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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) Who in the above picture is taking this escalator, where, and why?
A) New Haven tech enthusiasts at the Trumbull Mall, to purchase one-day discounted Apple Vision Pro headsets
B) Local rideshare drivers at the state Capitol, to lobby the legislature’s Labor Committee for a law to improve Lyft & Uber working conditions
C) Tenant union organizers at the state Capitol, to lobby for expanded eviction protections.
D) Aspiring actors at the Shubert for auditions for nonspeaking roles in the upcoming April run of Menopause The Musical 2
E) KC Chiefs fans attending a big-screen Super Bowl watch party at the Omni
2) Who did a state panel decide should ride the Zamboni at Albertus Magnus Falcons games at Walker Rink?
A) Albertus Magnus team members
B) CT Transit bus drivers
C) Privately contracted workers
D) City union workers
E) Rally the Raven
3) What’s the name of the former business to be demolished at the corner of Orchard & Edgewood to make way for planned new apartments and Firebirds HQ?
A) Headz Up Barber Shop
B) Skull & Combs
C) Transformerz Barber Shop
D) El Jibaro
E) Cotten Barber Shop
4) Why is Mercedes Harris suing the police department?
A) For failing to prevent a domestic abuser from killing her mother
B) For false arrest
C) For employment discrimination
D) For refusing to release documents under the Freedom of Information Act
5) A researcher hired by an anti-Tweed expansion group presented findings of a study on “ultrafine particles” caused by airplane take-offs. What did she respond when a group member asked,“In your findings, what is your opinion regarding the levels of toxins the neighborhood is being exposed to, are they unhealthy?”
A) “Yes“
B) “It depends on weather conditions“
C) “You really have to make those decisions for yourselves“
D) “They are unhealthy for children and for adults with respiratory conditions“
E) “No“
F) “I’m not a doctor”
6) Where did Yale New Haven Hospital’s incoming president previously work?
A) Hill Health Center
B) Temple University Hospital
C) New York-Presbyterian Hospital
D) Louis’ Lunch
E) Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital
7) Which of the following is a component of New Haven schools’ new approach to gym class?
A) Color war
B) Personalized exercise plans
C) Stickball
D) Rolfing
E) Mini-golf
8) The feds approved a $2.5 million grant this week toward funding a new Tweed terminal. Who would have had to cough up that money without that federal money?
A) Avelo Airlines
B) The Tweed airport commission
C) New Haven taxpayers
D) A Goldman Sachs-owned airport company
E) LAZ parking
9) What new closing hours did the owner of Emojiis Sports Bar unsuccessfully seek approval for from the zoning board?
A) 12:15 a.m. weeknights; 1:45 a.m. weekends
C) 11 p.m. all nights
D) Midnight all nights
E) 11 p.m. weeknights; 2 a.m. weekends
F) 11 p.m. weeknights, 1 a.m. weekends
10) What will a new federal grant help fund at this year’s Arts & Ideas fest?
A) A concert by singer-songwriter Joy Oladokun
B) A reprised “Ideat Village” fest of local performers
C) The world premiere of a musical based on Robert Dahl’s Who Governs?
D) An as-yet untitled opera based on the 2013 New Haven mayoral campaign
E) A performance by the Ukrainian folk quartet DarkhaBrahka
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) B Driver Gives Rideshare Rights a Lyft
2) D Labor Board Sides With Parks Union
3) E Dwight Project Pitched For Firebirds & Families
4) A Suit: Cops Failed To Stop Domestic Homicide
5) C “Ultrafine” Pollution Enters Tweed Debate
6) C New YNHH Prez Named
7) B Gym Class Gets Personal
8) D $2.5 Million Fed Subsidy Lands At Tweed
9) A :( Bar Told To Stay Closed & Quiet
10) E Fed Grant Connects A&I To LA, Ukraine
