1. In January, the median price for a condo in Maui County was $691,500, according to a Feb. 10 Pacific Business News blog post. According to PBN, what was the median price for a Maui County condo in January 2013?
A. $705,000
B. $675,000
C. $620,000
D. $595,000
E. $550,000
2. In a Feb. 7 story on what makes a journalist these days, Honolulu Civil Beat reported that the MAUIWatch Facebook page is Hawaii’s fastest growing news organization. But last summer, the page started with a very different name. What was the original MAUIWatch name?
A. ARAKAWAWatch
B. COUNTYWatch
C. COPWatch
D. TAGUMAWatch
E. CELEBRITYWatch
3. In his Feb. 5 State of the County address, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa said, “We have the energy, we have the momentum and we will prevail.” A county official told me that line is repurposed from a famous book. What book was it?
A. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
B. Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion
C. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
D. The Right Stuff by Tom Wolfe
E. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
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ANSWERS
1: E–$550,000
2: D–TAGUMAWatch
3: C–Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
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