An Icon new year's eve quiz about Ada; how much do you really know
Here’s a year-end quiz to see just how much you know about Ada.
All of the questions in this quiz are based upon stories posted on the Ada Icon in 2015, and there are 14 possible points.
Scoring
Answer 4 or less: Do you really live here?
Answer 5 or 6: Hey, you are a serious Icon reader
Answer 7 or 8: Wow! You are in the know, congrats
Answer 9: You can create next year’s year-end quiz – probably now
Answer 10 or more: You either looked at the answers, or you are an Ada native
Questions
1 – Name the new Ada street superintendent
2 – Who is the 2015 Ada Distinguished Citizen of the Year?
3 – Who is the “Voice of the Bulldogs” at football games?
4 - The ONU mascot has a name. It is…
5 – And the new Ada Kiwanis Club president is…
6 – He’s the new Ada Scoutmaster (replaced Tom Lehman)
7 – Latest inductee into the Ada school hall of fame.
8 – These two high school students received state farmer degrees (chance for 2 points)
9 – Who received an ONU honorary undergraduate degree?
10 – Which class won the 109th interclass competition?
3 point bonus – Where can you purchase an Ada Icon cinnamon bun?
Answers:
1 – Rob Mix
2 – Sandy Neely
3 – David Smittle
4 – Klondike
5 – Jeff Schulman
6 – Jeff Kurtz
7 – Dr. Joe Baughman
8 – Blake Willeke and Alex James
9 – Roger Young
10 - Seniors
Bonus - Northern on Main
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, October 31, 2026
Friday, October 30, 2026
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- Bluffton Icon headlines, October 29
- Kenton missing person investigation leads to arrests and discovery of deceased individual
- Ada Council meeting rescheduled for November 10
- District Governor urges Ada Rotary to make lasting impact
- Apollo Career Center honored as Gold Star Institution
- Leading fish expert to deliver Keiser Lecture at Ohio Northern on Nov. 3
- Down Memory Lane: ONU Homecoming celebration in 1925
- Test-to-Treat not Trick-or-Treat
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Bulldogs Allen, Rush voted 1st team by NCOSA coaches
- Ada girls soccer eliminated by Grove in district semis
- Northwest Ohio field reports from the Ohio Division of Wildlife
- Can you look up Rotarian in the dictionary?
- Vancrest of Ada to host purse bingo in Kenton
- Karen Kier named to Soroptimist International Gender Medicine Working Group
- Ada ballot for Nov. 3 includes ambulance district, public library and two park district tax levy issues