The First (And Maybe Only) TroxBlog Weekly News Quiz

Were you paying attention this week? Here's a quiz on a few headlines from this week's St. Petersburg Times. Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the answers, or click on the story links to read for yourself. Have a great weekend!

1. Nature lovers were probably horrified to read that Florida has been giving developers a license simply to pave over burrows and suffocate these innocent creatures: (a) bunny rabbits (b) Florida panthers (c) roseate spoonbills (d) gopher tortoises.

2. What national scandal might now be reaching to Florida's colleges and universities? (a) financial aid officers involved with loan companies (b) point-shaving in athletic contests (c) widespread cheating on standardized tests (d) excessive drinking among mascots.

3. Good grief! Under the category of "everything is bad for you," a chemical linked to a particular lung disease is used in which everyday food product? (a) sour cream (b) breakfast pastries (c) butter-flavored microwave popcorn (d) hormone-free poultry.

4. Which of the following does the huge elections bill just passed by the Florida Legislature NOT do? (a) move our presidential primary to January (b) create a "none of the above" option (c) replace touch-screen voting machines (d) let Gov. Charlie Crist run for vice president without having to resign as governor.

5. Who described what person or object as having a remaining "shelf life" of five years? (a) the sentencing judge, speaking of Paris Hilton (b) the owners of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays about Tropicana Field (c) ABC executives about the television series Lost (d) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about Hillary Clinton.

6. On the basis of what alleged offense was this woman to the right, Shayla A. Muldrow, arrested in Tampa? (a) scalping tickets to a Florida Orchestra performance (b) trying to feed the animals at Lowry Park Zoo (c) asking for a refund of her property taxes at a meeting of the City Council (d) charging onto a school bus to get her daughter to fight another girl.

7. Florida’s new chief financial officer, Alex Sink, said at a conference in Tampa that Florida lags far behind other states in thinking about: (a) global warming (b) sea turtle extinction (c) bank fraud (d) Women in public office.

8. What was unusual in the arrest of Michael Wiley of Pasco County, who has had his driver’s license suspended or revoked nearly 20 times in 20 years? (a) he is a school bus driver (b) he is a race-car driver (c) he has no arms and one leg (d) he drives a car named “The General Lee” and runs moonshine.

9. Which potential presidential candidate came to town but blew off the question of a national catastrophic fund for hurricanes by saying, "That's Florida's issue"? (a) Newt Gingrich (b) the Rev. Jesse Jackson (c) Fred Thompson (d) Arnold Schwarzenegger.

10. "It'll be a twinkling, shimmering and radiant type of experience." The quote is about: (a) a new baseball stadium (b) Tampa's latest art-museum design (c) a replacement for OxyContin (d) the upcoming new web design for tampabay.com.

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And the answers:

1.  (d) Gopher tortoises.
2.  (a) The student-loan scandal.
3.  (c) Butter-flavored microwave popcorn.
4.  (b) A "none of the above" idea was considered, but not adopted.
5.  (b) Devil Rays owner Stuart Sternberg, speaking of the stadium.
6.  (d) Just another supportive parent.
7.  (a) Global warming. As it turns out, Florida has a lot of coastline…
8.  (c) A childhood accident cost him three limbs.
9.  (c) Thompson. Clearly a man not yet surrounded by professional panderers.
10. (b) The art museum. No more "urban canopy," sorry.

Comments

[Jennifer W]

I like it! I passed too! Much better than NPR's "Wait, wait, don't tell me"

[Miss Trashahassee]

Yep. I knowed them was all trick questions or I woulda done got at least one of 'em right, dad gum it.

Silly rabbit, Trox is for kids. (Did I think of that first? Huh? Huh? Did I? Heh heh heh!)

Your BFF,
Miss Trashahassee

[Paul D. Harvill]

Ain't Florida great?

Come to Florida.

The rules are different here.

[Charles Boardman]

I read with interest your column of 5/13
regarding Brooker Creek Preserve. I too
fear the loss of the North portion of the Preserve to ELYSA, especially since
there now exists a trailhead and trailer
parking, as well as a horse trail on this site. No trailhead or parking area
exist on the South trail portion of the
Preserve. There is a group called the Equistrian Partners With Brooker Creek
Preserve who are fighting to keep what
they have, not lose the North section.
Their hopes appear slim, although like
hiking trail riding is passive recreation.

[ladonna]

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[personalized cigar label]

College education is a basic need today

[aguilera candy man]

Rural development is the main cause of wildfires

[teen for cash]

I haven't been up to much lately. So it goes. What can I say? I've just been letting everything wash over me recently, not that it matters. I just don't have much to say these days.