2024 YearEnd Newz Quiz
Dec 24, 2024
Yale students protest on the Green on Oct. 28 against COMPASS, the non-police crisis outreach team that helps people on the street find homes and life-saving care. The city formed COMPASS in the wake of police-accountability protests seeking non-punitive ways to help people in crisis. Note: Answers appear at the bottom of this story along with links to relevant news stories from the past year.1. Where did the city clear homeless encampments this year? (Choose all that apply.)A. New Haven GreenB. The woods off I‑91 Exit 6C. Ella Grasso BoulevardD. Edgewood ParkE. Rosette StreetF. Outside Union StationG. Below the Lamberton Street Bridge2. Which union went on strike this year in New Haven?A. Ocean tenantsB. Yale blue-collar workersC. CopsD. Board of ed paraeducatorsE. Omni hotel workers3. Which city union won a new contract after two years without one?A. Ocean tenantsB. Yale blue-collar workersC. CopsD. Board of ed paraeducatorsE. Omni hotel workers4. How many marriages did Justice of the Peace (and accused absentee-ballot lawbreaker) Wanda Geter-Pataky handle at New Haven City Hall during a one-month period this year, primarily involving couples with one non-citizen (often from India)?A. 4B. 34C. 84D. 114E. 1345 What caused Ron Hurt to lose his job at a drug rehab facility, then his Hill alder seat?A. Missing fundsB. A sexual relationship with a patientC. AbsencesD. TardinessE. Insufficient loyalty to UNITE HERE6. New Haven started reconstruction of State Street’s downtown stretch this year by …A. Undoing how it reconstructed it in the 1980s to attract/retain suburban employers and driversB. Adding extra turn lanesC. Painting sharrowsD. Clearing lanes for suburban-style corporate offices, big-box retail and parking loadE. Turning Granite Square into Brick Square7. The Church of Scientology began paying taxes on a crumbling former furniture store building and Masonic lodge in Westville Village after how long?A. It just bought the buildingB. Eight monthsC. Two yearsD. Two decadesE. Two multiverse planetary time expanses8. A for-profit drug rehab center abruptly closed, stranding workers and patients while two top corporate officers were found dead within days. What was the name of the center?A. LifespringB. WellspringC. SpringlifeD. AdvanceE. Retreat9. Which former political opponent did Justin Elicker hire to shake up his Livable City Initiative (LCI) anti-blight agency?A. Karen DuBois-WaltonB. Liam BrennanC. John CarlsonD. Kash PatelE. Toni Harp10. How much did the city agree to pay the estates of two men killed in an illegal rooming house fire in the Hill?A. $0; a jury found the city not liableB. $2.3 millionC. $7.25 millionD. $14.5 millionE. $17 millionF. $25.6 million11. What are the above-pictured lamp shades made of, and in what new New Haven housing complex do they hang?A. Plaster; The ArchiveB. Concrete; Rosette VillageC. Mushrooms; The Anthem at Square 10D. LSD; 201 MunsonE. Papier mache; CorsairF. Styrofoam; Teachers VillageG. Steel; Winchester GreenH. Corrugated cardboard; New Haven TowersI. Sculpey; Curtis Cofield II EstatesAnswers to the puzzle, along with links to the relevant news stories, appear after the following video of more year-end headline talk amid musical interludes in a Thursday episode of WNHHFM’s “Dateline New Haven” program. (Click here to subscribe or here to listen to other episodes of Dateline New Haven.)Answers1. A, DMini-Encampment Dismantled; City Clears Encampment, Trashes “Trash”2. EOmni Hotel Workers Go On Strike3. CNew Police Union Contract Approved4. DArrested Pol Builds Marriage Biz5. BAlder Fired From Drug Rehab Job After Sexual Relationship With Patient6. ACity Starts Making The New Old On State7. D Blighted Scientology Building Returned To Tax Rolls8. E2nd Drug Rehab Exec Dies; Employees, Patients Left Scrambling For Answers9. BElicker Taps Former Foe Brennan To Refocus LCI10. D City Reaches $14.5M Fatal-Fire Settlement11. C At Long Last, Ex-Coliseum Apartments Open