PDD Quiz: 2019 in Review
Test your memory of 2019 headlines and happenings with PDD’s year-in-review quiz!
The next PDD quiz, previewing 2020’s coming attractions, will be published on Jan. 12. Please submit question suggestions to Alison Moffat at [email protected] by Jan. 9.
Results
Excellent memory: well done!
Better luck in 2020!
#1. Marcia Hales’s Spirit of the Light display can now be found at this Duluth landmark.
Fox 21 News has more on Spirit of the Lights at Glensheen.
#2. Which of the following establishments closed in 2019?
Martha’s Daughter closed in April, Letica’s Iron Mug closed in May and Red Herring Lounge closed in June.
#3. This Duluth church reopened for Palm Sunday services after being damaged by fire in 2016.
View WDIO’s coverage of the service here.
#4. The UMD Men’s Hockey team won the NCAA Division I national championship for the second year in a row. Prior to their 2018 title, when was the last time the team took top honors?
See a Selective Focus of the championship team here.
#5. The City of Duluth got a new flag in 2019. Which one is it?
Read more about Duluth’s new city flag here.
#6. This Duluth poet died on Dec. 21, 2019.
Read more about Jenkins’ life and work on the MPR website.
#8. Beaner’s Central underwent a name change in 2019: what is it called now?
Read more about the name change on the Duluth News Tribune website.
#9. Which of these things did the Duluth Public Library discontinue in 2019?
Read more about the new late policy on the Duluth News Tribune website.
#10. The Adas Israel Congregation synagogue was destroyed by fire in 2019. In what year was the congregation founded?
Remnants of Torah scrolls that survived the synagogue fire were damaged in a separate fire on Nov. 17, 2019.
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