New Haven Newz Quiz May 10

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 doing in the above photo?
A. Mixing a scotch whiskey-cream soda cocktail at a $200-a-ticket fundraiser for his 2025 reelection campaign
B. Demonstrating his ​“What Makes Fizz?” contribution at the ESUMS Science Fair
C. Playing the role of Lumière the maître d’ in an A Broken Umbrella staging of Beauty & The Beast
D. Rehydrating the competitors at an SCSU women’s gymnastics match
E. Serving an ice cream float at a teacher appreciation event at Fair Haven School

2. What is pictured above?
A. An example of the kind of building that would be permitted under a new ​“Transit Oriented Community Zone” approved this week.
B. Proposed new MLK Boulevard HQ if Frontier Communications moves back to New Haven
C. Ocean Management’s new affordable-housing complex on Prince Street
D. A second Hotel Marcel outpost planned for Long Wharf Drive
E. The Alexion VI office tower on filled-in Route 34
F. A planned ​“Super Dairy Queen” theme park-commercial complex planned for Townsend Avenue

3. How much did most former tenants of Church Street South receive apiece as part of a total $18.75 million class action lawsuit settlement?
A. Between $1,700 and $30,000
B. Between $1,000 and $17,000
C. Between $3,000 and $17,000
D. Between $12,000 and $17,000
E. Between $17,000 and $30,000

4. Why will public schools be open until Monday, June 17, instead of Friday, June 14?
A. To make up for one more snow day than was planned this winter
B. To make up for schools being closed April 2 for a presidential primary in which only 3,796 people voted citywide
C. To punish students for pulling fire alarms
D. For ​“Teacher Exhalation Day“
E. For ​“Student Exhalation Day”

5. Why was a flight from Tweed New Haven Airport to Charleston, S.C., delayed for an hour Wednesday?

A. Neighborhood protesters blocked the runway
B. A loose door plug blew off while the plane was taxiing
C. A passenger refused to pay the extra carry-on fees
D. A passenger refused to put out a cigarette
E. A passenger brought a hollowed-out vintage hand grenade on board
F. Avelo ran out of planes

6. The city’s sixth tenants union was certified this week. How many were formed at buildings run by Ocean Management?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. 5
E. 6

7. What did Yale do at 166 York St.?
A. Lobbed a vintage grenade at an historic building
B. Demolished an historic building without telling the public what it plans to put it in its place
C. Planted an urban ​“peace garden” featuring Ghandian quotations etched into marble artworks
D. Sponsored an end-of-semester live concert by the group Lake Street Dive replicating the Beatles’ famous rooftop ​“Let It Be” performance
E. Nothing. There is no 166 York St.

8. What did a judge decide when close to 50 Yale students appeared in court on criminal trespass charges after a Gaza-related campus protest?
A. They could return in July or August depending on their summer and first-day-of-school plans
B. They should each donate $100 to a court-approved charity
C. He nolled their cases
D. They must watch 145 hours of Fox News programs and purchase subscriptions to the Washington Examiner
E. He imprisoned them without bond

9. What did the Board of Alders vote to do with a proposed Gaza-related resolution?
A. Pass it
B. Amend it
C. Reject it
D. ​“Read and file” it
E. Delay a final vote for two weeks

10. Where was retired New Haven police Det. Vincent Raucci Jr. served with notice of a lawsuit filed by a man who spent 24 years in prison for a murder for which he was eventually pardoned?
A. 3rd floor of 1 Union Ave.
B. Jack’s Bar & Grill
C. A New Mexico jail
D. An NHPD retirees’ awards event at Amarante’s
E. Terminal B at Tweed New Haven Airport
F. Chuck & Eddie’s Used Auto Parts

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. E Fair Haven Teachers Thanked With Ice Cream & Soda
2. A Alders Approve Union Station Rezoning
3. C 1,052 Tenants Paid, Closing Housing Saga
4. B Schools To Stay Open Another Day
5. E Defunct Grenade Found At Tweed
6. D Another Day, Another Ocean Tenants Union
7. B Yale Demolishes York Townhouse
8. A Yalies Walk, For Now
9. D Alders Don’t Adopt Ceasefire Resolution
10. C Corrupt Cop Located For Lawsuit — In Jail