Okay, it's New Year's Eve. The party conversation is dwindling. Here's a little game to play to liven things up. See who can score the highest in the The Bluffton Icon first-ever "Do you really know Bluffton on new year's eve contest."
1 point for each correct:
1 - Name the mayor of Bluffton
2 - Name the school superintendent
3 - Name the president of Bluffton University
2 points for each correct:
4 - Name the CEO of the Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce
5 - Name the recently retired fire chief
6 - Name the fire chief's successor
7 - Name the store that sells gourmet popcorn
3 points for each correct:
8 - What year with Bluffton celebrate its 150th anniversary
9 - Who is the chair of the 150th committee
10 - Name one Main Street business person who retired in 2009
Answers:
1 - Fred Rodabaugh
2 - Greg Dennecker
3 - Jim Harder
4 - Fred Steiner
5 - Dan Bowden
6 - Jon Kinn
7 - Shirley's
8 - 2011
9 - Bev Amstutz
10 - Your choice: Roger and Jo Edwards or Jerry Marshall
Championship round:
5 points for each correct
1 - What do the initials DTR stand for
2 - What is the first name of Mr. Grob
3 - Who is the tennis courts on East College Avenue named in honor of
Answers:
1 - Duramax - Tokai - Rubber (Company)
2 - Burkhardt
3 - Wilbur Howe
New Contest
(The answers are in plan sight on the right side of the home page)
5 points for each correct answer
1 - What's showing at the Shannon Theatre
2 - What's the flavor of the month at Shirley's
3 - What is Richard Boehr's middle initial
4 - What is Terry Chappell's first initial
5 - Is it Chiles-Laman or Chiles-Lehman
6 - What do the initials MHCO stand for
7 -What are the three city/village locations of First National Bank
8 - Kirtland's is "Home of the..."
9 - What number repeats three times in Smith's Realty telephone number
10 - What advertiser (not the Icon) was not mentioned in this quiz?
Answers:
1 - The Bind Side, or The Princess and the Frog
2 - White Chocolate Peppermint
3 - J
4 - L
5 - Chiles-Laman
6 - Mennonite Home Communities of Ohio
7 - Pandora, Findlay, bluffton
8 - ...Mid-priced Auto
9 - 1 (three times)
10 - Clemens Construction Group
Real Blufftonite Contest
Sing as much of the Bluffton High School as you are able
