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He's commissioned polls revealing you'll probably get No. 3

​Look to your left. Look to your right. One of you will be gone by the end of the day. Oh, you don't work for Mayor Gavin Newsom? Never mind. Breathe deeply -- it's Friday, Mayor Newsom hasn't kicked you out yet, and you deserve to take our news quiz. Good luck!

1. An unknown bastard or bastards caught national headlines this week by burning San Francisco's:

A. Billboards
B. Outhouses.
C. Walgreens
D. Vehicles.

2. San Francisco's Animal Care and Control told SF Weekly that there has been a run on what kind of pet?

A. Chihuahuas
B. Pigeons
C. Guinea Pigs
D. Ocelots

3. Who didn't quit on/get fired by Mayor Gavin Newsom this week?

A. Wade Crowfoot
B. Nani Coloretti
C. Garry South
D. Eric Jaye

Will I get my just desserts? See question No. 5.

​4. After learning that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had siphoned $1.7 billion from the state redevelopment agency, John Shirey, its executive director, told SF Weekly:

A. "We must all tighten our belts in these dismal times."
B. "We are going to sue, as we did, successfully, last year."
C. "You killed my mother! You killed my father, you killed my people! You took my father's sword!"
D. "Well, shit."

5. Supervisor Chris Daly, who publicly browbeat and belittled  his friend and protege, Supervisor John Avalos, added insult to injury by:

A. Buying Avalos' house
B. Voting down a handful of Avalos' measures then telling him "Payback is a bitch"
C. Beating Avalos, 82-75, in a judged City Hall bake-off -- including scoring a perfect 20 out of 20 on his chocolate pound cake
D. That wasn't chocolate

6. Following the abrupt departure of his longtime friend and political adviser, Mayor Gavin Newsom told the press:

A. "It is what it is."
B. "I wish I knew how to quit him."
C. "The campaign strategy remains the same. There's just one less person that's involved."
D. "@Gavin Newsom says: ... Wait, I'm actually talking out loud, right?"