Q.1
The Meyerson Strategy blog's slogan, "New thoughts, ready and waiting to explode," comes from a song first performed by ...
The Ramones.
Max Frost and the Troopers.
The Who.
Q.2
Which Chicago establishment has a restricted entrance reminiscent of the way in to Batman's Batcave?
Millennium Park.
McCormick Place.
Symphony Center.
Q.3
Which newspaper did Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos buy in 2013?
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Washington Post.
The Los Angeles Times.
Q.4
What was the subject line of the first (Chicago) Tribune Alert sent Sept. 11, 2001?
"Report: Planes hit World Trade Center."
"Disaster in New York."
"America under attack."
Q.5
What's the name of a California-based project to preserve historic audio?
Alexandriaudio.
OmniAudium.
Pop Up Archive.
Q.6
Which sound-editing software is free and open-source?
Audacity.
Garage Band.
Audition.
Q.7
Complete this November 2013 quote from Warren Commission lawyer Howard P. Willens: "No law ... made____________________ a crime."
shooting an assassin
killing the president
concealing a gun
Q.8
Rahm Emanuel and Charlie Meyerson sat down for a one-on-one interview in December, exclusively for ...
Crain's Chicago Business.
WXRT.
WBEZ.
Rivet.
Q.9
Which legendary journalist wrote "Dateline: White House"?
Ed Henry.
Helen Thomas.
Sam Donaldson.
Q.10
Which WBEZ-FM program did Charlie Meyerson guest-host in July 2013?
"Wait, Wait -- Don't Tell Me."
"Afternoon Shift."
"Morning Shift."
Q.11
Complete this September quote from Stephen Colbert: ""If America cared about ______________, we'd be invading Chicago."
killing people
pizza depth
political incompetence
Q.12
Fill in the blank for this quote from a former Roosevelt University Journalism 319 student: "I am working on a digital resume. Would you __________ it for me? "
'Meyerson'
'critically review'
'Charlie'
Q.13
The 1988 show "Christmas at Pee-Wee's Playhouse" explained that Magic Screen and Magic Johnson were ...
Cousins.
Rivals.
Former teammates.
Q.14
Which downtown Chicago building was ordered under lockdown Dec. 27?
The Thompson Center.
The Daley Center.
The Dirksen Building.
Q.15
The sentence "All the faith he had had had had no effect on the outcome of his life" lacks ...
A comma.
A semicolon.
No punctuation and is good as-is.
Q.16
An Oak Park, Ill., native voiced which cartoon characters?
Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.
Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig.
Bart Simpson and The Tick.
Q.17
The CTA Green Line's first weekday train leaves Oak Park's Ridgeland station at ...
3:32 a.m.
4:03 a.m.
4:14 a.m.
Q.18
At June's Clinton Global Initiative America conference in Chicago, big-city mayors complained fuel-efficient cars are ...
Lasting longer and reducing taxes from sales of replacement cars.
Crimping federal gas-tax revenue while increasing wear and tear on the roads.
Small enough that two can fit into some parking spaces, crimping cities' meter revenue.
Q.19
A South Carolina woman whom police described as angry at a man for returning home without beer stabbed him with ...
A bottle opener.
A light sabre.
A ceramic squirrel.
Q.20
Which longtime WXRT-FM program host's position was being eliminated in December 2013?
Terri Hemmert.
Tom Marker.
Frank E. Lee.