Jersey girls made a name for themselves

1 Three 16-year-old girls from New Jersey accomplished what?

A: Came up with new state slogan: Gimme a break

B: Pressed for law designating Bruce Springsteen’s birthday as a holiday

C: Pressured a commission to include female moderators in presidential debates

D: Organized thousands to pick up medical waste and debris from Jersey shores

2 Since the Aug. 6 Chevron refinery fire, how many people have visited a doctor or hospital?

A: 40 B: 500 C: 2,500 D: 9,000

3 What is Kai-Tak?

A: Martial arts school opening at airport for weary, stressed travelers

B: Chinese Martian lander on its way now

C: Big tropical storm that’s swamping the Philippines

D: White House chef who’s insisting on open-fire kitchen on South Lawn

4 What is noodling?

A: Form of fishing that uses pasta-like bait

B: Hand-grabbing of catfish hiding in river bank holes

C: Blind bidding for abandoned storage shed contents

D: Dumpster diving for copper, tin and other metal throwaways

5 Gov. Jerry Brown launched a website devoted to what topic?

A: A collection of his phrases, jokes and bon mots

B: Reasons to love the $68 billion highspeed rail project

C: Climate change and denunciations of its critics

D: Smoking and its perils

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