Answers to Friday's news quiz
Here are the answers to Friday’s news quiz, which asked you to identify the U.S. senator who opened a climate change hearing by saying, “This is a five-alarm crisis for the American West … When hurricanes and other natural disasters strike the East Coast, or the Gulf states, Washington springs into action to protect those communities. But we haven’t seen anything like that kind of response to the Western water crisis, even though its consequences are far more wide-reaching and sustained than any one natural disaster.”
The first letters of each clued word spell out: MICHAEL BENNET, the Democratic senator from Colorado.
MONKEYPOX: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised the alert level for this exotic virus to 2, warning travelers to take “enhanced precautions.”
IRAQ: Middle Eastern country that sentenced a 66-year-old geologist from Britain to 15 years in prison for trying to smuggle artifacts out of the country.
CRADLE OF AVIATION: A Navy F-14 Tomcat jet fighter in front of a vacant former Grumman office building will be moved to this museum.
HEAT WAVES: Seville, Span will be the first of several major cities – like Los Angeles, Miami and Athens, Greece – to give names to these summertime weather conditions, as is done with hurricanes.
AMAZON: A bill passed by New York’s legislature targeting the use of warehouse productivity quotas was directed at practices used by this company.
ELECTRIFY: A bipartisan group of Long Island leaders called for the Long Island Rail Road to do this to the Port Jefferson branch.
LOUISIANA: The U.S. Justice Department opened an investigation into reports of beatings of primarily Black men by state police from this state.
LONG BEACH: Long Island municipality that will increase weekend police patrols to cut down on fights on its beach and boardwalk.
BORIS JOHNSON: This major country’s prime minister survived a no-confidence vote by his Conservative Party and will continue to govern.
EAST HAMPTON: Long Island town that began the process of closing its airport after litigation prevented it from limiting takeoffs and departures.
NORTH HEMPSTEAD: Long Island municipality whose redistricting commission released four options for a revised district map.
NANCY REAGAN: A forever first-class postage stamp honoring this former first lady was issued by the U.S. Postal Service.
ERIC ADAMS: New York City elected official who testified before Congress and called for gun control legislation, saying, “It is high noon in America.”
TWENTY-ONE: Age at which New Yorkers are now permitted to buy semiautomatic rifles, after a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Michael Dobie is a member of the Newsday editorial board.
