1. What is NOT a Georgia law that went into effect July 1?
A. Consumers can purchase beer from craft breweries
B. Guns with a carry permit are allowed almost everywhere
C. Fireworks are allowed for sale within the state
D. Electric car owners pay a $200 annual fee
2. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed most recently returned from a trade mission to what country?
A. Brazil
B. Germany
C. Israel
D. Cuba
3. A worker was recently hurt at a construction site for what major metro Atlanta project?
A. Falcons stadium
B. Roadways at Hartsfield-Jackson airport
C. Braves stadium
D. Gwinnett County School Safety Improvement Project.
4. A former Marine was hospitalized in what metro county after an infection from flesh-eating bacteria?
A. Forsyth
B. Coweta
C. Gwinnett
D. Henry
5. The winner of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race took top prize by what margin of time?
A. 90 seconds
B. 9 seconds
C. 0.9 seconds
D. 0.09 seconds
Answers:
1. B. House Bill 60, the so-called "guns everywhere" bill passed in the legislature last year. This year, under House Bill 170, people who own electric cars must pay a new $200-a-year registration fee; Senate Bill 63 allows breweries to charge for a tour and then give beer as a souvenir, in amounts depending on the tour price; and Georgians can legally buy consumer fireworks in the state thanks to House Bill 110.
2. D. Recently home from a five-day trip to Cuba, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said he's even more confident the city has significant future trade opportunities with the island country. With local expertise in airport management, logistics, food exports, information technology and tourism, Reed said Atlanta is well-poised to be among the three most important domestic partners with Cuba, on par with Miami and the New York area.
3. A. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is trying to determine whether any safety rules were violated last week after scaffolding at the new Atlanta Falcons stadium construction site fell on a worker, causing a severe head injury.
4. C. Cindy Martinez has been hospitalized since Memorial Day, when her husband took her to Gwinnett Medical Center and the pair of former Marines learned the source of her mysterious illness: a flesh-eating bacteria called necrotizing fasciitis. Martinez had been in stable condition at least two weeks, but dead flesh and tissue, as well as the risk for secondary infections, necessitated amputations of her feet and right hand.
5. D. In the closest finish in the history of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race, Scott Overall edged Ben Payne by 0.09 seconds to win the men's open division of the 10K event Saturday. It took track officials more than an hour to declare Overall the champ, with a time of 29:30. Andy Carr, a staff member of the Atlanta Track Club and the official race referee, analyzed a photo that showed a side angle of the finish line to see Overall's torso finished just ahead of Payne's as they hit the timing mat.
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