1. What's the most serious danger associated with summer temperatures going to 100 degrees or higher?

A) losing your cool

B) sunburn

C) heat stroke

D) hot fla shes

2. The Herald-Republic sued Yakima County seeking release of records on $2 million of taxpayers' money spent for

A) defense attorneys' costs in a murder trial

B) gathering signatures on petitions for Tim Eyman's latest proposed initiative

C) the Fourth of July fireworks display

D) a study of Black Rock reservoir

E) booze, cigars and hookers

3. A youth group of Catholic teens gathers weekly for what method of prayer and reflection?

A) laissez faire

B) Taizé

C) Zen meditation

D) drum circle

4. Geological surveys suggest that below the Columbia Basin basalt there may be a vast untapped reservoir of

A) methane

B) propane

C) ethanol

D) natural gas

5. More than 500 people did what at the Capitol Theatre on Thursday?

A) became U.S. citizens

B) auditioned for chorus parts in "Sweeney Todd"

C) showed up a month late for Cinco de Mayo festivities

D) shopped at the Farmers Market

6. As of July 1, it is illegal in Washington state to

A) purchase or set off fireworks without a permit

B) have a pit bull

C) boo at Mariners' games

D) drive while talking on a handheld cell phone

7. This year's return of what type of fish may be a record run in the Columbia River?

A) coho salmon

B) sockeye salmon

C) cockeyed salmon

D) Popeye salmon

8. Jim Pearson, a retired teacher from Yakima who goes on African safaris to hunt exotic game, says the tastiest meat he's ever eaten is

A) warthog

B) zebra

C) wildebeest

D) gimsbok

9. Which business is moving to a new location after more than 100 years in downtown Yakima?

A) Yakima Federal Savings and Loan

B) Helliesen Lumber and Supply Co.

C) Capitol Theatre

D) Ummelina

10. Who is Collin Cowgill?

A) a country singer who will perform at Legends

B) a Yakima Bears player who hit three home runs in one game

C) a Democratic candidate for the state House 14th District seat

D) the man who shot Liberty Valance

11. What would I-1000, an initiative likely to be on the November ballot, legalize in Washington state?

A) medical marijuana

B) cockfighting

C) physician-assisted suicide

D) capital punishment for talking on a cell phone while driving

12. The Cle Elum Seven, recently relocated to a facility in the Northwest, are

A) descendents of the Chicago Seven

B) accused ecoterrorists from Earth First!

C) retired chimpanzees who were biomedical research subjects for years

D) two short of a baseball team

13. A fire in Grandview destroyed an industrial facility for processing

A) asparagus

B) apples

C) potatoes

D) hops

14. The Capitol Theatre's $12 million expansion will include

A) tearing down the Wilson Building at Third Street and Yakima Avenue

B) adding a casino with exotic dancers

C) renaming the theater the JEM Building

D) booking "Weird Al" Yankovic once a year

15. The independently published Christian novel that's generating lots of word-of-mouth buzz and strong sales is

A) Eat, Pray, Love

B) The Kite Runner

C) My Sweet Lord

D) The Shack

16. North Star Lodge is

A) a four-star resort

B) a dude ranch

C) a Christian retreat center

D) a cancer research and treatment center

17. The Summer Sunset Concerts begin this week at Franklin Park with a performance by

A) Camille Bloom

B) Camilla Parker Bowles

C) Wayman Chapman

D) The Wailin' Jennys

18. The food magazine included in the Herald-Republic on the first Tuesday of the month is called

A) Bite of Yakima

B) Mustard

C) Relish

D) Flavored with Love

* Answers will be posted on the Web site Monday

Compiled by Herald-Republic copy editor Tim Kelly