WBEZ Meyerson News Quiz: March 22, 2013

We're here to help. Answers to these first questions can be found by checking Monday's post.

Q.1

The CNN reporter whose coverage of the sentencing in a Steubenville, Ohio, trial drew ridicule for creating sympathy for "these poor young men, who were very good at taking tests and playing sports when they were not raping" is ...

Poppy Harlow.
Harlow Poppens.
Poppy Montgomery.
Tish Hillcrest.
Ruth Less.

Q.2

Republican Sen. Rob Portman's reversal of his opposition to gay marriage prompted satirist Andy Borowitz to predict other Republicans would be inspired to ...

"get gay-married themselves."
"do the same."
"stop speaking to their children."

Q.3

On March 16, Sarah Palin made fun of President Obama's ...

refusal to hold news conferences -- while she was speaking at a no-reporters-allowed event.
gun policies -- while she was hunting.
teleprompter reliance -- while she was reading from a teleprompter.

Q.4

Copenhagen Business School adjunct professor Bjørn Lomborg says "Earth Hour" ...

decreases the wørld's carbøn diøxide emissiøns.
shøuld instead be an "Earth Minute."
increases the wørld's carbøn diøxide emissiøns.

Answers to these next questions await at Tuesday's post.

Q.5

The American Society of Civil Engineers awarded Illinois what grade for the condition of its infrastructure?

A-
C+
D
D+
F

Q.6

Which suburb offered the Cubs' owners 25 acres for a new ballpark?

Naperville.
Orland Park.
Lyons.
Rosemont.

Q.7

The Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism concluded that what percentage of U.S. adults have abandoned a news outlet due to dissatisfaction?

17 percent.
31 percent.
47 percent.
53 percent.

Q.8

The scholarly publication BJUI International reported that 17,616 people went to the emergency room between 2002 and 2010 for injuries related to what?

Snaps.
Hangers.
Zippers.
Scarves.

Answer to this next question lies within Wednesday's post.

Q.9

A call to customer service for the debit-card version of the CTA's Ventra card will cost ...

Nothing.
$1.
$2.
$6.

And this next question hails from Thursday's post.

Q.10

The American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed ...

a moratorium on the legalization of gay marriage.
a ban on zippers for young boys' clothing.
Super Mario Bros. for all ages.
the legalization of gay marriage.