What's your (local) news IQ?

Sad but true. In a poll released this week, respondents were less able than those polled in 1989 to name the vice president, their state’s governor and the president of Russia. More than half of those in the most knowledgeable category listed as news sources cable TV shows such as the “Daily Show,” the “Colbert Report” and the “O’Reilly Factor.”

If you want to see how you fit in the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press' survey, you can take the test yourself. You might be surprised.

Or maybe, thanks to your loyal reading of the Tracy Press, you'd do better on a test with all local questions. See how you do with these:

1• Do you know who the mayor of Tracy is?
a. Dan Bilbrey
b. Tom Benigno
c. Brent Ives

2 • Who is the longtime city attorney?
a. Debra Corbett
b. Dan Hobbs
c. Mark Connolly

3 • What form of government does this city have:
a. Council-manager government
b. A mayor-council government

4 • In the latest population count released by the state Department of Finance, Tracy had how many people:
a. 65,000
b. 80,000
c. 120,000

5 • How many casualties has Tracy had in the Iraq war?
a. Six
b. Five
c. Four

6 • Is there a U.S. congressman or state assemblywoman from Tracy?
a. yes
b. no

7 • How many high schools are there in Tracy's city limits, including alternative and charter schools?
a. Two
b. Three
c. Four

Good luck! If you want, you can leave your answers on the comments with your e-mail address, and I'll send you the answers. And if you have questions for me to add, leave those, too!