1. Entertainers in what local industry have sued employers recently over wages?
A. Orchestra musicians
B. Civil War reinactors
C. Strip club dancers
D. Amusement park attendants
2. What TV series that films in metro Atlanta will end this season?
A. The Walking Dead
B. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo
C. Vampire Diaries
D. Drop Dead Diva
3. During the January snowstorm, Gov. Nathan Deal was criticized for attending an event promoting what instead of focusing on the weather event?
A. Immigration reform
B. A new tourism guide
C. State Medicaid
D. An economic development summit
4. What giant insurance company announced Friday it will add 3,000 jobs to metro Atlanta?
A. State Farm
B. Geico
C. Prudential
D. Progressive
5. The state Department of Transportation suspected price gouging in relation to what snowy weather necessity?
A. Sand
B. Rock salt
C. Firewood
D. Kerosene
Answers
1. C. Dancers at an Atlanta strip club claim they have been underpaid and in some cases worked without pay in violation of federal labor law, according to a lawsuit filed last week.
It is the latest of several similar suits filed in federal court by nude dancers over underpayment or nonpayment of wages.
The women seek unpaid wages, interest, attorney’s fees and costs. They also seek class-action status to cover about 200 more current and former dancers at the club over the past three years.
The suit contends the dancers are treated as employees. Among other things, they are required to work at least three days a week, their costumes and performances are controlled by management, and they are required to take to breathalyzer tests.
2. D. Last year Lifetime cancelled “Drop Dead Diva,” then brought the Peachtree City-produced dramedy back to life a couple of months later for a fifth season following some budget-cutting moves.
After solid ratings, the network decided to bring the show back for a sixth season and 13 more episodes. But last week, Lifetime made it official: this will be the show’s final season.
3. B. As that January storm bore down, Gov. Nathan Deal was largely invisible, popping up at a “Gone With the Wind”-themed event to launch the new tourism guide and an awards banquet at the Ritz-Carlton with Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. It would be five hours after the snow began before the governor would declare a state of emergency; another six hours until he would summon the National Guard. The first time Georgians saw their governor was at an 11 p.m. news conference.
4. A. State Farm said Friday it will add 3,000 metro Atlanta jobs over the next several years as it builds a massive new campus with office towers, stores and restaurants and a hotel on 17 acres along Hammond Drive near Perimeter Mall. The insurer last year said it would move existing jobs and create new ones to a national operations center in Dunwoody, and Friday’s announcement fleshed out the plan.
5. B. Rock salt used for treating icy roads has become a hot commodity, so much so that the Georgia Department of Transportation officials say their supplies were delayed by an unscrupulous subcontractor’s attempt at price gouging.
GDOT contracted to pay a fixed price of $129 per ton for salt from International Salt to be delivered at the port of Charleston, S.C. One delivery of about 275 tons was expected early last week, said Russell McMurry, chief engineer for GDOT.
But the transaction was held up for several hours because a subcontractor hired to transport the salt in 13 trucks offered to deliver the supply first to at least one and possibly two other Georgia counties in an attempt to barter for a better price.
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