1) Arkansas-based companies Walmart and J.B. Hunt are among the first to reserve a purchase option on a groundbreaking new technology they hope will revolutionize their trucking fleets. What is it?

A) “Speedball” system that injects liquid caffeine directly into truckers’ necks as they drive.

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B) Robot basset hounds to accompany truckers as they rush Coors from Texarkana to Atlanta.

C) Cloaking device to foil determined Bears, Smokies and Jackie Gleasons in hot pursuit.

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D) Tesla Motors’ all-electric “semi” big rig trucks, which — while fully loaded — can go 500 miles at highway speeds on a single charge while operating at a fraction of the fuel cost of diesel-powered trucks.

2) A 40-year-old woman was recently arrested on a burglary warrant after police investigated a report of a suspicious vehicle parked near an abandoned house on Battery Street in Little Rock. What kind of vehicle was it?

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A) Popemobile.

B) Weinermobile.

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C) Stretch limousine, inside which, police say, the woman and a partner were having sex.

D) Donald Trump’s campaign bus.

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3) A spokesman for the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office reported a surprising crime. What was it?

A) Pulaski County Sheriff Doc Holladay’s limo smelled super weird inside after a friend borrowed it for the weekend.

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B) Somebody stole a TV from the waiting room at the Pulaski County Jail.

C) A crafty bandit keeps breaking into patrol cars and “bedazzling” deputies’ cowboy hats with glitter and rhinestones.

D) Using a 114-foot tunnel under the wire, jail inmates have been smuggling in bootsocks, infinity scarves and pumpkin-spiced lattes.

4) A 22-year-old man from the Lonoke County town of Ward was recently extradited to Virginia to face charges. According to investigators, what did he allegedly do in Virginia?

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A) Smelt it, but refused to acknowledge having dealt it.

B) Denied that Virginia is for lovers.

C) Besmirched the stainless flower of Southern womanhood.

D) Participated in a mob attack on a black man during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville.

5) The Van, the Little Rock-based homeless outreach charity run by Aaron Reddin, recently announced it’s facing a critical shortage of blankets for our homeless neighbors. With the need for blankets becoming more critical as the nights grow colder, how can you help?

A) Gather up a bunch of clean blankets, then reach out to Reddin via email at aaron@theoneinc.org so he can provide you with a drop-off point.

B) Go to thewarmingproject.com, buy a case of 30 blankets for $208.80 plus shipping, and donate ’em to The Van.

C) Buy a few 2.5-yard cuts of heavy fleece from a fabric shop (it’s on sale for $3.60 a yard at Joann Fabric right now), and donate that.

D) All of the above.

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