1. A gym in Blakely held a day of workouts last weekend as a fundraiser for ...
A. obesity awareness.
B. the families of Newtown, Conn.
C. Griffin Pond Animal Shelter.
D. the city of Scranton.
2. What career field is a local group focusing on to attract high-paying jobs to the area?
A. Bioscience
B. Customer service
C. Health care
D. Finance
3. What information is a city resident entitled to, according to the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records?
A. Home addresses of all city employees.
B. The money spent on city officials' home improvement projects for 2012.
C. Lists of all current police officers and firefighters and their years of service.
D. The top-secret rules on hiring city employees.
4. What are libraries collecting to aid patients at Clarks Summit State Hospital?
A. Computers
B. Baked goods
C. Books
D. Jeans
5. Gov. Tom Corbett is suing the NCAA over ...
A. football games being fixed.
B. players getting preferential treatment on grades.
C. sanctions imposed against Penn State in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse scandal.
D. front-row seats being too close to the action.
6. Why could Scranton's 2013 budget already be short by $350,000?
A. City council members opted to take raises, despite saying they wouldn't.
B. Last week's bake sale by city employees failed to raise enough money.
C. No one has bought any of the city's parks, which were listed for sale last year.
D. The city received no bids for a new market-based revenue opportunity program.
7. How much is the new Clarks Summit police chief making annually?
A. $1 million
B. $1,000
C. He declined to say.
D. Half of the parking ticket revenue the borough brings in.
8. A social media campaign seeks to rename Mellow Park in Blakely for ...
A. a National Guard sergeant killed in Afghanistan in 2007.
B. fallen police officers and firefighters in the borough.
C. Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf
D. Lackawanna County Judge Terrence Nealon.
9. What caused the explosion that sent two manhole covers flying into the air?
A. A backup of sewer gas caused by Thursday's city council meeting.
B. Illegal dumping of hazardous waste.
C. Sabotage by Occupy NEPA.
D. It's still being investigated.
10. What did Chris Doherty say when he announced Friday he did not plan to run for Scranton mayor again?
A. "I can't serve another four years with all the haters."
B. "We accomplished a lot of things we wanted to do. And, you know, it's time to do other things with our lives."
C. "I'm being considered for a Cabinet position at the White House."
D. "It was fun."Answers: 1. B; 2. A; 3. C; 4. D; 5. C; 6. D; 7. C; 8. A; 9. D; 10. B