Test you knowledge of Cleveland.
See what you know about Cleveland or learn 
what you don't know.

Answers can be found at the bottom of the page!

1.) What was the inaugural event at the Gund Arena?

2.) Every March the Buzzards return to Hinkley. But technically,
they're not buzzards. What is the proper name for these Birds?

3.) What insect's regularly invade Cleveland's lakeside neighborhoods
and suburbs around the end of May and the first week of June
every year?

4.) Professional Hockey returned to Cleveland in 1992 when the
lumberjacks moved here from what city?

5.) Who won the 1979 Amateur Golf Championship held at the
Canterbury Golf Club?

6.) What longtime Cleveland newspaper columnist had a brief
stint as anchor man on WKYC TV3 in 1993?

7.) Why were fences placed around each of the four quadrants
of Public Square in 1839?

8.) What Indians player is the only major leaguer ever to hit
home runs from both sides of the plate in the same inning?

9.) Santa's "keeper of the keys" spent more then 30 Christmas
seasons on Halle's seventh floor and had his own holiday
TV show. Name him?

10.) Who did Dorothy Fuldheim kick off her TV show for
swearing and using a defamatory pork reference regarding
police?

11.) What Cleveland monument has sculptures depicting members
of the infantry, artillery, cavalry, and navy?

12.) What Cleveland mayor's wife was unable to attend a White House
dinner because it was her bowling night?

13.) The Society Tower on Public Square is how many feet Taller than the
Terminal Tower?

14.) What shape is Shaker Square?
 

15.) Where is the only remaining covered bridge in Cuyahoga County?

16.) Name at least one of the professional Cleveland baseball teams that
preceded the Indians?

17.) What is Cleveland's only raw material export?

18.) What slogan encircles a logo of the Terminal Tower on the
sides of Yellow and Zone taxicabs?

19.) What position did John Hay hold in the President Lincoln's
administration?

20.) The highest temperature ever recorded for Cleveland was
104 degrees Fahrenheit in 1988. During which month?

21.) Name two of the first four settlers who arrived in 1797
with their families?

22.) What local 1960s TV variety show became so popular that it was taped
and syndicated nationwide ( it later located to Phila.)?

23.) Who hit his 500th career home run at League Park on
August 11, 1929?

24.) What Cleveland family business got its start fixing
Model-T tires in 1918?

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1. a concert by Billy Joel   2.Turkey Vultures 
3.the non-biting but bothersome "Canadian soliders," also
known as May flies or midges  4.Muskegon, Michigan  5.Pete Dye  6.Dick Feagler 
7.keep out livestock  8.Carlos Baerga  9.Mr Jing-a-ling (Earl Keyes)  
10.sixites radical Jerry Rubin 11.the Soliders & Sailors Monument (dedicated July 4, 1894)  12.Ralph Perk's wife, Lucille 13. 240  14. Octagonal designed like that to accommodate more autos.  15.Strongsville near Valley Parkway in the Rocky River Metro Reservation.
 16.The Forest Citys(1871-84), Spiders(1887-99) Blues(1900-04), Naps(2905-14)  
17.Salt (by Akzo Nobel Salt, Whiskey Island.  18."I like Cleveland"
19.Private Secretary  20.June  21.Lorenzo Carter, Elijah Gun, Ezekiel Hawley and James Kingsbury. 22. Mike Douglas Show  23.Babe Ruth  24.Mueller Tire


 
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