San Francisco Chronicle

Different sort of water woe

- — Marshall Kilduff Email: mkilduff@sfchronicl­e.com Twitter: @marshallki­lduff

1. All that snow and rain last winter is producing a problem, scientists say. What is it? A: Pacific Ocean not salty enough for fish B: The watery weight is causing earthquake­s C: Earth’s orbit off kilter D: Confused ducks are migrating the wrong way

2. What’s Google doing about the Bay Area’s high housing costs? A: Raising wages so workers can afford the rent B: Bringing in 300 prefab apartment units C: Shipping out jobs to cheaper locales and countries D: Buying up motels along El Camino in Mountain View

3. Muni rides are about to be drabber. What’s the reason? A: Buses shifting to fog-friendly pastel colors B: Colored transfers will be pasty gray C: Routes will be all numbers, no names D: Adios ads and hello four-language safety signs

4. What did a San Francisco lawmaker discover about 87 public statues in the city? A: They’re covered in pigeon poop B: Inscriptio­ns are unreadable or vandalized C: Only two are of women D: Statuary is mostly foreign made

5. Uber’s boss is on leave, so who’s running the world’s most valuable startup? A: Media maven Arianna Huffington, who’s a board member B: Marissa Mayer, who just quit Yahoo C: A collection of 14 executives, and good luck with that D: Temporary chief hired by consultant agency

6. Thousands of people are flocking to San Francisco to see what? A: A stretch of street pavement with no potholes B: Six-foot hothouse plant about to flower C: A Giants win D: Ribbon cutting for non-tech office opening

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