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1. Name a book with ‘Speedway’ in the title and located in the Indiana Room. (More than one answer is possible with this question.)
2. Name a book about auto racing located in the Children’s Area. (More than one answer is possible with this question.)
3. Name our library’s founder.
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXAY5wsp5c
4. Name a past president of our library board of trustees.
Hint: This link will help: https//www.youtube.comwatch?v=zrXAY5wsp5c
5. Name a Speedway resident who died in World War II.
6. Take a selfie at one of the three little library’s located in Speedway.
7. Take a selfie in the Friends Room.
8. What is the name of our town art? (It is located at the Speedway roundabout).
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqCyFZbGnog&t=25s
9. Take a selfie at the Speedway Town Hall or Speedway Town Manager’s Office.
10. What is the name of Speedway’s oldest elementary school?
11. Name a superstition about the Indianapolis 500.
12. Name one of the four founders of the Town of Speedway.
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9tMeQXKuA
13. Name the year the Town of Speedway was founded.
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9tMeQXKuA
14. Our Indiana Room was named after what town leader?
15. Name four items that our Friends sell? (More than four answers are possible.)
16. Who was our Children’s Area was named for?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXAY5wsp5c
17. What did the person who is the answer to number 16 do to help our library?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXAY5wsp5c
18. Name the street in Speedway that was the site of a covered bridge in the early 1900s.
19. Our Friends Room is named after what Friends founder?
20. Did the answer to number 19 ever serve in World War II?
21. Where in our library is Community Room B?
22. How many members of our library board of trustees should we have?
23. How many Speedway Town Council positions are there?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyQU6pMTE9g
24. What is the name of the first person to be the head of the Speedway Police Department?
25. How big , in miles, is the Town of Speedway?
26. What was the population of Speedway in 2010?
27. Who was Speedway High School named for?
28. Name a church located in Speedway.
29. Name a street that is at the town limits (between Speedway and Indpls.)
30. Name an information database that can be accessed in the Reference Room.
31. Name a different information database that can be accessed through our website.
32. How many ways can a patron check out a movie at our library?
33. When does our Friends support group have a book sale? (More than one answer is possible for this question.)
34. Name 5 eateries in Speedway. (More than 5 answers possible.)
35. Name 5 places to shop in Speedway. (More than 5 answers possible.)
36. Who won the first Indianapolis 500?
37. Did the first race at the Speedway track involve cars?
38. Name the Town of Speedway’s Town Clerk as of January 2018.
39. Name something you cannot do in the library. (More than one answer is possible for this question.)
40. Name a business that used to be in Speedway that is no longer in existence but still has a street in Speedway named for it.
41. What is the date of the library’s official opening?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXAY5wsp5c
42. Name one of the Speedway Town Council members.
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYQU6pMTE9g
43. Which Speedway Park has a volleyball court?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w94woyTbo2c
44. Which Speedway Park has a gazebo?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyoZ2Ut9EOc&t=235s
45. A race car driver is driving what object on our logo?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uT9tMeQXKuA
46. Name something besides book sales that our Friends support group does? (More than one answer is possible for this question.)
47. Name an author that we have in the library whose last name starts with the letter ”P”.
48. Name the restaurant in Speedway that has the same name as a famous cartoon character.
49. Where in the library is an original artwork by a Speedway resident that includes a cow jumping over the moon?
50. When was the library remodeled to become twice the size it was in 1968?
Hint: This link will help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrXAY5wsp5c