1. In his job with Salisbury-Rowan Utilities, Preventative Maintenance Manager Ted Bryant sometimes is called on to perform what special task?

A. Put on scuba gear and dive to the bottom of the city’s water reservoir to look for leaks

B. Use a divining rod to locate buried pipes

C. Clear the water intake on the Yadkin River of debris

D. Climb to the top of water towers to adjust satellite dishes

2. As soon as Geoffrey Hoy, chairman of the Rowan County Democratic Party, is certified as winner of the May Democratic primary for North Carolina’s 33rd Senate District, he is expected to start the party process to remove his name in favor of someone else for the November election. Who is that person?

A. Judy Klusman

B. Raymond Coltrain

C. Gail Young

D. Arin Wilhelm

3. The Summer Feeding Program of Rowan-Salisbury Schools has added roughly eight sites to a list of more than 100 meal stops. The program also has an additional mobile bus this year. What are the names given these mobile units?

A. Yum Yum buses

B. Hungry Heart buses

C. Seeds of Learning buses

D. Good Connection buses

4. Mid-Carolina Regional Airport, formerly the Rowan County Airport, will close from June 25-July 8 for what reason?

A. Summer vacations for staff

B. Runway improvements

C. N.C. Air National Guard training exercises

D. N.C. Highway Patrol Helicopter Command School

5. Rowan Public Library has recently digitized the yearbooks of a particular school and those yearbooks can now be accessed on the library’s website at www.rowanpubliclibrary.org. What school’s yearbooks are the most recent addition to the website?

A. J.C. Price High School

B. Cleveland High School

C. Clement High School

D. Dunbar School

6. N.C. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall spoke this past week to Tar Heel Girls State participants meeting at Catawba College. Marshall was the first woman in N.C. history to be elected to a statewide executive office. What year was that?

A. 1979

B. 1986

C. 1996

D. 2008

7. The N.C. Department of Transportation recently solicited public comment on 2025 construction plans for a new Salisbury highway that will be called Airport Parkway. As drawn up, the route of this new road would have several possibilities, but in general it would fully extend between what two points?

A. The Cedar Springs Road/U.S. 29 intersection and Jake Alexander Boulevard

B. Airport Road and Jake Alexander Boulevard

C. U.S. 70 and Peach Orchard Road

D. Webb Road and Jake Alexander Boulevard

8. The drama troupe St. Thomas Players is currently presenting a production of “Souvenir” at Lee Street theatre. The play is based on the true-life story of whom?

A. J. Paul Getty

B. Florence Foster Jenkins

C. Lee Harvey Oswald

D. Marilyn Monroe

9. In the most recent budget year, Rowan-Salisbury Schools received $65,000 from the city of Salisbury, and the school system has requested an additional $26,200 for the 2018-19 fiscal year. What would this additional money be used for?

A. To supplement the pay of school resource officers who work in schools inside the Salisbury city limits

B. To cover expected increases in fuel prices for school buses that run inside the city limits

C. To build two additional bus shelters for children who wait for school buses in the Brenner Crossing development

D. To fund a STEM leadership training program for 25 teachers from the four schools in Salisbury

10. Rowan Museum opened a new exhibit at the China Grove Roller Mill Saturday which focuses on the history of what?

A. Farming in southern Rowan County

B. Old church revivals in southern Rowan County

C. Baseball in southern Rowan County

D. Depression-era work camps in southern Rowan County

ANSWERS:

1. B.
2. D.
3. A.
4. B.
5. D.
6. C.
7. A.
8. B.
9. D.
10. C.