As we say goodbye to 2011, please take a few moments to reflect on the past year by taking our End of the Year Quiz. There's no prize. But you do get bragging rights. All the answers to these questions can be found in articles on Kennesaw Patch. (Hint: Use the search bar to type in keywords.)

1. Who was honored as Cobb's Teacher of the Year? What subject does he or she teach and at what school?

2. Which one of these incident reports was not filed with the Kennesaw Police Department this year?

a. Police responded to the reported theft of an $8 soccer ball from a child.

b. A woman reported suspicions that her adult children had been breaking into her home and stealing meat from her freezer.

c. A woman told police that someone had fraudulently used her checking card to purchase a one-way plane ticket from Dubai to Tanzania.

d. The owner of a local Chinese restaurant reported $80 in quarters was stolen from his business.

e. Kennesaw Police arrested a man who two witnesses say placed dog feces on a neighbor's porch.

3. What are the names of our Mayor and City Council members?

4. During the November elections, what percentage of Kennesaw voters said yes to Sunday alcohol sales?

5. Who was the guest speaker during Smith-Gilbert Gardens' first Rose Garden Gala?

6. Which Kennesaw business owner wrote these lines in a published book of poems?

"Your dying sweeps of Godly gilded wing caught my eye/The upturned feet-toward the world in defiance of oncoming death/as if to fend it away with a kick of your velvety shoe."

7. What was Dead Man's Curve, and where was it located?

8. Who sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" preceding the Run for Wounded Warriors 5k race?

9. Who is Harry Strange?

10. Essay question: What's been your favorite story on Kennesaw Patch over the past year? Why?

Do you know the answers to one or all of these questions? Write your answers in our comments section below.