North Country Gazette’s Trivia Challenge Debuts
Posted on Saturday, 24 of October , 2009 at 8:40 am
Beginning this week, The North Country Gazette will host a Trivia Challenge from time to time, featuring questions involving news and commentary published on the news site.
Responses to the questions can be e-mailed to news@northcountrygazette.org The person who earliest responds to all questions correctly will receive a six month free subscription to the NCG’s Daily News Digest. The deadline for entries to the Challenge is noon on Sunday, Nov. 1. The answers will be published the week of Nov. 1.
1. Where was Ralph Bucky Phillips captured and what is he accused of doing?
2. What were the names of Terri Schiavo’s two cats that Michael Schiavo had euthanized after she became incapacitated?
3. What was the name of the school where English teacher Beth Geisel engaged in her sexual tryst in the football stadium with a minor?
4. What are the names of Michael Schiavo’s brothers?
5. What was the name of the captain of the Ethan Allen tour boat which capsized, killing 20 senior citizens?
6. Where did the Ethan Allen capsize and on what date?
7. What was the name of the judge that issued the order to withhold all food and water from Terri Schiavo that resulted in her death and where is he judge?
8. What is the name of the book written by the Schindler family, parents of Terri Schiavo?
9. What is the name of the sheriff of Warren County, New York?
10. What are the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?
11. What agency enforces the Hatch Act?
12. What is the name of the Rensselaer County (NY) district attorney who had convictions reversed due to multiple findings of prosecutorial misconduct and who was targeted for murder by an inmate?
13. What is the name of the 11-year-old girl in the abuse case in Boston, Mass., in which the stepfather was charged with abuse and battery, the state wanted to remove the child from life support because she was deemed in persistent vegetative state but she is now recovering?
14. Who was Governor of Texas at the time the Futile Care Law was passed in that state?
15. What is the name of the Chief Judge of New York’s Court of Appeals?
16. What is the penalty under New York’s Public Officers Law for public officers who fail to file their oath of office and/or bond within 30 days of the commencement of their term?
17. What is the name of the former New York Congressman facing felony drunk driving charges and who has been linked to the Jack Abramoff Congressional scandal?
18. What is the name of the NYS Senator convicted in October, 2009 of domestic violence for assaulting his girlfriend with a broken glass and what is his political party.
19. What bridge in Northern New York has been closed due to structural deficiencies and what body of water does it span?
20. What is the name of Michael Schiavo’s employer and in what capacity is he employed?
21. What is the name of the retired State Police official who was targeted in New York’s Troopergate scandal and was fired from his post as Inspector General with the New York Power Authority.
22. Who is the retired NY State trooper who has been accused of submitting false documents in a zoning case and whose daughter was arrested for driving drunk with a blood alcohol content of .16%, more than double the legal threshold.
23. Who is the New York judge who is known as the father of adverse possession and is currently seeking reelection?
24. What is the name of the individual who polls show as the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination for New York Governor in 2010 and what does he do now?
25 .What is the current sales tax rate for Warren County, NY? 10-24-09
ANSWERS
1. Warren County, Pennsylvania on the NY/PA border/ shooting three state troopers
2. Shanna and Tolly
3. Christian Brothers Academy in Albany
4. William, Scott, Steven and Brian
5. Richard Paris
6. Lake George, NY Oct. 2, 2005
7. George Greer, Pinellas County, Florida
8. A Life That Matters
9. Nathan “Bud” York
10. Speech, press, religion, assembly, association
11. U.S. Office of Special Counsel
12. Patricia DeAngelis
13. Haile Poutre
14. George W. Bush
15. Jonathan Lippman
16. Removal from office
17. John Sweeney
18. Hiram Monserrate, Democrat
19. Lake Champlain Bridge at Crown Point
20. Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, RN jail
21. Daniel Wiese
22. Charles Redmond
23. Thomas Mercure, Appellate Division, NY Supreme Court, 3rd Dept.
24. Andrew Cuomo
25 .What is the current sales tax rate for Warren County, NY? 7%
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