Buffalo Knowledge
This famous body of water borders Buffalo to the west.
What is Lake Erie?
This is the largest continent on Earth by land area.
What is Asia?
This layer of the Earth is made of solid rock and includes the continents and ocean floors.
What is the crust?
He became President after Franklin D. Roosevelt died in 1945 and ordered the use of atomic bombs in WWII.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This is the capital city of the United States.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This U.S. President was shot in Buffalo in 1901 during the Pan-American Exposition.
Who is William McKinley?
This river is the longest in the world.
What is the Nile River?
This invisible force keeps everything, including the atmosphere, anchored to the Earth.
What is gravity?
This President was known for his televised speeches and was assassinated in 1963.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
There are this many stars on the American flag, each representing a state.
What is 50?
Buffalo is home to this NFL team, the only team to play home games in New York State.
Who are the Buffalo Bills?
This imaginary line divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
What is the Equator?
Earth has this many natural satellites.
What is one? (The Moon)
He resigned from office in 1974 due to the Watergate scandal.
Who is Richard Nixon?
This U.S. document, signed in 1776, declared independence from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This Buffalo-native architect is known for designing the Darwin D. Martin House.
Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?
This country is both the smallest by land area and home to the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church.
What is Vatican City?
This process moves Earth’s tectonic plates and causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
What is plate tectonics?
This actor-turned-politician served as the 40th President of the United States during the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This river is the longest in the United States.
What is the Missouri River?
This historic neighborhood in Buffalo was a key stop on the Underground Railroad and is home to the Michigan Street Baptist Church.
What is the Michigan Street African American Heritage Corridor?
Mount Everest lies on the border of these two countries.
What are Nepal and China?
These imaginary lines run east to west and measure north or south of the Equator.
What are lines of latitude?
This major piece of legislation, signed into law by President Obama in 2010, aimed to expand healthcare coverage and lower costs.
What is the Affordable Care Act (also accepted: What is Obamacare)?
This Supreme Court case in 1954 ended racial segregation in public schools.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?