Are the events, people, places and pictures that made the news in 1992 a blur in the back of your memory banks? Or can you recall them as if they appeared in these pages yesterday? To find out, take our year-in-review pop quiz:
Questions1. Why did residents of four cities try to deannex their areas from Utah County in January 1992? Name the four cities and the county they wanted to join.
2. How many jobs were lost in Utah County because of the closure of Signetics?
3. Who was Baby Doe?
4. Students at Brigham Young University recreated on March 31 an event that first occurred in 1987. What was it and how many police were required to control it?
5. What did Geneva Steel CEO Joe Cannon look into buying early in 1992?
6. Why did nearly 200 people march through the streets of downtown Provo at 11 p.m. on April 9?
7. What pulled 9-year-old Krystal Gadd from her grandfather's camper at Strawberry Reservoir in June?
8. Mayors of four Utah County cities resigned during the year. Name the mayors and their respective cities.
9. Did Geneva Steel make or lose money during the year? How much did it make or lose?
10. What was Michael R. Hill's profession before he was appointed Provo mayor - lawyer, interior decorator, doctor, certified public accountant or real estate agent?
11. True or false: The Orem City Council gave the city's nine executive directors a 2.5 percent pay increase in the 1992-93 budget.
12. Utah County began two programs in 1992 aimed at reducing air pollution. What are they?
13. Name one recipient of a Freedom Award at Provo's 1992 Freedom Festival and Mayor's Ball.
14. Name the mountain that a group of Utahns, most of whom are Utah County residents, tried to climb in September.
15. Why was Kristyl L. Teasdale angry at the Utah County Commission in November?
16. Bonus question: Where is Keith LaMar Shepherd?
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