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Weekly Challenge topics differ every week, and it's always free to enter (please enter just once per week). You get a point toward the 2008 standings for every contest you do, and additional points for finishing in the Top 20. People who correctly answer the bonus question in each Friday's Free Lance-Star Life section will get another point. Click here to read the contest rules.


This week's contest is a Fredericksburg-area current events quiz for April. For help, click here. You have until 5 p.m. Friday to enter. We have prizes this week for the top-five finishers:

  • $30 gift certificate to Marquee Cinemas, courtesy of Germanna Community College (can be used for movie tickets and snacks)
  • $25 gift certificate to Hard Times Café
  • One month family membership to YMCA
  • Quarter-pound of fudge from Sweet Hannah's Fudge Shoppe
  • Free dinner item off menu at Primavera Pizzeria & Grill



Answer these 10 questions:

1. John W. Scott Jr., a Fredericksburg civil rights pioneer, died last month at the age of 59. Scott served the area in what profession for the past nearly two decades?
a. Doctor
b. Teacher
c. Judge
d. Architect

2. Public hearings were held last month in front of Fredericksburg City Council on this water park.
a. Water Country USA
b. Busch Gardens
c. Kings Dominion
d. Kalahari

3. Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the tragedy that left 33 people dead at this Virginia university.
a. William & Mary
b. Virginia Tech
c. George Mason
d. James Madison

4. A ceremonial groundbreaking was held last month at the new State Fair of Virginia site in this county.
a. Caroline
b. King George
c. Spotsylvania
d. Stafford

5. Germanna Community College inaugurated its fifth president at a ceremony last month in Culpeper. What is the new president's name?
a. Frank Turnage
b. Jerry Hill
c. David Sam
d. Edd Houck

6. Which of the following people is running to be Fredericksburg's mayor?
a. B-J Huff
b. Debby Girvan
c. Kerry Devine
d. Mary Katherine Greenlaw

7. Dominion received approval last month to build what underground in Stafford County?
a. Tunnel
b. Power Line
c. Sewer Pipe
d. Irrigation System

8. The National Democratic Chairman spoke last month at a fundraiser at the Culpeper Country Club. Who spoke?
a. Barack Obama
b. Howard Dean
c. Hillary Clinton
d. Al Gore

9. Justin Whitaker, an 18-year-old Stafford County resident and baseball player who lost a courageous battle with cancer last month, attended this high school.
a. Colonial Forge
b. Stafford High
c. North Stafford High
d. Mountain View

10. HCA broke ground last month on a 126-bed hospital in this county.
a. Caroline
b. King George
c. Spotsylvania
d. Stafford

11. We will pick a random number, 1-10, out of a hat. What will the number be?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
f. 6
g. 7
h. 8
i. 9
j. 10

  • This last question is meant to eliminate some, although not all, of the advantage that earlier entrants get. Next year the plan is to give contestants points for each question they get correct each week, and then randomly pull names among top finishers to determine weekly prizes.



If there's a tie, whoever entered earlier will win.


If this is the first contest you've entered in 2008, you'll need to provide your name, phone number, e-mail address and ZIP code below. Subsequent communications from us about the Weekly Challenge will come primarily to your e-mail address (they'll come from bfreehling@freelancestar.com). After you enter your first contest of 2008, you will be assigned a code. For subsequent contests, all you have to do to enter is put in your code below and hit "submit." Do not share your code with anyone else. The code will be how we keep track of your points. If you have questions, send them to bfreehling@freelancestar.com


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