These owners of a bicycle shop and inventors of flight, who now have a local university and credit union named after them. (1871-1948), (1867-1912)
Who are the Wright Brothers?
100
Military rank of Jonathan Dayton
What is General?
100
This 1913 event is the greatest natural disaster in Ohio history, resulting in 360 deaths and over $2 billion in property damage (today's dollars).
What is the Great Dayton Flood?
100
This device, the CR in NCR
What is the Cash Register
100
The Revolutionary War general and Constitution signer for whom the city is named. First name too please.
Who is Jonathan Dayton?
200
This complicated CEO founded NCR and led the recovery efforts after the 1913 flood. Also known for his "tyrannical" need for control and firing the man who would go on to build IBM. (1844-1922)
Who is John Patterson?
200
Charles F. Kettering was head of research at this car manufacturer
What is General Motors?
200
The first game of this Big Four league was played between the Dayton Triangles and the Columbus Panhandlers in 1920. The home team won 14-0.
What is the NFL?
200
This holder of a cold and sweet summer treat
What is an ice cream cone
200
They came to Dayton in 2000 and currently hold the record for consecutive sellouts by a professional sports team?
Who are the Dayton Dragons?
300
One of the first African American poets to gain national recognition for his work, he wrote "We Wear the Mask" and "Majors and Minors." He died of tuberculosis at 33, and now has a local high school named after him. (1872-1906)
Who is Paul Laurence Dunbar?
300
The Thompson Party traveled up this river from Cincinnati when they founded Dayton in 1796
What is the Great Miami River?
300
This company was founded in 1884. It left in 2010, taking over 1,000 jobs with it.
What is NCR?
300
This piece of jewelry that changes color based on how you feel
What is a mood ring?
300
In the 1870's, Dayton has more of these exclusive rights to manufacture, sell, or use a device than any city in America
What are patents?
400
This inventor and businessman gave us the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline. Now a Dayton suburb and UD academic building bear his name. (1876-1958)
Who is Charles F Kettering?
400
The origin of this nickname for the city is unknown, but it may come from a 1845 newspaper article, which said Dayton "possesses wealth, refinement, enterprise, and a beautiful country, beautifully developed."
What is the Gem City?
400
Dayton was founded in 1796 on this springtime holiday. No joke.
Who is April 1st?
400
These artificial organs. One for pumping, the other for filtering
What are the heart and kidney?
400
The central branch of military homes created to care for veterans of this 19th Century War was constructed in West Dayton.
What is the Civil War?
500
Our current mayor. She has degrees from UD and WSU and served two terms as a city commissioner before getting elected to the top job in 2013.
Who is Nan Whaley?
500
Daytonian Edwin C. Moses won this kind of medal in the 400 m hurdles in both the 1976 and 1984 Olympics.
What is gold?
500
The Dayton Agreement ended hostilities between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. The accords were signed on this military base.
What is Wright Patterson Air Force Base?
500
This headgear, used to filter the breathing of the wearer when around airborne pollutants and toxins
What is a gas mask?
500
A canal was constructed between Dayton and this southwest Ohio city between 1827-1829, leading to an economic boom in Dayton.