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Around Cooperstown
Inside the Otesaga Hotel
Baseball Hall of Fame
100

What is the name of the historical glacial landmark that served as a Native American meeting site?

What is Council Rock?

100

How many levels are there to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

What is three?

100

This tourist attraction is just a short 10 minute walk from the Otesaga.

What is The National Baseball Hall of Fame?

100

When did the Otesaga Hotel first open?

What is July 12, 1909?

100

When did the National Baseball Hall of Fame open?

What is 1939?

200

The Otsego Lake is how many miles long?

What is 9 miles?

200

This tower, commissioned by Edward Clark in 1876, stands 60 feet tall near Otsego Lake. What's the name of the tower?

What is Kingfisher Tower?

200

More than 500 alumni from this Cooperstown staple have made it to the big Legues since 1996. What is the name of this staple?

What is Cooperstown Dreams Park?

200

When did construction begin on The Otesaga Hotel?

What is 1908?

200

This space features bronze plaques honoring baseball's greatest players, managers, umpires, and executives. What is the name of this exhibit?

What is the Plaque Gallery?

300

What is the name of the state park on the northeastern shore of the Otsego lake?

What is Glimmerglass State Park?

300

What is the name of the village that showcases rural life in 1845?

What is The Fenimore Farm & Country Village?

300

This place holds the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction?

What is the Clarks Sports Center?

300

Some guests believe that the hotel is haunted. What is the name of the show The Otesaga has appeared on?

What is Ghost Hunters?

300

How many Hall of Famers have been inducted?

What is 357 Hall of Famers?

400

What is the nickname of the mountain scape on northern end of Otsego Lake?

What is The Sleeping Lion?

400

Cooperstown's population year-round is 2,000 residents, but during the summer months this number skyrockets to what number?

What is 20,000?

400

In this hamlet, the famed female pilot boarded here in August 1924 while giving flying lessons in Frankfort NY. What is the name of this hamlet?

What Fly Creek, NY?

400

This school occupied the hotel during the winter months from 1920 to 1954.

What is the Knox School for girls?

400

Who was the only player inducted into the Hall of Fame with 100% of votes?

Who is Mariano Rivera?

500

Its origin at Otsego Lake near Cooperstown, New York, to its mouth at the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, making it the longest river on the East Coast. What is the name of this River?

What is the Susquehanna River?

500

In what year did James Fenimore Cooper publish The Last of the Mohicans.

What is 1826?

500

This local brewery partnered with HBO from 2013-2019, and created over a dozen brews that honor characters and storylines from this show?

What is Ommegang Brewery?

What is Game of Thrones?

500

Workers discovered this geological obstacle beneath part of the hotel construction site. What is it?

What is quicksand?

500

What is the name of the only female inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Who is Effa Manley?

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