When we look back at 2015, even though it’s not quite over, there’s been a lot of great stories in the Insider.
From hard-hitting news to fluffy features, art exhibits to scavenger hunts, Missed Connections to Instagram fame, the Insider has covered a little bit of everything. And we’d like to thank you for joining on this wild journey every week. It can’t be easy trying to keep up with us.
While we imagine that you stand at one of those free stands around town every Wednesday, just waiting to grab the first copy of the paper (or watch out the window for the delivery driver if you get it in your Monitor on Tuesdays), there’s no real way for us to make sure you read every word, every week. The whole putting hidden cameras in each paper got a little expensive and too time consuming for our liking.
So we figured why not do something in the final issue of 2015 to test all of your Insider knowledge from the previous 12 months. So we thought long and hard, looked over each issue and came up with a bunch of trivia questions to see how much you remember about all the hard work we put in.
Unfortunately, we won’t be handing out any prizes for the most correct answers, but we have something planned that’s just as good. Instead of looking through your archives or combing over our website, we want you to answer these questions off the top of your head and email your answers to news@theconcordinsider.com. And in a couple weeks, we’ll print the correct answers and some of the best responses we get.
∎ How long did it take Tim to finish the Taco Gigante Challenge?
∎ How many miles did the St. Paul’s School bikers ride during their summer cross-country trip?
∎ How many gallons of water spilled out during the Main Street water main break?
∎ How many flavors of ice cream did we try at Arnie’s Place?
∎ What would Matt Bonner do if he didn’t play in the NBA?
∎ How many walking trails are in Concord?
∎ How long has Quality Cash Market’s Tony Heath been cutting meat for?
∎ What kind of soup did Tim make in the Soup Issue?
∎ Who made a bib for Princess Charlotte?
∎ What’s Jon’s go-to-snack?
∎ Who was named Miss Capital Area Outstanding Teen?
∎ What did Tim do for a job during the Granite United Way’s Day of Caring?
∎ Where did Keith go when he left the Insider?
∎ What Monitor photographer did we follow during the Photography Issue?
∎ What did Jon color at the library’s adult coloring night?
∎ How much money did Concord Making Strides raise this year?
∎ What did Jon carve into his pumpkin?
∎ How many points did Tim score in the NHTI charity wheelchair basketball game?
∎ How many library cards did the library issue during National Library Card Month?
∎ What is the name of Pedro Pimentel’s movie that played at the SNOB Film Festival?
∎ About how many meals do Meals on Wheels serve each day?
∎ What local artist had some of their work donated to the city?
∎ How many recycling bins are there now on North Main Street?
∎ What are some of the items we found during our walk with Amy Moffett (the woman who picks up trash on her walks)?
∎ How many pounds of turkey was cooked during the Concord High School special education Thanksgiving feast?
∎ What was the name of our gingerbread submission for the Presidential Oaks contest?
∎ What will be the new weight limit of the Sewalls Falls Bridge?
∎ How many toys did the Concord Regional Technical Center collect for Toys for Tots?
∎ How many issues were there of the Insider this year?
