In a story, it is the proper way to denote percentage.
Ex: The city's budget grew 50 [percent/%] in 2015.
What is "percent"?
100
These are the correct forms of these commonly-misused homophonic words:
"Look over [their/they're/there] at that team! [Their/They're/There] using [their/they're/there] brains to get this question right!"
What are there, they're and their?
100
The correct spelling of the current mayor of Myrtle Beach's first and last names.
What is "John Rhodes?"
100
The correct way to write the dateline of a WMBF News story that takes place in Carolina Forest, including capitalization and punctuation.
What is: "HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) - "
200
The correct way to write the following statement:
"The city's budget was set at [15 million dollars/$15 million/$15,000,000/$15 million dollars/fifteen million dollars]."
What is $15 million?
200
The correct forms of it's and its in this sentence are:
"[It's/its] not a surprise that the team is showing [it's/its] mastery of grammar with this response."
What is it's and its?
200
The correct spelling of the river that runs near Conway.
What is the Waccamaw River?
300
The correct way to write today's date in a story.
What is Sept. 20, 2017?
300
It is the indirect object in this sentence: "Jonathan bought Catherine a drink."
Who is Catherine?
300
How to spell the synonym for "certainly" that starts with a "D"
What is definitely?
400
If today is Wednesday, and the meeting is tonight, the story should be written:
"The meeting is scheduled to take place [tonight/today/Wednesday]."
What is Wednesday?
400
They are the two words between which a comma should be placed in this sentence: "The student explained her question yet the instructor still didn't seem to understand."
What are question and yet?
400
The correct spelling of the Florence County Coroner's last name.
What is the "von Lutcken"?
500
The only months that you do not abbreviate when writing out a full date in AP style.
What are March, April, May, June and July?
500
How the following sentence should be re-written to avoid using the passive voice:
"The ball was thrown by the pitcher."
What is "The pitcher threw the ball."
500
Of the following commonly-misspelled words, it is the only one that is misspelled: possession, receive, unfortunately, Fahrenheit, sherriff, necessary, cemetery, conscious.