CHRON QUIZ

1 Why is must-have Zoom getting knocked?

A: Actually charging when it says it’s free B: Storing all those pictures for police C: Knuckling under to Chinese censors

2 California’s COVID testing shows what infection rate?

A: Barely 2% and dropping B: 4 to 5%, pretty steady C: 7% and rising

3 Why the interest in the drug dexamethasone?

A: Rubbed on, will remove tattoos B: Cures nearsightedness in bats, maybe humans

C: Reduces virus deaths among the very sick

4 A poll says Americans are feeling what?

A: Pretty optimistic despite pandemic toll B: Shrug shoulder, OK considering C: Unhappiest in 50 years

5 What is the Line of Actual Control?

A: Name for disputed China-India boundary

B: Point where economic recession begins

C: Police term for walling off protesters

6 What’s the title of John Bolton’s White House memoir?

A: The Room Where It Happened B: The Room Where Nothing’s Done C: The Room Where I Quit

7 What’s the general rule on masks in California?

A: Use your best judgment

B: Wear them anytime you leave home C: Don’t trust homemade models

8 There’s an app for:

A: Making sanitizer in your sink B: Renting your swimming pool by the hour

C: Accuracy of cable news talking heads

9 Fed chief Jerome Powell says there’s a shortage of what?

A: Coins. Change isn’t circulating B: Paper money. People hoarding greenbacks

C: Gold. Worriers loading up on bars

10 Why did Diego, a 100-year-old tortoise, catch notice?

A: Auctioned off to soup company B: Swam the Caribbean in record time C: Retiring after replenishing near extinct group