Answers to news quiz

Published 12:00 am Sunday, April 19, 2015

1. D. Towell and his wife, Sherry, went back to Indianapolis April 11 to thank the rescue workers who pulled him out of his overturned rig Oct. 15, 2013.

2. A. Adams, Hudson and Foxx all  have filed statements of candidacy for re-election in 2016 with the Federal Elections Commission. Clinton is an announced candidate for president in 2016.

3. C. The positive notes on the Selfie Project pictures were an effort to raise self-esteem among the students at Cannon School.

4. D. The last performance of “Guys and Dolls” at Catawba College will be at 2:30 today at Keppel Auditorium.

5. B. Auto House hopes to be in a new 25,000-square-foot building by the end of the year.

6. B. Warren has said the criticism mischaracterizes the intent of his bill, which would create a new Division of Motor Vehicles product with the restricted permit. It would not be a valid driver’s license, nor would it be a legal identification for North Carolina, Warren said.

7. A. Third-year medical students from Campbell University will start at Novant Health Rowan in July. Next year,  a total of 44 third- and fourth-year students will be doing clinical rotations at the hospital.

8. B. While the bill now calls for professors to teach at least eight courses a year, McInnis says he will soon rewrite it to provide for a lower course load for faculty members involved in research.

9. D. The bookstore wants to be able to sell beer and wine to enhance its business and be available for events such as book-signings.

10. C. “Cash Crop” relates to the 15 million people who were kidnapped from Africa and forced into slavery in the United States and elsewhere.