Acronyms
A popular basketball skill game
What is HORSE?
The thirteenth of April, 1743 marked the birth of this president who brokered the Louisiana Purchase
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A Rodgers and Hammerstein classic about seven singing children set in pre-war Austria
What is "The Sound of Music"?
Bearing the same name as the university I attend, this mode of transportation serves to bring patrons up and down Mt. Washington
What is the Duquesne Incline?
Of fly, mate or eat, the activity butterflies can't do if their body temperature is below 86 degrees
What is fly?
Formed in 1930, this agency helps to regulate the contents and sale of domestically produced food and pharmaceuticals
What is the FDA?
Born August 15th, 1769 on the island of Corsica, this French military powerhouse stood at a whopping 5’6
Who is Napoleon?
A new age historical musical about this founding father
Who/what is Hamilton?
This is the last year the Penguins won the Stanley Cup
What is 2017?
Some historians call the election in which this man beat John Breckinridge the most important in U.S. history (Hint: 16th president)
Who is Lincoln?
Only the keen eye will see it, but this national network uses a peacock as their logo
What is NBC?
Daily Double
Almost a hundred years apart, the birth of Billy the Kid and the storming of the Bastille both occurred on this date
What is July 14th?
Set in the late 80s, some longtime East Village residents struggle to pay this (Coincidentally the name of this musical.)
What is RENT?
This alloy, made using the Bessemer process, is one of the chief exports that put Pittsburgh on the map
What is Steel?
A leading market for racehorses, this Kentucky city is the “Horse Capital of the World”
What is Lexington?
Mars and Murrie is what this popular candy actually stands for
What are M&Ms?
The famous escape-artist of this name died of complications from being punched in the stomach 4 months before what would have been his 53rd birthday, March 24th, 1874
Who is Harry Houdini?
Prisoner 24601
What is "Les Mis"?
This festival taking place in the city right now celebrates brined cucumbers
What is Picklesburgh?
Add "os" to the last name of Jaleel White's role on "Family Matters" & you'll have this cereal he hawked
What are Urkel-O(s)?
The acronym for the Government Employees Insurance Company that uses a small British lizard to advertise their services
What is GEICO?
The first president of South Africa, this anti-apartheid activist shares a birthday with me
Who is Nelson Mandela?
With a cost of $75 million, this show was the most expensive musical ever produced to date
What is "Spider-Man: Turn off the Dark"?
A computer scientist at this university sent the first internet emoticon :-)
What is Carnegie Mellon University?
During the Civil War he had headquarters in Cairo, Illinois & people from the area gave him a horse named Egypt
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?