Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

NEWS QUIZ OUR WEEKLY TEST OF CURRENT EVENTS

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1. The man who’s probably the most famous customer of Gilles Frozen Custard was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame this week. Who is he? a. Fay Vincent b. Johnny Logan c. Bud Selig d. Bernie Brewer

2. Current housing ordinances ban many sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of places like schools and parks. A proposed ordinance before the Milwaukee Common Council would change that distance to how many feet? a. 500 b. 1,000 c. 2,000 d. 5,280

3. Brewers fan Bob Koehler has really been true blue to the Crew. How many home games has he missed since Aug. 30, 1981? a. 8 b. 5 c. 1 d. None

4. While Gov. Scott Walker seeks to speed up work on I-94 south of Milwaukee in the bid to lure Foxconn to Wisconsin, his administra­tion is slowing down work on the Zoo Interchang­e. Why?

a. Lack of funding b. Too small c. Wrong material d. Google Maps can’t find the interchang­e

5. The U.S. Food and Drug Administra­tion ordered ChemRite CoPac to stop making oral hygiene products with the same equipment used to produce something labeled “harmful or fatal if swallowed.” What was the other product? a. Fertilizer b. Spray paint c. Car polish d. Ant spray

6. The Milwaukee Health Department issued a warning Tuesday about something found in the Veterans Park lagoon at the Milwaukee lakefront. What did they detect?

a. Plastic six-pack rings b. Parasites c. Oil d. Blue-green algae

7. An unmarked Milwaukee police car stolen Monday night was recovered, banged up, in a different state. Where was the car found? a. Missouri b. Iowa c. Illinois d. Indiana

8. A Milwaukee nonprofit group received a $1.6 million, four-year grant to help combat what? a. Drug abuse b. Drunken driving c. Youth violence d. Littering

9. Foxconn, which announced last week that it planned to build a massive manufactur­ing facility in Wisconsin, has reportedly been considerin­g sites in which Wisconsin county? a. Kenosha County b. Dane County c. Racine County d. All of the above

10. Oshkosh Corp. has received a $195 million order for hundreds of vehicles under a contract the company won in 2015. Who are those vehicles for?

a. Mitchell Internatio­nal Airport b. Milwaukee Bucks c. Oshkosh Police Department

d. U.S. military

 ?? MICHAEL SEARS / MSEARS@ JOURNALSEN­TINEL.COM ?? Brewers fan Bob Koehler has been a regular at both Miller Park and its predecesso­r, County Stadium.
MICHAEL SEARS / MSEARS@ JOURNALSEN­TINEL.COM Brewers fan Bob Koehler has been a regular at both Miller Park and its predecesso­r, County Stadium.
 ?? ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Workers run the production line at the Foxconn complex in Shenzhen, China, in 2010. Foxconn has announced plans to build a facility or facilities in Wisconsin.
ASSOCIATED PRESS Workers run the production line at the Foxconn complex in Shenzhen, China, in 2010. Foxconn has announced plans to build a facility or facilities in Wisconsin.
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