Name that Year
Name that Song
Back-to-School
Gathering Spaces
DOWNTOWN
100
In what year was Wheeling officially incorporated?
1836
100
Wise men say, "Only fools rush in"
What is Can't Help Falling in Love? by Elvis Presley
100
Which school was formed as a result of consolidating Wheeling, Warwood and Triadelphia High Schools?
Wheeling Park High School
100
Where the Totos, Lassies, and Scooby Doos gather in Wheeling.
Fitzsimmons Family Dog Parks
100
Name this feature.
A BIOSWALE
200
In what year did Bobo the elephant make his way across the Wheeling Suspension Bridge?
1954
200
Spinning on that dizzy edge
Kissed her face and kissed her head
Just Like Heaven by The Cure
200
Name a local mascot
Lion (John Marshall HS Monarchs), Patriots (Wheeling Park HS), Hilltoppers (West Lib’s), Cardinals (Wheeling University), Cougar (Wheeling Country Day), Bison (Bethany)
200
What is the two word phrase that describes a place that is not home or school/work
Third space
200
The perfect place to go if you love ice cream, space, and dinosaurs.
SMART Center
300
In what year did the city of Wheeling grant its first municipal franchise for urban transportation to the Citizens Railway Company?
1866
300
"Up in the club, just woke up, doing my own little thing"
All the Single Ladies by Beyonce
300
This is the first local college/university, which was founded in 1837
What is West Liberty?
300
This is the original name of the estate willed to the City of Wheeling, which is now known as Oglebay Park.
What is Waddington Farms?
300
This is the length of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in feet
(Price is Right rules: closest without going over!)
1,307 feet
400
In what year did Captain William Crawford build Fort Henry?
1774
400
Tell me somethin', girl
Are you happy in this modern world?
Shallow from A Star is Born
400
Name a member of the Ohio County Board of Education
David R. Croft; President: david.croft@k12.wv.us
Gerald Ames: james@k12.wv.us
Anne Hercules: ahercule@k12.wv.us
Bernie Albertini: bernard.albertini@k12.wv.us
M. Andrew Garber: andy.garber@k12.wv.us
400
This place of worship stands at the corner of National Road and Bethany Pike
What is Vance Presbyterian Church?
400
This is the year that Centre Market was built in a formerly residential area
(Price is Right rules: closest without going over!)
1853
500
This is the year the first American Legion Post was founded in Wheeling
What is 1919?
500
Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash
500
According to PBS, this is the average amount a household is paying for one back-to-school school supply haul.
What is $173.45?
500
This community gathering space in Wheeling was voted by the public to be funded by taxpayers after denying philanthropic funding from a prominent industrialist
What is the Ohio County Public Library?
500
This is how many streetcars were destroyed in the 1919 Island Car Barn fire
What is 29 streetcars?