Take our Year End Quiz

1. What illness outbreak caused a Jefferson County official to declare “There’s no story here?”

2. Which team won the state soccer championship?

3. What is the name of the Shepherd Rams star running back who was picked to play in the 2008 Division II All-Star game Valero Cactus Bowl?

4. Canadian-born Stacy Singer is the eight-time world champion of what sport?

5. Which University president grew up around drive-in movie theatres?

6. Name the two high schools that will operate in Jefferson County as of 2008?

7. Which NFL team did Shepherd Rams kicker Rickie Schmittt get signed to, and then let go before the start of the ‘07 season?

8. How many residents of Jefferson County might there be in 2045, according to Jefferson County planner Tony Redman?

9. What did Police Officer Kenneth Mauck allegedly point through the window of a Shepherdstown retail store that got him into trouble?

10. Where did Charles Town Mayor Peggy Smith grow up?

11. Which famous Jefferson County family preserved its estate by accepting an $800,000 conservation easement?

12. Who said, when asked if she would be interested in her husband appointing her to take Sen. Byrd’s seat “We have talked about it. Not me being the choice, but that it might happen”?

13. What is Judge Gina Groh’s claim to history?






14. Which online university has set up shop in Charles Town and employs over 100 people?

15. When asked about same sex marriage, which local politician said “Personally, I don’t choose that lifestyle, I’m not gay. But other than that, I don’t impose my judgment on others.”

16. Name the police chiefs that have run Shepherdstown the police department since 2004.

17. Which movie chain is opening a multiplex cinema in Ranson?

18. What went missing when a car crashed into Town Run in Shepherdstown?

19. Which national battlefield might the high-voltage power line cut through?





20. Which is Shepherd University spending a million dollars on, a three-story parking garage to take care of parking problems in town or new turf for its football team, which plays six home games each year?

21. Darrell Penwell, leader of Jefferson County emergency management, was accused of double dipping for which expense?

22. What are the colors of the newly named “Wild Wood Middle School” (formerly Ninth Grade Complex) and what is its mascot?

23. Which author was writer in residence in Jefferson County and was called one of Time Magazine’s “25 most influential men” (1997)?

24. Name the five county commissioners for Jefferson County.

25. What is the Sheriff of Jefferson County’s first name?

26. Which Harry Potter character co-wrote a 2007 CATF play?

27. How long did it take for the Shepherdstown water to be declared safe after a main broke on Thanksgiving Eve?

28. What does U.S. Senator Byrd carry in his breast pocket?

29. Which position does Jefferson County Senator John Yoder seek?

30. What is the name of the new federal training facility that moved near Harpers Ferry?

31. Which controversial Jefferson County’s draft ordinance is a mere 288 pages long?

32. What is the cost of impact fees for a new residential home in Charles Town district?

33. What will be the mascot and colors of the new Washington High School?

34. Who said “I have a personal relationship with the President of the United States, and I think that’s good for our state. Do I agree with everything he says and does? Absolutely not!”

35. Potomac Valley Audobon Society opened which new nature preserve in Morgan County?

36. What was the name of the Eastern Panhandle’s last synagogue, which closed its doors in 2007?

37. Which Shepherdstown resident appeared on CNN and other TV channels during the Murray Energy mine collapse?

38. How much money went missing from Shepherdstown Police custody after a drug bust in 2004?

39. Which commercial waste hauler had to give up their monopoly and allow Allied to compete with them in the Eastern Panhandle?

40. What did a U.S. Senator from West Virginia write and then store in his desk draw for safe keeping?

 

 

Answers

1 MRSA.
2 Cougars, girls high school team, the first team.
3 Dirvon Wallace.
4 Baton twirling.
5 Dr. Suzanne Shipley.
6 Jefferson and Washington.
7 Arizona Cardinals.
8 Between 145,000 – 165,000.
9 A tazer gun.
10 Ranson.
11 Walter Washington for the Harewood property.
12 First Lady Gayle Manchin.
13 First female circuit court judge in Jefferson and Berkeley counties.
14 American Public University.
15 Sen. John Unger.
16 Charlie Cole, Curtis Keller, Terry Bellomy.
17 Franks, with a 12-screen theatre.
18 The remains of the car owner’s mother.
19 Antietam.
20 Football stadium turf.
21 Travel expenses.
22 Mustang is its mascot. Colors are orange, navy blue and white.
23 Henry Louis Gates.
24 Francis Morgan, Greg Corliss, Rusty Morgan, Dale Manuel, and Jim Surkamp.
25 Everett.
26 Severus Snape, played by Alan Rickman.
27 Five days.
28 U.S. Constitution.
29 Circuit Court Judge.
30 Customs and Border Protection Advanced Training Center .
31 Zoning ordinance.
32 $12,144 per unit.
33 Red, white, and blue.
34 U.S. Rep. Shelley Moore Capito.
35 Eidolon Nature Preserve.
36 Beth Jacob.
37 Davitt McAteer, former head of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration.
38 $7,800.
39 Waste Management.
40 Sen. Jay Rockefeller wrote a letter expressing his concern about NSA wiretapping after meeting VP Dick Cheney.