WBEZ Meyerson News Quiz No. 6

This is an open-browser/open-book quiz. Feel free to check into previous issues of the blog, consult a dictionary or just ask that guy sitting next to you on the L. We even provide helpful links to relevant posts.

Want some help with these first questions? Check last Friday's edition.

Q.1

Discovery of improper ties to a former city transportation official -- including thousands of dollars in free trips to the Super Bowl and other sports events -- has prompted resignation of the chairman of the company behind Chicago's ...

Red-light cameras.
Skyway.
Parking meters.

Q.2

The hacker responsible for breaking into email accounts of those close to former President George W. Bush uses the name ...

Lucifer.
Guccifer.
Luciguccifer.

These next questions draw from Monday's edition.

Q.3

William Shatner, Capt. Kirk on "Star Trek," describes posts on what website as "immature, horrifically racist, sexist, homophobic"?

NRA.org.
Priceline.com.
Reddit.com.

Q.4

The record for fastest sellout of a Wrigley Field concert belongs to ...

Jimmy Buffett.
Pearl Jam.
Bruce Springsteen.

Answers to these next questions lie within Tuesday's post.

Q.5

Which of these people was not a guest of Michelle Obama at the State of the Union address?

Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Dr. Jill Biden
The parents of Chicago gunfire victim Hadiya Pendleton.
Ted Nugent.

Q.6

The science fiction writer whose commission to take on the "Adventures of Superman" comic enraged gay rights advocates is ...

William Gibson.
Larry Niven.
Orson Scott Card.

The following questions arise from Wednesday's post.

Q.7

The brand of bottled water Sen. Marco Rubio craved during his State of the Union response was ...

Perrier.
Poland Spring.
Ice Mountain.

Q.8

The emergency broadcast system in Montana was hacked to warn viewers of ...

Mothra.
A robot uprising.
An angry 50-foot woman.
Godzilla.
A nuclear blast.
A killer rabbit attack.
A zombie apocalypse.
A marauding army of giant ants.

Home stretch. You can find answers to these questions in Thursday's post.

Q.9

The Pentagon has introduced a new medal to honor those who ...

Advance sexual equality in the ranks.
Kill members of al-Qaida.
Remotely pilot unmanned vehicles.
Don't ask, don't tell.

Q.10

All the CTA's newly added rail cars will be getting ...

New lights.
New seats.
New brakes.