Swimming Australia Cancels Pre-Olympics
Swim Meet Due to Outbreak of Illness
Many water-related stories have been in the news of late — including reports connected to the three questions below.
1. Swimming Australia canceled a pre-Olympics swim meet in the nation’s capital, Canberra, after two Olympic female water polo players were diagnosed with what illness?
a. Measles b. Mumps c. Whooping cough d. Shingles
2. A man in this Midwestern city allegedly entered the pool area of an apartment complex and shot two men with shotgun pellets. The suspect and the victims all left the scene — although one of the victims later showed up at a local hospital. Where did this incident take place?
a. Chicago b. Bloomington, Ind. c. Wichita, Kan. d. Dayton, Ohio
3. According to ottawacitizen.com, a late-model Dodge Calibre in Windsor, Ont., “hopped a curb, zipped across a narrow strip of lawn, crashed through a wooden fence and plunged into the deep end” of a nearby pool. Inside were a man and a woman; neither was injured in the crash. What were the two involved with at the time of the mishap?
a. Text messaging c. A driving lesson
b. Smoking dope d. You don’t want to know.
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