Answers to news quiz

Published 12:00 am Sunday, July 26, 2015

1. B. A.L. Jarrell and his Salisbury company built Newman Park out of tubular steel secured from Spencer Shops.

2. A. The Yadkin River basin above Salisbury’s water intake is considered to be under “abnormally dry” conditions. This categorization, combined with a good daily flow at the intake, means SRU customers do not yet have to move to voluntary water restrictions.

3. A. Lovett also is author of the New York Times bestseller “The Bookman’s Tale.”

4. B. In 1854, Chambers provided money, clothing and means of travel for 18 of his former slaves to make the trip to Oberlin, where they could live in freedom.

5. D. In 1964, Gillespie and Hill broke the color barrier in N.C. AmericanLegion baseball  while playing for Post 23 in Gastonia.

6. C. Snider’s “Hiraeth” is a Welsh word without a direct English translation, but it generally means homesickness “tinged with longing for the lost or departed,” said Snider, who spent considerable time in Salisbury as a child when she was visiting her grandparents.

7. A. The West End substation at Hall Gym was staffed by a police officer twice a week, but it saw only three visitors in a year’s time.

8. C. As executive director of Rowan Vocational Opportunities, Yelton succeeds John Williams, who retired in May.

9. D. At a school auction, Claire’s mother won the chance for her daughter to spend a day with Chief Collins.

10. D. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Dr. June Atkinson, who was in Salisbury Thursday, is against the Senate proposal to move driver’s education to the community colleges.