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Impossibly Difficult Trivia Topic: Newton Iowa Speedway
1.) What is the name (url) of the community website dedicated to the new Newton Iowa Speedway?
2.) Who should you contact is you want to: work at the track, have the restaurant at the Newton Iowa Speedway, pitch a
"can't miss" idea to the developers, have the Newton Iowa Speedway use your product, hire your uncle, aunt, etc.?????
3.) Who should you contact if you want to sell your home, buy a home, sell a commercial property or buy a
commercial/investment property?
4.) What is the name of the company the Clement Brothers control?
Extra-credit What does this company have to do with the racing industry?
5.) Who is older: Stan or Larry?
Extra-credit: Who are Stan and Larry?
6.) What will be the length of the track at the Newton Iowa Speedway?
7.) Name that NASCAR guy who will be involved in the design of the track.
Extra-credit: What is his car number and where did he grow up?
8.) What was the vote in the Iowa House of Representatives for and against the bill to rebate sales tax revenue to the Newton
Iowa Motor Speedway?
Extra-credit: Who was the floor leader for the bill in the Iowa Senate and where does he/she represent?
9.) Name the City of Newton employee who should win the "Bulldog" award for never letting go of this project?
10.) Pete @ the Newton Daily News didn't like pork being served at the excellent "thank you" celebration held at the west entrance
to the State Capital on Wednesday, May 4. I gotta tell you, it was yummy. And the Iowa Pork Producers who were there helping
sure seemed pleased by the opportunity to promote their Iowa-grown product to legislators, staffers, citizens and the hundreds
of folks (like me!) who got free food. The question is: Who was the Newton-based gentleman who cooked (smoked) the
tasty pork loin in question?
Extra-credit: What is the name of his company?
Extra Extra-credit: Where does this local businessman sell his smoked pork and assorted other tasty products each Friday
and Saturday?
11.) Name the DJ at the Des Moines radio station who has been a big supporter of the Newton Iowa Speedway project from early on.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: NEWTON IOWA SPEEDWAY
1.) www.NEWTONIOWASPEEDWAY.com!
2.) I don't have an answer for you and even if I did, Stan would tan my hide for putting in on the internet!
3.) Well me, of course - Dennis Combs, First Choice Realty (641) 792-1212!
4.) Featherlite Corporation.
Extra Credit = They manufacture the premiere trailers for the racing industry.
5.) Depends upon which one you ask first!
Extra Credit = Two of the Clement brothers involved with the Newton Iowa Speedway.
6.) 7/8 of a mile.
7.) Rusty Wallace.
Extra Credit = Rusty races the #2 car in the Nextel Cup series - he grew up in the St. Louis, MO, area.
8.) 80-18.
Extra Credit = Senator Dotzler, Waterloo.
9.) Jon Ewing. Jon has been a true and tireless supporter of the Newton Iowa Speedway since way back in the days of attempting to convince the Vision Iowa Board that
a privately owned project designed to eventually support itself is at least as good a thing as a taxpayer supported entity. Congratulations Jon, looks like its all gonna pay off.
10.) David Hintz.
Extra Credit = Pork County BBQ.
Extra Extra Credit = At the Des Moines Metro Market, just off the Freeway 235, downtown Des Moines, on Martin Luther King Blvd.
11.) Lou Sipolt of radio station KGGO.
Trivia Topic 1: Newton Community Schools
1.) Who is "Woody"?
2.) Who is Joe Kobbes?
3.) What activities conference will Newton be joining for the '06-'07 school year?
4.) Name the other school joining this conference at the same time as Newton.
5.) What am I talking about when I mention "Infinite Campus"?
6.) What year did Newton last win the State Football Championship?
7.) What anniversary is being celebrated by Aurora Heights elementary?
8.) At which Newton School is the KCCI SchoolNet Weather station?
9.) What is the name of the Emerson Hough Elementary mascot?
10.) How many students are enrolled at Thomas Jefferson Elementary?
11.) How many pints of blood were donated at the recent NHS blood drive?
TRIVIA ANSWERS: NEWTON COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
1.) The feline mascot for Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.
2.) The architect working with the Newton Community School District on the facility updates/remodeling.
3.) The Little Hawkeye Conference.
4.) South Tama.
5.) The Student Information System approved by the Newton School Board at our December 13 meeting.
6.) 1980.
7.) 50 years!
8.) Berg Middle School.
9.) Huskies.
10.) 332.
11.) A total of 154 pints. Great job!!!!
Trivia Topic 2: Newton City Government
1.) What are the dates the "Snow Ordinance" is in effect? Extra Credit: what is the fine for parking on a city street during snow removal?
2.) What position did Mayor Allen play for the Northwest Missouri State University football team? Extra credit: What is the mascot for NWMSU?
3.) If someone has a question about zoning issues, what City of Newton employee should be contacted first (must spell properly)?
4.) For what do the initials "SSMID" stand? Extra credit: What is the maximum extra tax levy for that district? Extra-Extra (if you know this one you
really need to come to and NSBC meeting just to get out of the house!) Credit: When does the district expire?
5.) Who is the Mayor Tempore?
6.) Name the only two City employees directly hired by the City Council.
7.) In the last 12 months, what are the three different amounts the City of Newton has charged for overtime parking in downtown Newton?
8.) On what date was the current charter for the City of Newton passed and approved by the city council?
9.) Up to what $ amount can city staff spend on one project without council approval? Extra Credit: What was the limit before the latest reduction?
10.) What are the two divisions of the Community Development Department?
TRIVIA ANSWERS: NEWTON CITY GOVERNMENT
1.) November 1 to April 30 / $25 - ouch!
2.) Tight End / Bearkittens (or cats)
3.) Bryan Friedman
4.) Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District / $1.75 per $1,000 of property valuation / June 30, 2005
5.) City of Newton Second Ward Council Member Mike Hansen
6.) The Newton City Administrator and the Newton City Attorney
7.) $3 / $5 / and now $8!!!
8.) December 16, 1974
9.) $10,000 / $25,000
10.) The Building Division and the Planning & Zoning Division
11.) Newton City Council Members Hansen, Julius and Cotton as well as Newton Mayor Chaz Allen
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