Cincinnati
Cincinnati has a _____________ that was built, never used and left abandoned.
What is a subway system?
Ohio got its name from the Iroquois word ohi-yo meaning ________.
What is Great River?
Fredric Baur (a Cincinnati chemist and inventor) invented what that he was actually buried in following his cremation in 2008.
What is a Pringles can?
This Cincinnati landmark is haunted.
What is Music Hall?
The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first in America having been founded in 1869.
What is first professional baseball team?
Cincinnati was named after which Roman statesman.
Who is Lucius Cincinnatus?
This famous inventor was born in Milan, OH.
Who is Thomas Edison?
This legendary American filmmaker was born in Cincinnati in December, 1946 and has produced directed or written more than 100 films including Jaws, Schindler's list and E.T.
Who is Steven Spielberg?
Founded in 1881, it was the first purpose-built art museum west of the Alleghenies.
What is the Cincinnati Art Museum?
This Cincinnati professional football team has never had a text sent about a playoff victory.
Who is the Cincinnati Bengals? The Bengals last won a playoff game in 1991. Th first text message was not sent until 1992.
Cincinnati Chili is served over spaghetti. It uses 2 ingredients that set Cincinnati Chili apart from most other chili.
What are chocolate and cinnamon?
This city in Ohio houses the world's largest cuckoo Clock.
What is Sugarcreek, the "little Switzerland of Ohio?"
Cincinnati is home to the oldest public _______ in the US.
What is the oldest public Observatory daying back to 1873?
This performing arts group celebrated its 126 anniversary during the 2020/2021 season.
What is the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra?
Most Cincinnatians know the meaning behind this number. In fact, every baseball fan should know what it means. On September 11, 1985, Pete Rose lined a single into left-center field at Riverfront Stadium. This was no ordinary hit, it was hit number _______. At that moment, Pete Rose broke a seemingly unbreakable record: the most hits in MLB history. He surpassed the legendary Ty Cobb
What is 4,192?
He served as Mayor of Cincinnati until he had to resign in 1978 after it was discovered that he had written 2 personal checks to prostitutes.
Who is Jerry Springer?
This government agency was established in part to clean up pollution including that of the Cuyahoga River which has caught fire 13 times
What is the Environmental Protection Agency?
Mount Adams was originally called what?
What is Mount Ida named after Ida Martin who lived up on the hill in a hollowed our old sycamore tree? It was changed in 1843 after President John Quincy Adams arrived to dedicate the Cincinnati Observatory..
Led by Music Director Theodore Thomas, the inaugural _________ ________takes place in Saengerhalle in 1873.
What is May Festival? The Cincinnati May Festival continues today as the oldest choral festival in the western hemisphere—and as a thriving two-week festival every May that celebrates all forms of voice.
Cincinnati doesn't have a professional basketball team anymore. The Sacramento Kings used to play here as the Cincinnati Royals, but that was years ago. However, our college basketball is pretty good. The University of Cincinnati and Xavier University, while not major powers, are usually in the NCAA Tournament. The best moment for either school came when the UC Bearcats won back to back titles in the these seasons, defeating Ohio State both times. This was also after losing one of their best athletes of all time, Oscar Robertson, to the NBA
What are the 1960-1961 and 1961-1962 seasons? A New England Club resident played on this team.
Cincinnati is the known as the City of _______ ________
What is Seven Hills? They are Mount Adams, Walnut Hills, Mount Auburn, Vine Street Hill, College Hill, Fairmount and Mount Harrison going east to west.
Ohio is the number one producer of this kind of cheese.
What is Swiss Cheese?
Cincinnati is home to the nation's first professional, paid_____ ________
What is fire department created in 1853?
This performing ensemble is founded in 1977 and comprised of the same musicians under the direction of Erich Kunzel. An estimated 30 million people go on to view eight national telecasts of the Pops on PBS, and the Orchestra develops a massive catalog of recordings, selling over 10 million units around the world.
What is the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra? An estimated 30 million people go on to view eight national telecasts of the Pops on PBS, and the Orchestra develops a massive catalog of recordings, selling over 10 million units around the world.
To get into Super Bowl XVI, the Bengals had to beat the Chargers in the 1981 AFC Championship Game. This game is remembered for one reason other than the Bengals' win: it was cold. The temperature of the game at Riverfront Stadium was -9° F, already cold enough, but the windchill was -59° F, making it the coldest game in terms of windchill in NFL history. It was especially difficult for the Chargers to deal with, as they typically play in sunny San Diego. The week before, they had played in Miami where it was 88° F.
What is the "Freezer Bowl?"