Plans for New Year’s Eve?

Why not dazzle your party (or yourself) by testing your knowledge of Ada? To do so, we present the Ada Icon 2014 New Year’s Eve Quiz.

Here’s how it works. Here are 15 questions about Ada worth 45 points. Answers are based events of  2014. The correct answers are below our quiz, so you may grade yourself, but it’s totally the honor system.

Some questions are easy, some take some thinking and others are downright stinkers.

Of course, the stinkers are worth more points than others due to the skill level required to answer them correctly.

Here’s the scoring system:

40 to 45 points – Ada genius

25 to 39 points – True Ada native

15-24 points – Ada Bulldog Pup

6-14 points – Ada Rookie

1 to 5 points – You probably missed Ada’s Halloween parade because you didn’t know its date or time

So, put on your thinking caps and go to it.

These are worth 1 point each.

1 – Name the mayor of Ada.

2 – Name the president of ONU.

3 – Name the Ada school superintendent

4 – What’s the name of the Music Booster’s card?

5- Did the pool levy pass or fail?

These are worth 3 points each.

6 – Name the 2014 Harvest and Herb Fest queen.

7 – Name the president of the Ada Area Chamber of Commerce.

8 - Name either the Ada High School homecoming queen or king.
(6 points if you can name both)

9 -  What Ada resident participated in the New York City Marathon?

10 - What historic event does the cannon in the park commemorate?

These questions are worth 5 points each.

11 – Name the new women’s clothing store on North Main Street.

12 - Name the Town and Gown distinguished citizen of the year.

13 – How many tons is the weight of the First United Methodist Church steeple?
(Any answer within 2 tons either way is acceptable)

14 – What was the 2014 Ada High School prom theme?
(You have permission to ask a high school student this question)

15 – What is the name of the railroad that passes through Ada?
(It’s not the Pennsylvania Railroad or Conrail)

ANSWERS:
1 – David Retterer 
2 -  Daniel DiBiasio 
3 – Suzzanne Darmer 
4 – Bulldog Card
5 – Yes
6 - Alexis Amburgey 
7 - Deb Curlis
8 – Allison Howard, queen, and Cort Everhart, king
9 – David Dellifield
10 – The American Civil War
11 - Simply Torn
12 – David Retterer
13 – 9 tons
14 – Black tie affair
15 - Chicago, Ft. Wayne and Eastern Railroad