CHRON QUIZ

1 How many Americans say they’ll take the COVID vaccine shots? A: Just about everyone, why not?

B: Half will, half not so sure

C: Two- thirds saying no, it’s a coastal elite scam

2 What’s on the loose on S. F. streets?

A: 5 completely driverless cars

B: Urban shepherds tending goats

C: 345 electric rickshaws

3 What’s the pandemic done to med school applications?

A: Way up, wannabe docs are inspired

B: Dropped due to infection worries

C: Schools begging with no tuition offers

4 S. F. supervisors will start meetings with what new recitation?

A: Condemnation of Trump

B: Apology to here- first Ohlone tribe

C: Promise to raise taxes responsibly

5 What’s known as “white oil”?

A: Lithium needed for electric car batteries

B: Ground- up silver used in smartphones

C: Special sand required for fracking

6 What’s behind a surge in plastic surgery?

A: Hard- up docs lowering prices

B: No fancy vacations, so why not a touch up?

C: Patients want a better Zoom face

7 How many downtown S. F. restaurants are shuttered?

A: 25%

B: 60%

C: 85%

8 What’s Japan doing about its sagging birth rate?

A: Government- paid blind dates

B: Artificial intelligence matchmaking

C: Tax breaks for arranged marriages

9 What’s the takeaway from a CNN look at kid letters to Santa?

A: Game consoles under the tree, please

B: Zero emission reindeer really possible?

C: End the pandemic soon as you can

10 What happened with world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest?

A: Global warming spurring tree growth near top

B: Climbing rights now going for $ 500,000

C: Grew 2 feet taller after tech measuring