Pittsburgh
Dallas/LA
Chicago/Atlanta
Cleveland
New Jersey/Philadelphia
200

Pittsburgh is the only city in the United States whose sports teams all share these same two primary colors.

Black and Gold

200

John F Kennedy was assassinated on Elm Street in this Dallas plaza in 1963. 

Dealey Plaza

200

Chicago sits on the shores of this Great Lake

Lake Michigan

200

Cleveland sits on the shores of this Great Lake

Lake Erie

200

This state nickname of New Jersey comes from its "abundance of fertile farmlands"

The Garden State

400

This condiment (among other food products) company is co-headquartered in Pittsburgh.

Kraft Heinz

400

This Los Angeles University's Trojans won both the indoor and outdoor track and field NCAA Championships in 2025

University of Southern California (USC)

400

Sample over 100 varieties of this soft drink at the company's factory which is in Atlanta.

Coca Cola

400

Thomas Edison and Benjamin Franklin would be proud to say that Cleveland was the first city in the United States to be lit by this in 1879.

Electricity
400

This Philadelphia Phillies mascot is widely recognized as the gold (or maybe green?) standard of sports mascots

The Philly Phanatic

600

The federal government recognizes Pittsburgh as the starting point for these famous explorers in 1803.

Lewis and Clark

600

Dallas is the 3rd largest city in Texas after these two other lone star metropolises.

Houston and San Antonio

600

Centennial Park stands as a lasting legacy of this 1996 international sporting event which was hosted in Atlanta.

Summer Olympics

600

This "Hall of Fame," located in downtown Cleveland hosts a yearly induction ceremony that doubles for a concert. Additionally, they are a PNC Grow Up Great Volunteer Partner!

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

600

Latin Roots "phileo" and "adelphos" give rise to this iconic nickname of Philadelphia

The City of Brotherly Love

800

The names of the 3 rivers that create the "Confluence" and surround Pittsburgh's downtown area.

Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio

800

The Dallas Public Library displays one of the few original copies of this document, printed on July 4th, 1776.

The Declaration Of Independence.

800

The Chicago River is the only river in the world that does this, thanks to an engineering intervention in 1900.

Flows Backwards

800

Ralphie Parker's family home from this beloved 1983 holiday movie is actually located in Cleveland and receives ticketed visitors.

A Christmas Story

800

 A popular episode of the hit HBO show The Sopranos, which also has the same name, takes place in this vast southern New Jersey wilderness area.

Pine Barrens

1000

This tallest educationally purposed building in the world (535 feet) stands tall over the University of Pittsburgh's campus. 

The Cathedral of Learning

1000
Jurassic Park, The Terminator, Transformers and La La Land have all filmed at the picturesque observatory on the outskirts of Los Angeles.

Griffith Observatory

1000

The Georgia Aquarium is the only place in the United States where you can see one of these, largest fishes in the sea, in captivity.

Whale Shark

1000

This superhero was born in the creative minds of Cleveland natives Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster in 1933

Superman

1000

New Jersey's Sandy Hook lighthouse, which is the oldest continually operating lighthouse in the country, guides ships safely into this metropolitan Harbor.

New York Harbor