It is tradition for The SandPaper to turn off its lights and computers and take a long winter’s nap at the end of every year. As part of that tradition, the 200 Plus column tries to stump its readers with a test covering the past 12 months. While there isn’t a $250,000 reward like “Jeopardy,” a perfect score gives you the bragging rights over all New Jersey historical societies. There will be 25 questions plus one bonus; the answers will appear in the first SandPaper of 2016, on Jan. 13.

Just a quick Cliff Notes summary of some of the topics you are about to face: New Jersey’s role in the end of two wars,…