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How much do you really know?

ready to go -- SJDo you remember which creatures ravaged boats in Newport Harbor in 2005? Do you recall what troubled Costa Mesa shopping center lost major tenants over and over again?

Well, too bad. There won’t be any questions about those two subjects in this year’s 365-day news quiz.

1. Which team won last year’s Jones Cup golf pro-am?

A. Big Canyon Country Club

B. Mesa Verde Country Club

C. Newport Beach Country Club

D. Santa Ana Country Club

2. Newport Beach resident Larry Webb won $150,000 by winning the Hearthstone Builder Lifetime Public Service Award. What did he plan to do with the money?

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A. Deposit it in a high-interest-earning account

B. Invest it in oil futures

C. Purchase a really nice car

D. Divide donations between the Costa Mesa-based HomeAid America, the Sage Hill School in Newport Coast, and Interval House, a Seal Beach organization that shelters victims of domestic violence

3. Tests found what in the water of the Rhine Channel?

A. Jimmy Hoffa

B. Heavy metals, PCBs and DDT

C. Missing members of heavy metal band DDT

D. Residents of El Morro Village

4. The First Team Real Estate Invitational Regatta, a fundraiser benefiting Hoag Hospital’s Heart and Vascular Institute, took place when?

A. May 20 to 22

B. Fourth of July

C. Day before the Newport to Ensenada Race

D. First day of each month during the summer

5. Which group gave Jack and Nancy Skinner its Environmental Activist of the Year Award for 2005?

A. Greenpeace

B. The Assn. of Newport Developers

C. Orange County League of Conservation Voters

D. The League of American Governors

6. Which tennis star returned last summer as a member of the Newport Beach Breakers?

A. Martina Navratilova

B. Maria Sharapova

C. Taylor Dent

D. John McEnroe

7. UC Irvine received $30 million for its business school from which Newport Beach businessman?

A. Paul Merage, inventor of the Hot Pocket

B. Don Bren, Irvine Co. chief

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