The shortest day of the year brings The SandPaper’s vacation, until the sun begins to return in January. As part of this annual ritual, this column has its end of year trivia contest. Speed here isn’t important, unlike on the show “Jeopardy,” because you have two weeks before you find out the correct answers.

There is only one category; it covers information that appeared in 200 Plus during 2022. A quick outline of some of the topics includes shark attacks, the Jersey Devil, local treasure…