POP QUIZ PDX: Thursday, December 9

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THIS WEEK'S THEME: The Sporting News!

On December 11, our beloved Portland Timbers will participate in the MLS Cup... the biggest match of the year! (Woo-hoo!) But what else is special about it?

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This is the first time the team has ever reached the MLS Cup

The Timbers will be playing a team they've handily beaten before

This is the first time Portland has hosted this important match

I have been chosen to sing the National Anthem! (But the joke's on them, I'll *actually* be singing Britney Spear's "Toxic"!)

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Calling all bus riders! TriMet announced last week they will reduce service on 20 of its 84 bus lines starting January 9 due to... what?

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Due to converting 25% of their current fleet to electric busses

Due to a shortage of bus drivers

Due to low ridership on those particular routes

Due to that one guy who spreads out over two seats, eats tuna fish, and loudly argues with his mom on the phone

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This week in "Yet Even More B-Ball Drama!": Last Wednesday, the Portland Trail Blazers abruptly fired president of basketball operations, Neil Olshey. What was the public reason they gave for terminating him?

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"Olshey committed violations of a particular type we don't feel like discussing right now (meaning *NEVER*)"

"Violations of the Portland Trail Blazers' Code of Conduct"

"Vague reasons something-something-something... but trust us, it was baaaaaad"

"Turns out he was kind of a dick!"

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The student government at the University of Oregon has asked the administration to make critical race theory a required subject for all undergraduate students in order to graduate. What is "critical race theory" anyway?

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The idea that racism is systemic, and throughout American history, racial inequality has been woven into many institutions

A Marxist doctrine that deconstructs the idea of "race" as a concept

An individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race or sex

A Republican-invented dog whistle originally designed to inspire racists to donate to Trump

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KNOW THAT PORTLAND! This fancy piece of public art is titled "Little Prince," by artist Ilan Averbuch (1995). Okay, smarty... WHERE THE HELL IS IT LOCATED?

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Next to Providence Park

Next to the Moda Center

Next to University of Portland's Merlo Field

Next to your butt. (Sorry, I admit I'm tired today.)

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Frustrated with Portland's houseless population, downtown business owners have turned to Echelon Protective Services, a private security firm, to deal with problems that in the past have been dealt with by the police. However, why is Echelon a cause for alarm?

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Armed Echelon guards are not given the same extensive training as actual cops, and have been witnessed using force against houseless people

Echelon guards have issued unconstitutional "exclusion forms" to keep homeless people off public sidewalks in front of certain businesses

Echelon guards have forced houseless people out of their tents and scattered their belongings... at 3 am... then lied about it

All of the damn above!

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Speaking of sketchy private security: Last week a grand jury indicted a security guard for fatally shooting a man in the heart and head while in a North Portland shopping center parking lot in May of this year. Which of the following is also true about this guard?

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He didn't have a proper private security license

He was not approved to carry a firearm

He had killed someone once before

He had not received any firearm training

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One reason Portland LOVES the Blazers' Dame Lillard is because he does not suffer fools gladly. What was his Twitter response this week to a report from The Athletic that he was allegedly growing frustrated with the way his teammates are currently playing?

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"These mfs love drama too damn much."

"Nobody likes a gossip... especially a lying gossip."

"Has anybody had the idea to actually ask ME what I think?"

"I love Snackwell brand cookies. This has been a promoted tweet."

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It's... HISTORY TIIIIIIIME! What was the ORIGINAL name of the stadium now known as Providence Park?

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Jeld-Wen Field

Civic Stadium

PGE Park

Multnomah Stadium

The Captain John C. Couch Memorial Rotunda

Patty

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THE SUBJECTIVE QUESTION: There are other sports besides football, basketball, soccer, and baseball YOU KNOW! Excluding those four, which of the following sports would you pay to see in its OWN STADIUM here in Portland?

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