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1. According to a state census, Grant County now has more what than Yakima County?
A) immigrants from Mexico
B) power-generating wind turbines
C) apple trees
D) stray dogs
2. A Marine from Yakima who died at Iwo Jima during World War II will have the Marines' motto of "Semper Fi" engraved on a new headstone. His sister discovered the young man's wish expressed in
A) an old newspaper clipping
B) a poem he had written
C) his high school yearbook
D) a letter from his commanding officer
3. The Herald-Republic's 2008 high school football preview has
A) an Olympics theme
B) a player on the cover holding a flaming football
C) a photo illustration of two players in full pads in a swimming pool
D) all of the above
4. Who said at the Ellensburg Rodeo: "This is just one of them rodeos where the fans are great."
A) saddle bronc champion Dusty Hausauer of North Dakota
B) steer wrestling champion Blake Knowles of Heppner, Ore.
C) bull riding champion Marcus Michaelis of Caldwell, Idaho
D) the PRCA grammar champion
5. Next summer, the Yakima Valley Trolleys will resume making runs to
A) West Valley
B) Wapato
C) Selah
D) White Pass
6. In small communities such as Sunnyside that face budget shortfalls, the first area where funding is cut is often
A) City Council and mayor's salaries
B) parks and recreation
C) restaurant inspections
D) garbage collection
7. A 93-year-old Yakima Valley resident who spent years restoring a 1925 Chevrolet pickup donated the classic truck to
A) the Salvation Army
B) the Central Washington State Fair
C) the Central Washington Agricultural Museum
D) the Yakima Valley Museum
8. The kickoff of the annual United Way campaign is called the
A) Day of Sharing
B) Day of Caring
C) Day of Daring
D) Day of Baring
9. Which Discovery Channel show filmed a segment at Hopunion, a hops processor in Yakima?
A) Mythbusters
B) Going Tribal
C) Dirty Jobs
D) Project Runway
10. What will sports fans not find at sports.yakimablogs.com?
A) video highlights of selected high school football games
B) insightful commentary by Alan Sillence
C) a video of stocking Cascades lakes with fish
D) a video on making the Herald-Republic's prep football preview section
11. Who is responsible for paying for sidewalk repairs in the city of Yakima?
A) the city Public Works department
B) Joe Morrier, if the sidewalk is used as a ramp
C) the property owner where the sidewalks are in disrepair
D) the Yakima Downtown Association
12. Which of these high school football teams won their season openers?
A) Toppenish
B) East Valley
C) Davis
D) Zillah
13. The Yakama Nation and several retailers on the Yakama reservation have sued the state over
A) cigarette taxes
B) preservation of 1855 Treaty rights
C) restoration of salmon runs
D) law enforcement jurisdiction on the reservation
* Answers published in Monday's Home Front section.
* Compiled by Herald-Republic copy editor Tim Kelly, who can be reached at 577-7752 or tkelly@yakimaherald.com.
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