E) Coach Bob Glendower of the Pop Warner Little League; the impact of improvements to New Haven playing fields
F) Detective Alvin Chin of the State Police Hate Crimes Task Force; the status of the manhunt for the (Stone Academy? Trump University?) student who climbed the menorah on the New Haven Green and planted a Palestinian flag

2) Where did immigrant couples from New Haven go to get marriage licenses when they were turned away from New Haven City Hall?
A) East Haven City Hall
B) Hamden City Hall
C) Las Vegas
D) State Superior Court
E) The state Department of Public Health
F) The DMV

3) Which Downtown business closed its doors this week?

A) Shake Shack
B) Rite Aid
C) SNET
D) Rhymes Records
E) Arethusa Farm Dairy
F) Cutler’s Records & Tapes
G) Copper Kitchen

4) Yale University, which has championed addressing climate change, won approval to kill how many trees at its golf course?
A) 20 – 75
B) 150 – 225
C) 400 – 900
D) 1,000 – 1,500
E) It would never harm a tree

5) Participants at a community meeting in the Ninth Square traced many quality-of-life problems in the district to what cause?
A) Poorly designed streets
B) Inadequate lighting
C) Shuttered storefronts
D) Too few SROs
E) Lack of public toilets

6) How big a pay increase did grad student-teachers win in the first year of the first contract agreement tentatively reached between Yale and UNITE HERE Local 33?
A) 10 – 12%
B) 15 – 19%
C) 21 – 24%
D) 25 – 29%
E) No raises

7) Kiever Pinos is seeking zoning permission to set up what in a marine dredging company-owned warehouse on River Street?
A) A year-round space for kids to play soccer
B) A woodworking training facility for unemployed and underemployed Fair Haveners
C) A movie production studio
D) A craft brewery and taproom
E) A museum preserving images of historic buildings demolished by Yale

8) Who is doing what in the photo?
A) Dolly Parton is performing at the Space Ballroom
B) Dolly Parton cover band Tree Maine is performing at a Parton tribute concert at Three Sheets
C) Christine Ohlman is performing at the 10th annual Beehive Holiday Blowout at Cafe Nine
D) Jenny Lewis is doing a soundcheck before a show at College Street Music Hall
E) NHPS biology teacher Dern Lorman is participating in ​“Faculty Open Mic” night at Coop High 

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

Answers

1) D DeLauro Doubles Down On Ukraine Support After Zelenskyy Meeting

2) A State Emails To City: ​“Report” ​“Suspicious” Immigrant Marriages

3) B Downtown Rite Aid To Close

4) D Yale’s Tree-Cutting Golf Course Renovation Plan OK’d

5) E A Good Public Bathroom Is Hard To Find

6) B Grad Union Reaches Tentative Contract With Yale

7) A Soccer Field Pitched For River St. Warehouse

8) C Beehive Queen Reigns Over Crown Street