POP QUIZ PDX: Thursday, October 21

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This Week's Theme: MADE (or Made Worse) IN OREGON

Oh, hello. Which of the following products is NOT made in Oregon?

10 points

Tofurky

Leatherman Multi-Tools

Juanita's Tortilla Chips

Barbasol Shaving Cream

Toby's Tofu Dip & Spread

Reser's Potato Salad

Clear selection

GOOD NEWS ALERT! According to health experts, why could December 26 be a potentially very good day for Oregonians?

10 points

Holiday travel should be allowed and encouraged

The majority of Oregonians could be eligible for COVID booster shots

Oregon could reach potential "herd immunity" from COVID-19

Your terrible relatives visiting for Xmas will finally GO HOME

Clear selection

In Seattle, 24 members of their police department are refusing to get city-mandated COVID-19 vaccinations. How many Portland police officers are refusing to get the mandated vaccines?

10 points

17 officers

28 officers

38 officers

We have no idea, because the Portland Police are refusing to release that information

Clear selection

KNOW THAT PORTLAND: What the hell is this, and where the hell is it??

10 points

The "Living Wall" mural at the Ardea Apartments in the South Waterfront

The "Attitude of Gratitude" mural at the SolTerra building on SE Division

The "Spring Has Awakened" mural on the side of Hawthorne Blvd's New Seasons

The "Mère Nature" mural on the Irving Street Lofts, Pearl District

Clear selection

According to documents obtained by OPB, more than two dozen current and former Oregon law enforcement officers have been members of what extremist group?

10 points

The Oath Keepers

The Three-Percenters

The Proud Boys

The Oregon Scrabble Masters

Clear selection

Oregon's Jackson County is being overrun by illegal pot growing operations that are siphoning away water from the drought-stricken area. What do they want the state to do about it?

10 points

Call in the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

Call in the National Guard

Supply the county with more state troopers

Send more munchies (particularly chocolate-covered popcorn)

Clear selection

If you haven't noticed, the sketchy dark money group People for Portland has been putting up anti-Portland billboards all over town. Their intention is to get more funding for police, but what ACTUAL effect do you think these billboards will have?

10 points

Discourage tourism

Dissuade suburban shoppers from coming downtown

Whip up unnecessary animosity toward organizations who are actually making progress on the problems they're so concerned about

All of the damn above

Clear selection

This week we learned about a new plan that Mayor Wheeler's office is considering to deal with Portland's homeless crisis—and WOW. It is alarming. What's the proposed plan under consideration?

10 points

Ramping up homeless sweeps

Offering bus tickets to encourage homeless people to leave town

Banning the homeless from living downtown and moving them into a massive camp

Allowing people on NextDoor to decide what to do about the homeless

Clear selection

It's HISTORY TIIIIIIIIME! The year is 1909... so who is Carrie Bertha Shelton, and what impressive mark did she make on Oregon history?

10 points

She was the leader of Oregon's suffragette movement

She was the "mother of Oregon's park system"

She was Oregon's first woman police officer

She was Oregon's first woman governor

Clear selection

THE SUBJECTIVE QUESTION: Oregon is the birthplace or lengthy residence of a LOT of "moderately famous" celebrities. Who of the following do you think deserves to be dubbed "Oregon's #1 moderately famous celeb"?

10 points