How well did you keep up with local news this year? Palo Alto Weekly reporters want to see how closely you've been paying attention. Before 2022 arrives, test your knowledge through this quiz and see if you can count yourself among Palo Alto's true Know-It-Alls.

Palo Alto Online is taking one last look at 2021 all this week. If you missed any parts of our series, see the links below:

• In a year marked by rapid adjustments, Palo Alto advanced some key goals but fell short on others

Despite COVID-19, Palo Alto made significant progress this year on numerous goals that preceded the pandemic. We review some of the trends that have defined City Hall in 2021.

• Local education leaders look back on 2021

Leaders are looking forward to moving ahead with issues beyond the pandemic, while not forgetting what they've learned over the past two years.

• A peek back at the top 10 most-read stories in Palo Alto over the past 12 months

It's no surprise that a fair number of articles on our list of most-read stories of the year are related to COVID-19 and its fallout. But that wasn't the only topic readers were interested in.

• 2021: How it started, how it's ending

This year presented a whirlwind of transitions as we stood in line for COVID-19 tests and vaccines, adapted to shifting protocols at public places and went back and forth between in-person and virtual meetings.

• A year of hope and resilience, in photos

Our chief visual journalist shares images that illustrate how our community has come back together over the last 12 months to celebrate, learn, protest, mourn and innovate.