Q.1
Which Maryland official is Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown expected to declare his running mate for his gubernatorial campaign on June 3, according to reports that surfaced this week?
Baltimore County Council Member Vicki Almond
Del. Nancy King
Montgomery County Council President Nancy Navarro
Howard County Executive Ken Ulman
Q.2
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley this week appointed James Smith to be the state’s next transportation secretary. In what county did Smith formerly serve as county executive?
Baltimore County
Charles County
Howard County
Prince George’s County
Q.3
Who of the following is NOT a former lieutenant governor of Maryland?
Joseph Curran
Paris Glendenning
Michael Steele
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
Q.4
It was announced this week that a Chinese firm would be buying which major Virginia-based company?
Altria
Hilton Worldwide
Nextel Communications
Smithfield Foods
Q.5
A federal appeals court struck down a Virginia law this week that banned out-of-state residents from doing what?
Circulating petitions for third-party presidential candidates in Virginia
Hunting on Sundays
Submitting freedom-of-information requests to state and local authorities
Q.6
Which former D.C. mayor made it a yearly ritual to “cannonball” into a public pool to open the summer swimming season?
Marion Barry
Adrian Fenty
Walter Washington
Anthony Williams
Q.7
On last week’s edition of The Politics Hour, D.C. mayoral candidate Tommy Wells responded how, when asked by Tom Sherwood if he planned on reinstating the annual cannonball tradition?
He pledged to reinstate the cannonball immediately
He shut down the idea entirely
He asked voters to decide the issue for him by posting a petition to his web site
Q.8
What is the location of the speed camera that has generated the most money for the District of Columbia so far this fiscal year?
Eastbound 3500 block, Massachusetts Ave. NW
Northbound, 295 & Benning Road NE
Southeastbound, 2200 South Dakota Ave. NE
Westbound 2200 block K St. NW
Westbound, 600 block New York Ave. NE
Q.9
D.C. Council Member Jack Evans will officially announce his mayoral campaign on June 8. In what year was Evans first elected to the D.C. Council?
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
Q.10
National Harbor played host this week to the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee. What was the “winning word” at last year’s edition of the bee?
Appoggiatura
Cymotrichous
Demarche
Guetapens
Ursprache