You get the news any which you can: from the paper, online, on TV, on your BlackBerry, and on your cellphone. So how well do you know 2006? We're putting your news know-how to the test in our annual quiz. The first 10 readers to answer all 20 questions correctly (including the bonus round) will get a free Globe snow tube. We will reveal the answers on Jan. 7. Good luck! Entry deadline: Thursday, Jan. 4 at 5 p.m. Winners will be notified via e-mail. Employees of the participating partners and the New York Times Co., and their affiliates are not eligible to participate.

So how well do you know 2006?

1) What penalty will uninsured residents of Massachusetts face if they don’t buy health insurance after July 1?

--Thanks for playing!-- Civil fine of $250 Your children may be placed into foster homes by the Department of Social Services You will be required to perform community service in a local hospital or health clinic You will lose your personal deduction for state income tax returns

2) When National Grid completes its takeover of KeySpan Energy this winter, which of the following former Massachusetts utilities WON'T have wound up as part of the energy conglomerate?

--Thanks for playing!-- Eastern Edison Colonial Gas Commonwealth Electric Boston Gas

3)Which big Boston hospital chief executive became a blogger in 2006?

--Thanks for playing!-- Partners HealthCare's James J. Mongan Beth Israel Deaconess's Paul F. Levy Caritas Christi Health Care's Robert M. Haddad

4)Which of these local Krispy Kreme doughnut shops -- in Boston's Back Bay, Dedham, Medford, and Saugus -- are still open?

--Thanks for playing!-- None of them are still open All of them are still open Only Dedham and Medford Only Dedham

5) Who was the tough-talking lawman in liquor-company-sponsored television ads who was credited with defeating the November ballot question that would have allowed more supermarkets to sell wine?

--Thanks for playing!-- Massachusetts State Police Col. Bradley Hibbard Somerville Police Chief Robert Bradley Somerset Police Chief Joseph Ferreira Medford Police Chief Leo Sacco

6)Crucell N.V., Royal DSM N.V., and Akzo Nobel N.V. are:

--Thanks for playing!-- Antigua money managers opening branch offices in Boston. Croatian defense subcontractors working for Raytheon Co. Dutch biotech firms opening offices in Kendall Square.

7)Privately-held Fidelity Investments' net income in 2005 was:

--Thanks for playing!-- $133 million $633 million $1.33 billion $13.3 billion

8) Can you name the company that owns more Boston real estate than any other firm -- and the private equity firm that wants to buy them?

--Thanks for playing!-- Equity Office Properties and The Blackstone Group Boston Capital Real Estate Investment Trust and The Carlyle Group Beal Cos. and Thomas H. Lee Co. Boston Properties Inc. and TA Associates

9) During 2006, JetBlue Airways began nonstop flights from Logan International Airport to which of these cities?

--Thanks for playing!-- Austin, Texas Buffalo, N.Y. Columbus, Ohio All of the above

10) Name the company/organization on whose board of directors Governor-elect Deval Patrick did not serve?

--Thanks for playing!-- Ameriquest Corp. Coca-Cola Co. Ford Foundation United Airlines

11) What did Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino NOT propose building in the last year?

--Thanks for playing!-- A new City Hall on the South Boston waterfront A 1,000-foot-tall tower in the Financial District A 38-story tower over Filene's downtown An Armenian genocide memorial over the depressed Central Artery

12) UPromise, the Needham college-savings-plan operator, agreed to be bought by the once-government-backed company known colloquially as

--Thanks for playing!-- Sallie Mae Fannie Mae Nellie Mae Freddie Mac

13) Where does Massachusetts rank nationally among states when it comes to charitable giving?

--Thanks for playing!-- 42nd 26th 14th 8th

14) How much did Harvard University's $29.2 billion endowment earn in the fiscal year that ended June 30?

--Thanks for playing!-- 8.7 percent 14.6 percent 16.7 percent 17.2 percent

15) The South Boston piece of land wedged among highway ramps that Madison Properties Inc. bought for a 500-room hotel is known by real-estate insiders as:

--Thanks for playing!-- The sausage parcel The hot dog site The pork-chop parcel Plaza Chorizo

16) Reebok International Ltd. recently recalled 300,000 charm bracelets because they were:

--Thanks for playing!-- A choking hazard A lead-poisoning hazard Manufactured in a Vietnam sweatshop Accidentally embossed with a Nike swoosh stripe

17) The Federal Funds Rate is currently between:

--Thanks for playing!-- 2 and 3 percent 3 and 4 percent 4 and 5 percent 5 and 6 percent

18)Which one of these deals happened in 2006?

--Thanks for playing!-- Tom's of Maine was bought by Colgate-Palmolive Co. Dick's Sporting Goods was bought by Federated Department Stores Inc. Harry's Shoes was bought by Stride-Rite Corp. Jack's Gas of Cambridge was bought by Gulf Oil LLP.

19) Which of the following Massachusetts business leaders announced plans to retire this year?

--Thanks for playing!-- Jack Connors of Hill Holliday Paul Fireman of Reebok Stan Lukowski of Eastern Bank All of the above.

20) As punishment for massively plagiarizing from a 1944 engineering professor's book for a 2004 booklet of business aphorisms that was circulated to 300,000 people, Raytheon Co. chief executive William H. Swanson:

--Thanks for playing!-- Reduced his salary and stock grants by about $1 million dollars Agreed to perform 100 hours of community service with a Raytheon Habitat for Humanity Team All of the above

Bonus round: Identify the business aphorism that Swanson didn't plagiarize:

--Thanks for playing!-- "Cultivate the habit of making quick, clean-cut decisions." "Be extremely careful of the accuracy of your statements.'' "Strive for conciseness and clarity in oral and written reports.'' "Never write if you can speak, never speak if you can nod, never nod if you can wink.''

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