Answers to news quiz

Published 12:00 am Sunday, January 18, 2015

1. B. Using his Granite Quarry home as a base for operations, Bob Jones grew the KKK’s membership in North Carolina to more than 10,000 people by 1966.

2. D. Gemstones Academy aims its program of scholarship, leadership, integrity and responsibility at students in fifth through 12th grades.

3. D. The fired customer service clerk will receive an invoice for $1,500 in missing money and will be given 30 days to reimburse the city or face legal action.

4. A. The panel of city residents will consist of “community leaders,” according to Salisbury Mayor Paul Woodson.

5. C. Historic Salisbury Foundation has offered a vacant lot at 717 N. Main St. to anyone willing to move the Shulenburger Surveying house and save it from demolition.

6. C. Under the proposed America’s College Promise, two years of free tuition would be awarded to any community college student who maintains a 2.5 grade-point average, attends community college at least half-time and makes steady progress toward completing his or her program.

7. A. Driving on Mount Hope Church Road, Safrit hit Propst with her Volkswagen Beetle while he was out for a jog. Propst had veered toward the middle of the road to avoid a dog running toward him. He broke a thigh bone in the accident.

8. B. Tomsula played two football seasons for Catawba College before graduating in 1989. He later coached for 10 seasons at Catawba before moving on to the NFL.

9. B. The letter grade of “B” will be awarded to any score between 80 and 89. The new scale eliminates plus and minus classifications on letter grades.

10. D. Kluttz says a proposal to the General Assembly will be to restore historic preservation tax credits of 15 to 25 percent in North Carolina, depending on the type of restoration project.