Unreal News Challenge 2007

39) Earlier this year the Wall Street Journal reported that St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke's Lindell Boulevard residence is historically significant. How so?
A) It was the setting for the real-life events that inspired William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel The Exorcist.
B) It is the house where, in the early 1900s, Mrs. Julius S. Walsh Jr. hosted the first known "cocktail party."color=#1569C7>
C) It is the site of Chuck Berry's first paying gig, a bar mitzvah party for which his band, the Sin Seekers, earned $5 apiece.
D) It is the only known example of Tiffany stained-glass windows in St. Louis.

40) Name the St. Louisan who was approached by FOX to host his own late-night talk show.
A) Mop-top about town Beatle Bob.
B) St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke.
C) TV sports announcer Joe Buck.color=#1569C7>
D) Former mayor and current Grand Center poobah Vince Schoemehl.

41) Who has federal inmate Jonathan Lee Riches, a.k.a. Jonny Sue-Nami, not named in a recent federal lawsuit?
A) Anheuser-Busch.
B) Dale Earnhardt Jr. and the NASCAR Busch Series.
C) Busch Gardens.
D) None of the above.color=#1569C7>

42) What has been proposed as the new name for the stretch of Interstate 70 currently designated as the Mark McGwire Highway?
A) The T.S. Eliot Memorial Wasteland Highway.
B) The John F. Bass Memorial Highway.color=#1569C7>
C) The Mark Twain Memorial Highway.
D) The Ike Turner Memorial Speedway.

43) Under what circumstances did St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay say he'd sign a proclamation creating "Ike Turner Day"?
A) If Turner were to pay a visit to hype the St. Louis Family Justice Center.color=#1569C7>
B) If Turner were to go three rounds with local kickboxer/hottie Jamie O'Hare.
C) If Turner were to agree to play at next year's Strassenfest.
D) If Hell freezes over.

44) What ailment affected more than 60 daycare centers in the St. Louis region?
A) Shigellosis.color=#1569C7>
B) Scurvy.
C) Bubonic plague.
D) Clytemnestra.

45) Who is Jono Sanders, and why was his butt sore?
A) He is the owner of the Web site www.milliondollarsoutofmybutt.com which he dreamed up to pay off his student loans.
B) He's a former client of St. Louis Skin Solutions who alleges that instead of receiving the gluteal-augmentation surgery he went in for, he was outfitted with silicone breast implants.
C) He's the drunk Washington University concertgoer who was Tasered in the ass by campus police.color=#1569C7>
D) Shigellosis.

46) What did Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra conductor David Robertson and his pianist wife Orli Shaham name their new twin sons?
A) Liam and Ewan.
B) Abbott and Costello.
C) Alex and Nathan.color=#1569C7>
D) Castor and Pollux.

47) June 10 was a day of mourning for many in St. Louis. How so?
A) It was the day construction crews took down the Tamm Avenue Bridge over Highway 40.
B) It was the day officials at the Missouri Botanical Garden announced that a 225-year-old giant sequoia had succumbed to bark beetles.
C) It was the day the Mary Engelbreit store at the Saint Louis Galleria — the chain's last brick-and-mortar store — closed for good.color=#1569C7>
D) It was the day Mayor Francis Slay shot down Ike Turner Day.

48) How much in damages did a St. Louis County jury award Metro in its lawsuit against the Cross-County Collaborative?
A) $80 million.
B) The head of Kwame Building Group president and CEO Tony Thompson.
C) Nothing. In fact, jurors awarded the Cross-County Collaborative $2.56 million in damages.color=#1569C7>
D) Nothing. They kissed and made up. In fact, the families of former Metro chief Larry Salci and Tony Thompson are at this moment spending Christmas together in Aruba.

49) To which cause has 1977 Cleveland High School graduate Bruce Santhuff devoted his life?
A) As a Jesuit missionary in Africa, Santhuff has devoted his life to eradicating polio.
B) As a childhood fan of the Spirits of St. Louis, Santhuff works tirelessly to bring professional basketball back to St. Louis.
C) As the sole importer of the Spaloo, a toilet seat that doubles as a bidet, Santhuff has devoted himself to the hygiene of all Americans.color=#1569C7>
D) As the loser of a contested election in 1976 for class president, Santhuff has devoted his life to getting administrators at Cleveland High School to conduct a full and impartial recount.

50) What incident marred last year's Mothers Against Drunk Driving convention in St. Louis?
A) Sixty-seven attendees fell ill with a mysterious virus.color=#1569C7>
B) Sixty-seven attendees were unable to summon cabs to take them back to their hotel.
C) Keynote speaker Tony La Russa backed out.
D) All of the above.

Match the St. Louis Cardinal with his vice:
51) Tony La Russa. A,B,Ccolor=#1569C7>
52) Scott Spiezio. A,B,Ccolor=#1569C7>
53) Josh Hancock. A,B,Ccolor=#1569C7>
A) Drinking.
B) Drinking.
C) Drinking.