Acronyms
Venango County History
2025 News you don't car about
Cool Beans
Mythbuster
100

ASAP

As soon as Possible

100

What important historical event happened just outside of Titusville in 1859?

Edwin Drake struck oil.

100

A puppy from this state refuses to have bath time after getting a paw stuck in the drain.

Georgia

100

Since 1900s, bean soup has been constantly on the menu for shich US legislative body?

The Senate

100

Honey can soothe a sore throat.  True or False

True

200

BRB

Be Right Back

200

What year was Venango County established?

1800

200

This museum in Boston celebrates "Art to bad to be ignored".  Guess the name of the museum.

Museum of Bad Art (MOBA)

200

This most popular bean is often used in refried beans, chili, burritos, and enchiladas. It accounts for over a third of the edible dry bean production in the U.S.

Pinto Beans

200

The Great Wall of China is visible from space.

False

300

LAX

Los Angeles International Airport

300

The second jail ever built in Venango County cost less than Abby's first car ($3,300 ish).  Closest answer to the exact number wins.

$2,995.00

300

July 11, 2025

Pittsburgh was dillighted to bring host this pickled event in July.

Picklesburgh!

300

The longest recorded time for sitting in a bath of cold baked beans is ... (closest answer wins)

100 hours

300

Shaving thickens hair.

False

400

DEA

Drug Enforcement Administration

400

Now a ghost town, this oil boomtown was only incorporated for 12 years.  At one point, it had 54 hotels, a population of 20,000, the world's first pipeline, and the third largest post office in PA.

Pithole City

400

A Starbucks employee in Alabama had to get stitches and rabies vaccinations after this animal jumped out of a car and into the drive thru window and bit her.

Aotus Monkey

400

Ancient Greeks used a "bean machine" to do what?

Elect minor public officials

400

People shrink as they age.

True

500

MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

500

Venango is a corrupted Native American word, possibly Iroquoian, meaning what?

Otter

Bull Thistle

500

Root, a wood turtle, in an exhibit was showing wear on his bottom shell, after years of walking on a front leg missing a foot.  They used this fun toy to help him out.

Legos were used to build a wheeled platform for Root to get around his enclosure.

500

This type of bean can be used to make oils, sauces, candles, and biodiesel fuels.

Soybeans
500

Sleep is harder during a full moon.

True. Not sure why, but there's science to back it up.