Buffalo Bites
This Place is Erie
The Pride of Buffalo
Notable Names
100

Buffalonians will fight you over this wing dipping sauce, insisting it’s the only correct choice.

Bleu Cheese


100

This Great Lake borders Buffalo and helps fuel its infamous lake-effect snow.

What is Lake Erie?

100

Who holds the Buffalo Bills franchise record for most rushing yards in a single season?

Who is OJ Simpson (2003 yards)

100

This US President was assassinated in Buffalo at the Pan American Expo by Leon Czolgosz.

Who is William McKinley?

200

This sandwich piles rare roast beef on a kummelweck roll and is usually served with horseradish and au jus.

Beef on weck

200

This famous waterway, completed in 1825, helped Buffalo boom by linking the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.

What is the Erie Canal?


200

The Buffalo Bills lost this many consecutive Superbowls in the 1990s.

What is four?

200

This US President took his oath of office in the library of a friend's house. Despite taking his oath in a libary, the President curiously chose not to swear his oath on any book.

Who is Theodore Roosevelt?

300

This Buffalo restaurant claims to have invented the buffalo wing.

Anchor Bar

300

This nearby city lies directly across the Peace Bridge from Buffalo and serves as the Canadian border counterpart.

What is Fort Erie, Ontario?

300

This Bills running back was featured on the cover of Tecmo Super Bowl in 1991

Who is Thurman Thomas?

300

This famous architect designed over a dozen buildings in Buffalo including the Martin House and the Larkin Administration Building.

Who is Frank Lloyd Wright?

400

This neighborhood institution, open since 1927, is famous for its charcoal-grilled hot dogs and retro curb service

Ted's Hot Dogs


400

This Buffalo suburb is home to the University at Buffalo's North Campus and is one of the most populous towns in Western New York.

What is Amherst?

400

This professional basketball team played in Buffalo during the 1970s before relocating to California in 1978 and ultimately becoming the LA Clippers.

Who are the Buffalo Braves?
400

This US president made a name for himself in Buffalo. Starting out Erie County Sheriff, then mayor of Buffalo before becoming New York Governor. He then won two consecutive terms as US President.

Who is Grover Cleveland?

500

This sweet, custard-filled pastry from Buffalo’s Polish community is traditionally served on Fat Tuesday.

Paczki (poonch-kee)

500

Buffalo’s radial street design was created by this city planner, who also surveyed Washington, D.C.

Who is Joseph Ellicott?

500

This Buffalo Sabres player scored five goals in a game on December 7, 2022, tying the franchise record for most goals in a single game.

Who is Tage Thompson?

500

This classic kids' toy company was founded in nearby East Aurora, New York. It remained in the Buffalo suburbs even after being acquired by Mattel for $1 billion dollars in 1993.

What is Fisher Price?

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