Rochester History
Books and Authors
Also Known As...
Food
A little of this, a little of that
100
The street in Rochester where many businesses got started and flourished until urban renewal in the mid-1960's
What is Front Street
100
The author most known for her series of children's books released from 1932-1943. Based on growing up in a pioneer family.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder
100
Norma Jean Baker
Who is Marilyn Monroe
100
Sonny the Cuckoo Bird was cuckoo for this cereal.
What is Cocoa Puffs
100
The only U.S. state that starts with the letter "P".
What is Pennsylvania
200
Rochester, NY is named after this individual.
Who is Nathaniel Rochester
200
The best selling author of all time.
Who is William Shakespear
200
Frederick Austerlitz
Who is Fred Astaire
200
This cracker box was designed with a string handle so that it could be hung on the Christmas tree, since it was marketed in 1902 as a Christmas novelty.
What is the animal cracker.
200
The actress that has won the most Oscars. (4 Oscars and 12 nominations).
Who is Katharine Hepburn
300
These two people were instrumental in minorities rights in Rochester.
Who are Susan B Anthony and Frederick Douglass
300
The quote below from this book is one of the most famous literary quotes of all time. “I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.”
What is "Pride and Prejudice"
300
Her stage name was concocted from her ability to fart a lot. (If you’ve seen her 1 in 3 commercials, you know she’s made quite the weird career out of bodily functions.) Her mother advised her to take a Jewish last name, arguing that it would help her career if people thought she was Jewish.
Who is Whoopi Goldberg aka Caryn Johnson
300
These are the two top selling spices in the world.
What are pepper (#1) and mustard (#2)
300
In the game of chess, this piece can only move diagonally.
What is a bishop
400
Before Rochester was known as the "Flour/Flower City" or for being a film industry, it was known for being a garment district. This is the oldest clothier in the country and was started in Rochester.
What is Hickey Freeman
400
This author is from Maine and writes thrillers
Who is Stephen King. Bonus points for every title you can name. :)
400
This actress was born with the name Bernice Frankel. Her co-star on the TV show the Golden Girls had the birth name of Eddi-Rue.
Who is Bea Arthur
400
This nation produces two-thirds of the nation's vanilla.
What is Madagascar
400
This popular BBC TV show about old collectibles first aired in 1979 and is still on today.
What is Antiques Roadshow
500
According to Yelp.com, this is the #1 most well known Rochester landmark.
What is Mt. Hope Cemetary
500
This is the number of versions Anne Frank wrote of her diaries.
What is two. Version A was written in a formal journal and 2 notebooks, version B was written on loose paper after hearing that war-time diaries were to be collected to document the war period.
500
born to Russian immigration parents, the young actress changed her name to this to blend into the Hollywood times, like the Swedish Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, better known as Greta Garbo.
Who is Natalie Wood aka Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko
500
This was the original flavor of the cream in Twinkies.
What is banana cream.
500
When using tempra paint, this is used to bind color pigments.
What is egg yolk
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