Resolve to beat this quiz

Have you missed Chicago Public Square over the holidays? It’ll be back in force Monday.

■ But if you’ve been tuning out the news—including all those year-in-review round-ups—since the last edition, catch up quick by scrolling back through the Square account on Bluesky.

We got yer New Year’s resolution right here. The Conversation’s quizmaster, past Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions winner Fritz Holznagel, invites you to tackle the second half of his supersized 2025 news challenge: “Get 8 or more right and you’ll have a lucky 2026.”

■ So far, not bad for the new year here: Your Square columnist landed 10/12.

‘Listing too far to the left. Right the ship a little and I may come back.’ Square lost a subscriber this week.

■ Help replenish the reader ranks by sharing Square with a friend or three?

■ Thanks to Neil Steinberg for that nod in his year-end wrap-up.

Vote for Chicago Public Square in the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll?

Chicago Public Square returns in force Jan. 5—but watch for a year-end quiz Jan. 2. Meanwhile …

Now’s the time to vote in the Reader’s Best of Chicago poll—which ends at 11:59 p.m. Central time tonight, New Year’s Eve.

It’ll take less than 30 seconds to cast your ballot for Square as Best Newsletter here and as Best Blog here—both under the “City Life” category.

And before the year runs out, you can also support Square by underwriting the cost of producing and distributing Chicago’s “smartest daily news aggregation”—for as little as $1, just once.

Thanks, and happy New Year.