AGH & PGH Medical 1sts
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Hollywood of the East
100
Allegheny Health Network is the official medical provider of this local sports team.
Who are the Pittsburgh Pirates.
100
This world famous drink named after a famous golfing Pittsburgher contains which two ingredients?
What are lemonade and iced tea (AKA the Arnold Palmer).
100
This is the preferred method in many Pittsburgh neighborhoods for reserving an on-street parking spot.
What is a parking chair.
100
A gender neutral word used to describe a person or group of people.
What is YINZ.
100
This neighborhood is featured prominently in Kristen Stewart and Dan Levy's Christmas movie, The Happiest Season.
What is Lawrenceville.
200
Pittsburgh is known for Dr. Jonas Salk's famous medical discovery in 1953 that changed the world. What did he develop?
What is the Polio Vaccine.
200
The iconic "Three Sisters" bridges in downtown Pittsburgh are named after these three famous Pittsburghers (note: they are not all women).
Who are Rachel Carson, Roberto Clemente, and Andy Warhol.
200
The name and correct spelling of this river, that along with the Allegheny and Ohio rivers form the famed "three rivers" of Pittsburgh.
What is the Monongahela.
200
A shorthand word a Pittsburgher might use to denote a continued list of things or attributes, such as etc. might be used.
What is N'AT.
200
This famous phrase about emotion regulation delivered by Tom Hanks in the 1992 movie A League of Their Own was once again shouted when the movie was recreated into a TV series filmed in the Pittsburgh area.
What is "There's No Crying In Baseball!"
300
Dr. Thomas Starzl completed the first successful adult transplant of this organ through the University of Pittsburgh in 1984. What was the organ?
What is the liver.
300
Before this actor rose to fame with title roles in the movies Beetlejuice (1988) and Batman (1989), he was raised in the Pittsburgh Greater Area and still has family there.
Who is Michael Keaton.
300
This is the number of publicly maintained staircases that give Pittsburgh the distinction of having the most staircases (functional or not) of any city in the world.
What is 739.
300
This slang term may be shouted at any vehicle who fails to honor the "Pittsburgh left" to convey that you think they are stupid, irritating, inept, or an overall jerk.
What is JAG or JAGOFF.
300
Kennywood park is home to one of the longest running wooden rollercoaster, opening in 1920, and is also where the 2009 movie Adventureland was filmed. What is the name of the ride?
What is The Jackrabbit?
400
After being the first hospital in the Northeast to implement this life-saving program in 1978, AGH became the first hospital in Pennsylvania to be designated as a Level 1 Trauma Center.
What is Life-Flight (helicopter MedEvac rescue).
400
The Chief Medical Officer for AHN's Surgical Institute, Dr. Chalikonda, was previously a medical pioneer at Cleveland Clinic. His medical advancements in robotic gallbladder removals earned him a shout-out on this medical show in 2009.
What is Grey's Anatomy.
400
This man helped to build America by creating the largest producer and distributor of steel, starting with helping to build rails for train travel and growing a company that would create the foundation of US Steel.
Who is Andrew Carnegie.
400
When it's time to clean your house in Pittsburgh, this phrase will get your intentions across.
What is REDD-UP.
400
This University of Pittsburgh landmark served as the location of the famous "cage scene" in the 1991 hit Silence of the Lambs.
What is Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall.
500
Peter Safar, the father of CPR, created a training course in 1967 that allowed an amazing group of Black men to turn their vegetable delivery truck that provided healthy foods to Black families of PGH into a vehicle that would deliver people to hospitals. Together, what did they create and what were the group of men considered?
What is the modern ambulance and Who are the first paramedics.
500
This is the animated spin-off based on the world famous good neighbor and Pittsburgher Fred Rogers' long-running television show, "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood" that follows the cartoon life of one of his most reliable puppets.
What is Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood?
500
Known as The City of Bridges, Pittsburgh is home to approximately 446 functioning bridges just within the city limits. This is 3 more than what famous city also known for its bridge-based tourism?
What is Venice, Italy.
500
The Pittsburgh way to describe unwanted eyes and ears on your personal business.
What is NEBBY.
500
The Pittsburgh-filmed 2012 movie Perks of Being a Wallflower shut down the Fort Pitt Tunnel to film actress Emma Watson doing this stunt.
What is standing in the back of a pickup truck, while blasting "Heroes" by David Bowie.